Engineering
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UC Santa Cruz student games win awards at IndieCade
Two games developed by UC Santa Cruz students won awards at the 2016 IndieCade International Festival of Independent Games.
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Local group funds four UC Santa Cruz cancer researchers
The Santa Cruz Cancer Benefit Group continues its support for cancer research at UC Santa Cruz with new grants.
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UC Santa Cruz embarks on equity initiative for Latino, low-income students in STEM fields
The UC Santa Cruz Science Education & Mentorship In Latino Lives in Academia (SEMILLA) Project,will enable the campus to create a comprehensive set of interventions—guided by analysis and research teams—to support students in clearing the barriers they face inside and outside the classroom.
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Genomics leader David Haussler to advise Chan Zuckerberg science initiative
The professor of biomolecular engineering is among the experts who helped shape the initiative’s new focus on science.
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UC Santa Cruz student games featured at IndieCade Festival
The UCSC game design program will be well represented at IndieCade, the biggest event in the indie games community.
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New optofluidic platform features tunable optics and novel ‘lightvalves’
UCSC engineers developed an integrated platform for biological sample processing and optical analysis.
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NSF funds UC Santa Cruz project to develop assisted public transit services
With a grant of nearly $1 million, UCSC engineers will create a service for passengers with special needs.
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Big questions to be explored at Silicon Valley Campus grand opening
The celebration, showcasing the multidisciplinary teaching and research hub, will feature an open house, a ribbon cutting, and a handful of engaging talks by leading campus thinkers.
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Astronauts sequence DNA in space using technology developed at UC Santa Cruz
DNA was sequenced in microgravity for the first time using a device based on UCSC’s nanopore sequencing technology.
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Analysis of metastatic prostate cancers suggests treatment options
A new study of prostate cancer provides computational approaches to identify individualized targets for therapy.
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UC president encourages teenage girls to aim high during visit to campus
UC President Janet Napolitano visited UC Santa Cruz this week and stopped in on Dickens Universe, UCSC Farm, games and robotics programs, Youth Empowerment Institute, and COSMOS sessions.
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Research competition to unravel how cancer changes a cell’s RNA
Open challenge aims to find the best algorithms for detecting all of the abnormal RNA molecules in a cancer cell.