• December 17, 2018

  A year of growth, change, and forging ahead at UC Santa Cruz

  This was a year of many highlights, from a 24-hour online festival of giving to an immersive soundscape in the redwoods and an all-star panel of journalists sharing their tales from the field. Here are some big moments from 2018.

• December 16, 2018

  An art pioneer gets his due

  "Eduardo Carrillo: Testament of the Spirit," a posthumous exhibition of a beloved and pioneering UC Santa Cruz art professor and muralist, is now on display in Santa Clara's Triton Museum of Art.

• December 13, 2018

  Two new books published by UC Santa Cruz poet, lecturer, and alumnus Gary Young

  UC Santa Cruz literature lecturer Gary Young has just released "That's What I Thought," a new poetry collection which has been honored with the Lexi Rudnitsky Editor's Choice Award from Persea Books in New York City.

• December 13, 2018

  New book reframes activism of Native leaders who sowed seeds of Red Power Movement

  In her new book, Anthropology Professor Renya Ramirez portrays her grandparents, legendary Native leaders Henry and Elizabeth Cloud, as "Christian warriors" whose activism sowed the seeds of what would come to be known as the Red Power Movement.

• December 10, 2018

  The complex history of Earth’s magnetic reversals

  UC Santa Cruz geology professor Robert Coe will be presenting his paper, “What We Know and Don’t Know about Reversals” during the upcoming American Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting in Washington, D.C. this December.

• December 10, 2018

  Ocean fertilization by unusual microbes extends to frigid waters of Arctic Ocean

  Researchers have documented nitrogen fixation by an unusual type of cyanobacteria in the cold waters of the Bering and Chukchi Seas.

• December 6, 2018

  Wild animals key to mediating landscape’s capacity to store carbon, researchers say

  Advances in remote sensing technologies are helping scientists to better measure how global landscapes—from forests to savanna—are able to store carbon, a critical insight as they evaluate the potential role of ecosystems in mitigating climate change.

• December 5, 2018

  Alumna Irma Eréndira Sandoval leads Mexico's anti-corruption efforts

  Mexico's new president tapped UC Santa Cruz alumna Irma Sandoval to lead the government's anti-corruption efforts.

• December 4, 2018

  DVD box set curated by Shelley Stamp wins 2018 New York Film Critics Circle Award

  "Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers"--a Kino Classics box set curated by UC Santa Cruz film and digital media professor Shelley Stamp and executive produced by actress, director, and screenwriter Illeana Douglas--has received a 2018 Special Award from the New York Film Critics Circle.

• December 4, 2018

  Art exhibit highlights the ubiquity of motors

  “Motors Surround Us”—a collaboration between a physics lecturer, her students, and community artists—will be on display through Dec. 31 in the atrium of the Physical Sciences Building.

• December 3, 2018

  Environmental, social changes shift how elephant seals communicate

  UC Santa Cruz Ph.D. candidate Caroline Casey retraced biologist Burney Le Boeuf's scientific footsteps and discovered the seals’ threat calls no longer had geographic distinctions. Instead, as the northern elephant seal population had increased, the males’ calls had grown more individualized and complex.

• November 30, 2018

  Summer abroad programs offer hands-on learning opportunities

  UC Santa Cruz has significantly expanded its faculty-led summer abroad programs, now offering seven different opportunities for students to further their education in other countries.

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