Science
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Pioneering AIDS researcher Robert Gallo to speak at UCSC on Thursday, March 4
Robert C. Gallo, M.D., the scientist who 20 years ago codiscovered the HIV virus as the cause of AIDS, will deliver the fourth annual Sinsheimer Distinguished Lecture in Biology at UC Santa Cruz on Thursday, March 4. The title of his talk is “HIV and AIDS in the 21st Century.” The lecture, which is free…
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UCSC forms new Department of Biomolecular Engineering
The University of California, Santa Cruz, has established a new Department of Biomolecular Engineering within the Baskin School of Engineering. The department is the new home for UCSC’s renowned programs in bioinformatics, and includes faculty and researchers with interests in nanotechnology, protein engineering, and DNA microarrays (also known as “gene chips”). The department’s unique interdisciplinary…
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UCSC to hold public hearing on draft EIR for long-term development of Long Marine Laboratory, adjoining property
The University of California, Santa Cruz, will hold a public meeting on February 19 to receive comments on a draft Environmental Impact Report that has been prepared related to future development at Long Marine Laboratory and adjoining property. The meeting will take place at the laboratory, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Seymour Marine…
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UCSC offers new degree in applied physics
The University of California, Santa Cruz, is offering a new major leading to a B.S. degree in applied physics, designed to prepare students for careers in industry. The other option offered for undergraduates by the Department of Physics is a physics degree that focuses on preparing students for graduate study in physics. The department created…
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Studies show global warming is likely to drive big changes in California’s coastal waters through effects on upwelling
Global warming could have profound effects on the wind-driven upwelling of deep ocean water along the California coast, according to recent studies by researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The studies showed changes in both the intensity and the seasonal timing of the upwelling, which brings cold, nutrient-rich water into coastal ecosystems. This…
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Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation awards $17.5 million for Thirty-Meter Telescope plans
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation awarded $17.5 million to the University of California for collaboration with the California Institute of Technology on a project intended to build the world’s most powerful telescope. Coupled with an award by the Foundation to Caltech for the same amount, a total of $35 million is now available for…
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Professor of ocean sciences Kenneth Bruland appointed to the Ida Benson Lynn Endowed Chair in Ocean Health at UCSC
Kenneth Bruland, professor of ocean sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has spent more than 25 years studying the chemistry of the ocean and the ways in which trace amounts of certain elements influence marine ecosystems. Bruland was a pioneer in the development of the demanding techniques needed to measure trace elements in…
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UCSC Arboretum will hold Wreath Sale on Saturday and Sunday, November 15 and 16
Wonderful holiday decorations and gifts will be available from the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum at the annual Dried Flower and Succulent Wreath Sale on Saturday and Sunday, November 15 and 16. Exotic dried flower arrangements, living succulent wreaths, rare and unusual succulent plants, and materials for making your own gifts are among the offerings at…
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Long Marine Lab research building named in honor of William T. Doyle, founding director of UCSC’s Institute of Marine Sciences
A monthlong celebration of the 25th anniversary of UC Santa Cruz’s Long Marine Laboratory culminated in a ceremony on Saturday, October 25, at which one of the lab’s original research buildings was dedicated in honor of William T. Doyle, professor emeritus of biology and founder and long-term director of UCSC’s Institute of Marine Sciences (IMS).…
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New evidence of global warming in Earth’s past supports current models for how climate responds to greenhouse gases
SANTA CRUZ, CA–Scientists have filled in a key piece of the global climate picture for a period 55 million years ago that is considered one of the most abrupt and extreme episodes of global warming in Earth’s history. The new results from an analysis of sediment cores from the ocean floor are consistent with theoretical…
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ARCS Foundation scholarships support seven outstanding graduate students at UCSC
Seven UC Santa Cruz graduate students have received $10,000 scholarships from the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation for the 2003-04 academic year. The Northern California chapter of the ARCS Foundation is the most generous provider of annual student awards to the UCSC campus. The ARCS Foundation, founded in 1958, is a national organization…
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UCSC Arboretum’s Fall Plant Sale on Saturday, October 11, features new introductions from Australia
New Australian introductions available for the first time in the United States will be among the plants on sale at the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum during its annual Fall Plant Sale on Saturday, October 11, from 12 noon to 3 p.m. As in previous years, the Arboretum’s plant sale is a joint event with the…