Office of Research
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UC Santa Cruz receives gift to establish Baskin Foundation Presidential Chair for Feminist Studies
UC Santa Cruz has received a $500,000 gift from the Peggy and Jack Baskin Foundation, plus matching funds from the UC Regents, to establish the $1 million “Peggy and Jack Baskin Foundation Presidential Chair for Feminist Studies.”
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Technology doesn’t have to be a headache
Psychology Professor Steve Whittaker is working to improve the way we interface with technology–and harnessing it to improve our well-being.
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Social Sciences Professor Julie Guthman wins Radcliffe Fellowship
Julie Guthman has been awarded a Radcliffe Institute Fellowship that will support a year-long residential research project at Harvard University.
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Climate scientist James Zachos elected to National Academy of Sciences
Election to the academy is one of the highest honors a U.S. scientist can receive.
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Lyme disease researchers seek consensus as number of cases grows
Reported cases of Lyme disease in the United States have tripled in the past 20 years.
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Ninja Press to publish new book by award-winning UC Santa Cruz poet Gary Young
“In Japan” is the title of an elegant new collection of poems from UCSC humanities lecturer and alumnus Gary Young that will soon be published by Ninja Press.
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Planet hunting citizen scientists produce quick results for astronomers
The Exoplanet Explorer project led by UCSC astronomer Ian Crossfield got a big boost from a live television broadcast in Australia
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Climate experts release latest science on sea level rise projections
A report led by UCSC geologist Gary Griggs addresses how much the ocean will rise along California’s coast in coming decades.
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Film professor receives California Documentary Project grant from Cal Humanities
UC Santa Cruz associate professor of film and digital media John Jota Leaños is the recipient of a 2017 California Documentary Project grant from California Humanities.
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Philosopher and three scientists to explore ethics and the language of conservation
The Institute for Humanities Research at UC Santa Cruz will present the inaugural event of its new research group, The Language of Conservation, on Friday afternoon, April 14, in the Humanities 1 building.
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Three faculty members honored with Dickson Emeriti Professorships
Murray Baumgarten, professor of English & Comparative Literature, E.G. Crichton, professor of art, and Catherine Cooper, professor of psychology, were awarded Dickson Emeriti Professorships in recognition of outstanding achievements in scholarship and teaching.
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Art imitates life: The Black Panther Party and the birth of a comic book series
A Special Collections exhibit organized by graduate students examines the famed Marvel Comics Black Panther series and its connections to black history, including the Black Panther Party.