Engineering
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NSF program supports minority graduate students
The National Science Foundation has awarded nearly $1 million to establish a Bridge to the Doctorate program at UCSC that will provide fellowships for science and engineering graduate students from underrepresented minority populations.
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‘Slow light’ on a chip holds promise for optical communications
A tiny optical device built into a silicon chip has achieved the slowest light propagation on a chip to date, reducing the speed of light by a factor of 1,200.
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UCSC hosts science conference for girls on Saturday, October 9
The 10th annual UCSC Expanding Your Horizons Conference for high school girls will take place on Saturday, October 9.
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Local group funds UCSC cancer researchers
The Santa Cruz Cancer Benefit Group, a local charity supporting cancer research and patient care, has awarded grants of $10,000 each to three researchers at UCSC.
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Summer interns gain research experience in Silicon Valley nanotech labs
Dozens of students gained valuable experience in nanotechnology and energy research labs this summer through an internship program at the Advanced Studies Laboratories, a collaborative partnership led by UCSC and NASA Ames.
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Steelhead study earns best paper award from American Fisheries Society
The American Fisheries Society has selected a paper on steelhead trout by UCSC researcher William Satterthwaite as the best publication for 2009.
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UCSC hosts International Summer Institute for Modeling in Astrophysics
UCSC has launched a new summer institute that brings together scientists and students from a broad range of backgrounds to study current problems in theoretical astrophysics.
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Grad program offers opportunities in biomolecular engineering and bioinformatics
The biomolecular engineering and bioinformatics program offers expanded opportunities for graduate research.



