Office of Research
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2021 CITRIS Seed Awards support research at Baskin School of Engineering
Two UC Santa Cruz engineers are among the recipients of the 2021 CITRIS Seed Awards from the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society and the Banatao Institute (CITRIS).
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UCSC extramural funding tops $234 million for 2020-21
UC Santa Cruz attracted $234.3 million in external funding to the campus in the 2020-21 fiscal year, a 23.5% increase over the previous year.
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New study shows plants struggle to keep pace with climate change in human-dominated landscapes
A new global-scale analysis found a mismatch between plant phenology and rising temperatures that was more pronounced in the most human-dominated landscapes, especially crop lands.
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Holiday gifts that challenge gender stereotypes can support children’s development
Distinguished Professor of Psychology Campbell Leaper explains the issues with gender stereotypes in children’s toys and shares gift-giving tips that may help counteract the effects.
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Karen Tei Yamashita receives 2021 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters
Yamashita used her acceptance speech, in part, to emphasize the significance of this medal being awarded to an Asian-American writer “especially this year, post-pandemic, having weathered the Twitter absurdity, corruption, and mendacity; the brutality of racial profiling; and the provocation of anti-immigrant, anti-refugee, anti-Muslim, [and] anti-Asian hatred.”
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Uncovering the politics behind a pandemic
The latest paper from Politics Professor and Global & Community Health Executive Director Matt Sparke argues that the coronavirus pandemic has exposed, exploited, and exacerbated the vulnerabilities of neoliberal societies around the world.
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National award recognizes economics professor’s research for revealing outsized pandemic impacts on minority-owned businesses
Economics Professor Robert Fairlie recently received the Bradford-Osborne Research Award for a paper he released in August 2020 that showed minority-owned businesses were affected by pandemic-related closures at higher rates.
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UC Santa Cruz joins the University of California Drug Discovery Consortium
The UC Drug Discovery Consortium is a cross-campus initiative aimed at building a drug discovery community that actively promotes research translation through industry partnerships.
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Researchers find whales eat more than expected
New estimates of how much whales eat suggest that past culling of the creatures by humans has contributed to broader declines in ecosystem health and productivity.
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Biologist Upasna Sharma wins $1.18 million grant from Templeton Foundation
New funding will advance Sharma’s research to understand how the effects of environmental stresses can be transmitted from one generation to the next.
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Engineer David Lee wins funding for public interest technology program
David Lee, assistant professor of computational media, has received funding through the Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT-UN) for a program to provide community-engaged experiential learning for students.
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Survivor salmon that withstand drought and ocean warming provide a lifeline for California Chinook
Late migration of outgoing juvenile fish is a crucial life history strategy for survival of spring-run Chinook salmon during drought years.