July 2005
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Weeklong astronomy conference honoring UC Santa Cruz professors will feature a public lecture on Tuesday, August 9
About 200 astronomers, including many of the world’s leading astrophysicists and cosmologists, will gather at the University of California, Santa Cruz, next month for a weeklong conference to honor three UCSC professors–astronomers George Blumenthal and Sandra Faber and physicist Joel Primack. As part of the conference, Primack, a professor of physics, and his wife, Nancy…
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Moore Foundation gives UC Santa Cruz a $2.2 million grant for marine microbiology research facility
The University of California, Santa Cruz, has received a $2.2 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to establish a state-of-the-art facility for marine microbiology research. The new laboratory, operated by UCSC’s Institute of Marine Sciences, will support the work of UCSC researchers as well as their collaborators and visiting scientists from other…
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UCSC desalination project will give cities the tools they need to weigh the environmental and economic pros and cons
As California’s population and economy grow, it’s just a matter of time until cities are forced to seriously consider desalination to extend their water supplies. Campus will direct Prop. 50-funded collaboration with water agencies, environmentalists, consultants, and NGOs That’s the prediction of water expert Brent Haddad, an associate professor of environmental studies at the University…
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Mount Hamilton not recommended for viewing Deep Impact
People interested in seeing what happens Sunday night when NASA’s Deep Impact probe slams into Comet Tempel 1 will probably be better off sitting at their computers than gazing at the sky. One place they definitely should not be is atop Mount Hamilton, say police and astronomers at Lick Observatory. Parking at the observatory is…