2019
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First generation, lasting impact
Funding from Jacques M. Littlefield Foundation is helping first-generation students succeed and generating research on practices that can support students across the country
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Mathematician Harold Widom honored by American Mathematical Society
Harold Widom and Craig Tracy will receive the 2020 Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research.
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Powerful new supercomputer supports campus research in physical sciences
UCSC faculty are using the new system for research in astrophysics, climate science, materials science, chemistry, and other fields.
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Simulations explain giant exoplanets with eccentric, close-in orbits
A giant-impacts phase in the evolution of planetary systems can explain the observations of close-in giant planets with eccentric orbits.
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Update—Suspicious person driving a white Ford pickup
The UC Santa Cruz Police Department has been able to identify the subject in this investigation.
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Suspicious person driving a white Ford pickup
The UC Santa Cruz Police Department is seeking the community’s assistance in identifying a suspicious person who was driving on campus at approximately 11:25 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 28.
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DESI opens its 5,000 eyes to capture the colors of the cosmos
UC Santa Cruz astronomers have played leading roles in the collaborative effort to install a new sky-surveying instrument now beginning final testing.
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Climate engineering: International meeting reveals tensions
At this point, the greatest danger of climate engineering may be how little is known about where countries stand on these potentially planet-altering technologies. Who is moving forward? Who is funding research? And who is being left out of the conversation?
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Pediatric cancer study shows usefulness of gene expression analysis
Analyzing gene expression in tumor cells from children with cancer is more likely to reveal targets for therapy than analysis of DNA mutations, according to a new study led by UCSC researchers.
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Campus sites may be excluded from Tuesday’s planned power outage
PG&E has said that UC Santa Cruz sites, including the residential campus, may be excluded from Tuesday’s planned power outage. Regular operations are expected to continue tomorrow. Read more at ucsc.edu/status.
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Campus conference to honor renowned late UC Santa Cruz historian Hayden White
UCSC will present a conference in honor of the influential late historian on November 1-2 at the Merrill Cultural Center. Scholars from a wide range of disciplines will participate in an effort to channel the vital, open-ended, iconoclastic spirit of White, professor emeritus in the History of Consciousness Department.
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Boosting diversity, inclusion, and representation in science journalism
Science Communication Master’s Program empowers the next generation of science journalists with support from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative