July 2010 News Archive

High school physical science interns explore the universe

Cannibal galaxies and chemical abundances: high school physical science interns explore the universe

Fifteen brainy, super-motivated high school students are taking part in a UC Santa Cruz summer program that helps young people delve deeply into research in the physical sciences with professional mentors to guide them.

Dana Priest

More Honors

Two ocean sciences graduate students, <b>Melinda Conners</b> and <b>Corinne Gibble,</b> have been selected by NOAA to receive Nancy Foster Scholarships.

Student orientation draws a crowd of 6,800: excitement, nervousness, and high expectations during campus visit

More than 6,800 parents and students attended Student Orientation. Many guests were from Northern California, but parents and students showed up from throughout the state and across the nation.

UCSC in the News

Astronomer Mark Krumholz was quoted by multiple news outlets about a discovery by other researchers of what may be the heaviest star ever detected

$2 million NIH grant funds research on climate change and mosquito-borne disease

A four-year, $2 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) will support research at UC Santa Cruz on climate change and the transmission of mosquito-borne diseases, including West Nile virus.

New Office for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Interim appointments in Humanities and Undergraduate Education

Interim appointments in Humanities and Undergraduate Education

Mark Krumholz

Scientists aim to predict toxic algal blooms in California's coastal waters

After years of studying and monitoring harmful algal blooms in California's coastal waters, Raphael Kudela is trying to predict when toxin-producing algae will strike again.

Research at Elkhorn Slough guides conservation and restoration efforts

As an adjunct professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UCSC and research coordinator for the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Kerstin Wasson brings rigorous science to bear on habitat restoration efforts throughout Elkhorn Sloug

UCSC in the News

Politics Department chair Daniel Wirls discussed his book Irrational Security on <b>WYPR,</b> the Baltimore NPR news station

UCSC grad's Washington Post articles investigate 'Top Secret America'

The first installment of "Top Secret America," co-written by UC Santa Cruz alumna Dana Priest, sparked an atmosphere of anxious anticipation in Washington D.C. and across the country long before it appeared online and in the <i>Washington Post</i> Monday.

Advocacy Essay Contest Winners Announced

Space available for next Life Lab summer day camps at UCSC

Space is still available in Life Lab's Wildlands and Watering Cans summer day camp for children ages 7-10 and the Farm and Wilderness day camp for children ages 11-14.

Appointment of Vice Provost and Dean of the Division of Graduate Studies

Search for Campus Vice Chancellor Planning and Budget

Supplement to Military Pay Policy

UCSC receives 'intent to register' statements from 3,700 prospective freshmen

Approximately 3,700 prospective freshmen have made formal commitments to attend UC Santa Cruz this fall, based on systemwide data released July 14 by the University of California.

UC Santa Cruz professor co-authors landmark book to commemorate 100th anniversary of Angel Island Immigration Station

A new book co-authored by UC Santa Cruz professor emerita of American Studies Judy Yung provides the first comprehensive history of the Angel Island Immigration station in San Francisco Bay--known as "the Ellis Island of the West."

Shakespeare Santa Cruz exposed: hard work brings productions and stage sets to life in the festival glen

Anyone who has seen Shakespeare Santa Cruz knows it's a transporting experience, but the cast works hard to achieve the effect. When audiences finally see Love's Labor's Lost, they will see the end-product of endless adjustments, revisions, and changes of

UCSC in the News

The <b>Wall Street Journal</b> reviewed literature lecturer William Nickell's new book detailing Tolstoy's death

Harry Berger Jr.

Randy Wells

Shakespeare Santa Cruz kicks off 2010 summer festival July 20

The 29th season of Shakespeare Santa Cruz opens July 20 with James Goldman's <i>The Lion In Winter</i>, directed by Richard E.T. White and starring SSC artistic director Marco Barricelli.

UCSC professor examines how dysfunctional politics drive defense spending up

In a new book, UC Santa Cruz professor Daniel Wirls writes that the "peace dividend" the nation was supposed to enjoy after the end of the Cold War was hijacked by dysfunctional national security politics that continue to push the defense budget ever high

Glaciologist Slawek Tulaczyk elected fellow of Geological Society of America

Slawek Tulaczyk, professor of Earth and planetary sciences, has been elected a fellow of the Geological Society of America.

UCSC in the News

An article in <b>Nature</b> about genome science included quotes from biomolecular engineer David Haussler

Meet the new trustees: Gunjan Sinha

Two new trustees recently joined the board. Last month, we introduced SB Master; this month, you'll meet Gunjan Sinha.

Student wins humanities research award

Literature major Corey Heimlich was awarded the 2010 EAP Undergraduate Research Award in Humanities.

Girls discover engineering potential at UC Santa Cruz

The 29 middle school girls who graduated from the fourth annual Girls in Engineering program Friday described their two weeks on the UC Santa Cruz campus as "awesome," "interesting," "fun," and yes, "inspiring."

Deconstruction on campus: preservationists hope to tear down, rebuild historic barn

The Cowell Lime Works board hopes to save an historic hay barn on the base of campus, using an unusual rescue method: they want to have it taken down and put back together again.