Science
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Dean Paul Koch receives ‘Insight Into Diversity’ magazine’s Giving Back Award
National award honors university administrators for their commitment to diversity and for giving back to others
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In Memoriam: Mary Zavanelli (1955 – 2017)
Mary Zavanelli began teaching for the biology department in 1995 and continued for 21 years as a full-time lecturer.
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Vast luminous nebula poses a cosmic mystery
Glowing nebula appears to be part of the cosmic web of filaments connecting galaxies, but what’s lighting it up?
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Exploring the dark waters of grief
Alumna Shannon Fowler, whose life changed in an instant with the tragic death of her fiancé, finds acceptance of death and grief—and has rediscovered her love of the ocean.
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Hummingbird Day at the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum is Saturday, March 4
Hummingbird Day is a family-oriented event celebrating one of nature’s vibrant aerial acrobats, the hummingbird.
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Astronomy team releases planet-search data, finds more than 100 candidates
The HIRES spectrometer, designed and built by UCSC astronomer Steven Vogt, has been a planet-hunting workhorse for over two decades.
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‘Ecosystems of California’ book wins PROSE Award for Excellence
Coedited by UCSC ecologist Erika Zavaleta, the book won two prestigious awards from the Association of American Publishers.
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Chancellor appointed to governing board of state stem cell agency
Chancellor George Blumenthal has been appointed to a seat on the governing board of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine.


