August 2010
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In memoriam: John Chase
John Chase, a writer and urban designer who championed civic space and vernacular architecture in Southern California, died August 13. He was 57.
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Not one, but two great earthquakes caused 2009 Samoa-Tonga tsunami disaster
Scientists studying the massive earthquake that struck the South Pacific on September 29, 2009, have found that it actually involved two great earthquakes…
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UCSC in the News
The New York Times quoted economics professor and department chair Carl Walsh extensively in an analysis of options open to the Federal Reserve in light of a slowing recovery…
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Campus gets high honors in Sierra Club Coolest Schools rankings
UC Santa Cruz students throw pizza crusts into compost containers, scribble notes on recycled paper, and drink mass quantities of shade-grown organic cafeteria coffee during finals week.
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Biologist Amy Ralston wins Ellison Medical Foundation grant
The Ellison Medical Foundation has selected Amy Ralston, an assistant professor of molecular, cell, and developmental biology at UC Santa Cruz, as a New Scholar in Aging, providing $400,000 over four years to support her research on the biology of stem cells.
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Report sets course for next decade of astronomy and astrophysics
Several UC Santa Cruz faculty members contributed to a new report from the National Research Council (NRC) that identifies the top priorities for astronomy and astrophysics research in the coming decade.
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A new economy for Santa Cruz?
Former Santa Cruz Sentinel editor Tom Honig writes in an op-ed for the Santa Cruz Good Times that UCSC is a driver of the local economy, and that a growing campus could result in more private sector jobs in a rapidly changing economy.
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West Entrance Signal Project
You may have noticed or heard that a traffic signal is in the process of being installed at the campus’s West Entrance, at the intersection of Empire Grade and Heller Drive. We expect it will be operational shortly before the beginning of fall Quarter, and we will update you again prior to that date. This…
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In Memoriam: Carter Andrew Sudeith
Cowell College is saddened to learn of the recent death of Carter Andrew Sudeith, who died on July 28, 2010.
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UC Santa Cruz researchers win $580,000 grant to document educational success stories
Two UC Santa Cruz education researchers will study successful school organizations and teaching approaches that engage urban low-income Latino high school students in academically challenging work thanks to a $580,000 grant from the W.T. Grant Foundation.
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Protein structure reveals how tumor suppressor turns on and off
The retinoblastoma tumor suppressor protein acts like a gate in the cycle of cell growth and division–a gate that stays open in many types of cancer, allowing cells to multiply out of control.