2010
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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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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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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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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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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.
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Marine science illustration students explore the waters of Monterey Bay
Students squinted and leaned close to their ocean artifacts: seal femurs and sand dollars, seaweed twists and dried-out sea stars.
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UCSC in the News
Environmental Studies postdoctoral researcher Winifred Frick’s paper in the journal Science that predicts a regional extinction within 20 years of the little brown bat generated widespread publicity across the country and internationally
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Sharks, seals and sea shells: marine science illustration students explore the waters of Monterey Bay
A unique summer session course allows beginning and advanced artists to observe the natural world in a new way.
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Bats facing regional extinction in the northeast from rapidly spreading disease, UCSC researcher finds
A new infectious disease spreading rapidly across the northeastern United States has killed millions of bats and is predicted to cause regional extinction of a once-common bat species, according to the findings of a University of California, Santa Cruz re