May 2016
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Economics professor outlines rapid success of America’s ‘other one percent’
Nirvikar Singh, UC Santa Cruz professor of economics and director of the Center for Analytical Finance, described the rapid economic success of Indians in the U.S. during a keynote address at TieCon 2016.
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Astronomer Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz awarded Niels Bohr Professorship
Award from the Danish National Research Foundation provides $5 million to fund research in theoretical astrophysics.
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Trans-identified students celebrate new, inclusive housing option
The new trans-inclusive housing option is the result of student activism that informed ongoing administrative discussions about how to better serve the trans community.
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Malignancy-associated gene network regulated by an RNA binding protein
An extensive regulatory network associated with tumor metastasis was found in pancreatic cancer cells.
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Chancellor open to workable funding plans for NCAA program
Chancellor Blumenthal said that simply asking the campus to fully fund the program—which will cost more next year because of new federal labor laws—places it in direct competition with academic priorities.
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Smoke signals
Graduate student Eric Crosbie’s research delves into cigarette packaging and why some countries have been able to legislate tobacco warning labels while others haven’t.
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Conference to explore questions of precision medicine, bio-data, and ethics
Leaders in genomics, health and informatics, civil rights, bioethics, indigenous rights, science policy, and the social study of health and medicine will gather at UC Santa Cruz this week for a workshop that aims to broaden the public discussion of big data and health.
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The puzzle master
Arts division assistant dean Jan Cloud is this year’s Outstanding Staff Award Honoree. She is known for her kindness, hard work and professionalism.
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Registration opens for Sammy Slug Summer Camp
The program, offered through the UC Santa Cruz Office of Physical Education, Recreation and Sports, goes in one-week sessions from June 27 to Aug. 19.
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Response team takes on bias, hate incidents
The campus is developing one of the first programs of its kind to take such a proactive and comprehensive approach to hate and bias incidents.
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Proton-conducting material found in electrosensory organs of sharks
Scientists measured surprisingly high proton conductivity in a jelly that fills unique organs in sharks, skates, and rays.
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Astronomer Sandra Faber to receive honorary degree from Amherst College
Faber will receive an honorary degree from Amherst College during its commencement exercises on May 22.