Office of Research
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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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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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UC Santa Cruz partners with USC and Caltech in national center to develop implantable electronics for reversing major disabilities
Implantable microelectronic devices for overcoming blindness, paralysis, and stroke damage are the focus of a new center in which engineers from the University of California, Santa Cruz, are collaborating with scientists at the University of Southern California and the California Insitute of Technology. The National Science Foundation (NSF) is providing $17 million over five years…
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UC Santa Cruz launches bold new collaboration with NASA
The University of California, Santa Cruz, will manage a national research program valued at more than $330 million under a new agreement between UC and NASA. The ten-year contract, a first-of-its-kind for NASA, will establish a University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) at the NASA Ames Research Center. Chancellor Greenwood’s announcement about agreement. A news conference…
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Geobiologist Kenneth Nealson to discuss the search for life on other planets in public lecture on Thursday, October 16, at UC Santa Cruz
If life exists on Mars, how would we know? Scientists have been grappling with this deceptively simple question for years. Kenneth Nealson, the Wrigley Professor of Geobiology at the University of Southern California, is a leading authority on this issue, which he will address in a public lecture at the University of California, Santa Cruz,…
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UC Santa Cruz’s Long Marine Laboratory celebrates its 25th anniversary with a special lecture series and public programs
Long Marine Laboratory turns 25 this fall, and the oceanside research facility will be celebrating its silver anniversary with a variety of public programs, tours, and lectures during the first 25 days in October. Highlighting the October celebration is a stellar lineup of speakers for the lab’s annual fall lecture series. In addition, there will…
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‘Wind to Whales’ research program to investigate the Monterey Bay ecosystem receives additional funding of $2 million
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded a grant of nearly $2 million to the University of California, Santa Cruz, to support the ongoing development of the Center for Integrated Marine Technologies (CIMT). The center, established last year with an initial $2 million grant from NOAA, has brought together a diverse group of…