2014
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Community crime bulletin: Attempted kidnapping, assault with injury, false imprisonment with violence
The UC Santa Cruz Police Department is seeking the public’s help with its investigation into a reported attempted kidnapping, assault with a deadly weapon, and false imprisonment with violence at 7 p.m. Dec. 18 in the North Remote Parking Lot.
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UC Santa Cruz international economics Ph.D. named first woman on Swiss National Bank board
Andréa Maechler, who earned masters and Ph.D. degrees in international economics at UC Santa Cruz, has been named the first woman to sit on the governing board of Switzerland’s central bank.
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Astronomers’ cosmic web discovery among top breakthroughs of 2014
Images of the ‘Slug Nebula’ provided the first glimpse of a filament of the cosmic web thought to connect galaxies throughout the universe.
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Professors Leta Miller and Carolyn Dean honored for arts research
Acting Arts Dean Martin Berger has named the 2014 Arts Dean’s Eminent Professors, the division’s highest recognition of faculty research achievement.
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Scientists reconstruct genome of common ancestor of crocodiles, birds, dinosaurs
A new study of crocodilian genomes led by scientists at UC Santa Cruz reveals an exceptionally slow rate of genome evolution.
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Physicist Peter Fischer elected fellow of American Physical Society
Peter Fischer, adjunct professor of physics at UC Santa Cruz, has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society.
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UC Santa Cruz leads UC effort to study effects of climate change on ecosystems
A $1.9 million grant from the new UC President’s Research Catalyst Awards will fund a UC-wide institute on climate impacts.
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Volunteer profile: Yen Phan
“I still feel connected with UC Santa Cruz even though I graduated over 10 years ago and moved to an island thousands of miles away,” says volunteer Yen Phan.
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Winter storm preparedness
The National Weather Service is forecasting a significant winter storm for the Santa Cruz area beginning on Wednesday and intensifying on Thursday.
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New fiction by alumna author featured in New Yorker
“Savage Breast,” a new short story by UC Santa Cruz alumna Elizabeth McKenzie, will be featured in the December 15 issue of The New Yorker magazine.
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UC Santa Cruz professor honored by San Francisco Film Society
UC Santa Cruz arts professor B. Ruby Rich was honored at the San Francisco Film Society’s fifth annual Essential SF, an event celebrating the Bay Area film community’s most vital figures and institutions.
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Herbicide application at Younger Lagoon Reserve terrace lands
UCSC Natural Reserves and UCSC Grounds Services to Conduct Herbicide Application at Younger Lagoon reserve terrace Lands.