2016
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Shaping how future alumni will regard UC Santa Cruz
One of the best things about Alumni Weekend is hearing the stories our graduates tell about their days on campus.
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Shellfish response to ocean acidification depends on other stressors
Researchers found the vulnerability of mussels to harmful effects from acidic seawater varies among different locations.
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Events explore traumatic journeys migrants endure on the way to the border
The series of UC Santa Cruz events on human migration continues Friday and Saturday, May 6–7 with “Rethinking Migration,” the first in the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar on non-citizenship and part of the Chicano Latino Research Center’s Borders and Belonging series.
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Shallow slow-motion earthquakes detected offshore of New Zealand
Scientists documented slow slip in the shallow portion of an offshore subduction zone for the first time.
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UC Santa Cruz establishes satellite campus in Silicon Valley
UC Santa Cruz is relocating its Silicon Valley professional masters programs, Silicon Valley-facing research, and Silicon Valley Extension to a permanent home in Santa Clara.
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New building secures campus’s place in Silicon Valley
UC Santa Cruz finally has a permanent home in Silicon Valley.
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Original crowd funder honored with Distinguished Social Sciences Alumni Award
Before crowdfunding, there was Drummond Pike. The 1970 politics graduate of Stevenson College was awarded the Social Sciences Distinguished Alumni Award for his accomplishments in combining philanthropy with political activism.
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Hastings Law professor to speak on prisons and transformation of punishment
Professor Hadar Aviram of UC Hastings College of the Law will speak on the American prison system and the transformation of punishment as part of the continuing UC Santa Cruz and UC Hastings Social Justice Lecture Series Monday, May 9.
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LASER talk to feature research in astrophysics, film, art, and marine biology
UC Santa Cruz’s Institute of the Arts and Sciences will continue its series of LASER talks on campus this spring on Wednesday, May 11, at 7 p.m. in the Digital Arts Research Center.
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Drought helps predict how climate change might affect an endangered species
A study documenting the effects of California’s drought on an endangered lizard provides a glimpse into the future.
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StoryCruz: A feeling of home
The founder of UC Santa Cruz’s Smith Renaissance Society talks with two alumni of the group about their experiences and moving on to his next project.
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Experiencing the 6×9-foot world of solitary confinement
UC Santa Cruz psychology professor Craig Haney is a key participant in a virtual reality form of journalism, “6×9 – a virtual experience of solitary confinement,” by the British newspaper “The Guardian,” that places viewers into a virtual prison cell.