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Colleges Nine and Ten students enjoy an alternative spring break in Watsonville
Instead of surf, sand, and frivolity, 25 students from Colleges Nine and Ten are taking an alternative spring break this week, and they’re staying close to home.
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Study shows biodiversity benefits of removing invasive mammals from islands
A global study documents conservation gains from efforts to eradicate invasive species from island ecosystems.
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Current rate of carbon emissions is unprecedented in past 66 million years
New analysis shows that carbon emissions from human activities are moving the Earth’s climate system into uncharted territory.
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Arts Dean’s Lecture Series to explore climate justice, art, activism, and the environment
“Climate Justice Now!–Art Activism, Environment Today” is the title of the 2016 Arts Dean’s Lecture Series–an array of free public talks running March 30 to May 25 at UC Santa Cruz.
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Coral analysis reveals how ocean ecosystems responded to climate shifts
Long-lived deep-sea corals hold clues to past ocean conditions in their growth rings.
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Pluto’s varied landscape reveals surprisingly complex geology
Pluto’s icy surface shows an astonishing variety of landscapes and evidence of active geological processes in images from New Horizons.
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Scott Brandt appointed to Sage Weil Presidential Chair for Open Source Software
VCR Scott Brandt has been appointed as the inaugural holder of the Sage Weil Presidential Chair for Open Source Software.
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Music, myth, and community in post-Katrina New Orleans
In an in-depth study of post-Katrina New Orleans, emeritus politics professor Michael Urban explores how music is intertwined with the city’s community-rebuilding efforts.
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Leukemia study reveals role of RNA binding protein in driving cancer
A protein abnormally expressed in cancer cells was found to promote the proliferation of B cells in B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
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Cellular response to tissue stiffening may delay progression of breast cancer
Study identifies cellular signaling pathway associated with better prognosis for breast cancer patients
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Learning from the ground up: Students find experiential learning at all levels
The University of California offers more than 200 courses and 150 programs related to experiential learning in food and sustainable agriculture systems.
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Other Minds donates archives to UC Santa Cruz
Other Minds—the acclaimed San Francisco-based nonprofit organization dedicated to the promotion of new and experimental music—has donated its archives to UC Santa Cruz.
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Female computer science grad students find supportive environment at UC Santa Cruz
UCSC’s Department of Computer Science is producing successful female graduates at a time when women remain underrepresented in the tech workforce.
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UC researchers publish roadmap for successful groundwater governance
UC Santa Cruz hydrologist Andrew Fisher coauthored recommendations for forming Groundwater Sustainability Agencies.
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Bats in Asia found to have resistance to white-nose syndrome fungus
Some declining North American bat species could eventually evolve resistance to the devastating disease, scientists say.
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UC Santa Cruz launches online programming course by Ira Pohl
UC Santa Cruz has launched a new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), C++ for C Programmers (Part A), on the Coursera platform.
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Earth scientist James Zachos honored by European Geosciences Union
Zachos will receive the 2016 Milutin Milankovic Medal for his groundbreaking contributions to climate science.
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Alan Christy named provost of Cowell College
Associate professor of history Alan Christy has been named the new provost of Cowell College, effective July 1, 2016.
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UC Santa Cruz study links nitrogen pollution to decline of endangered species
A new study by researchers affiliated with UC Santa Cruz and published online in the journal ‘BioScience’ looks at how nitrogen affects threatened biodiversity across the United States.
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Groundbreaking master of science fiction Samuel Delany to read at UC Santa Cruz
The UC Presidential Chair in Feminist Critical Race & Ethnic Studies and the Living Writers Series will present an evening with acclaimed science-fiction novelist and critic Samuel R. Delany at the Music Center Recital Hall.
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Tom Pettigrew wins sociology association’s top award for study of race relations
Tom Pettigrew, UC Santa Cruz research professor of social psychology, has been named winner of the American Sociological Association’s Cox-Johnson-Frazier Award, the group’s highest award for contributions to the study of American race relations.
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Astronomers break cosmic distance record (again)
UCSC astronomer Garth Illingworth and his collaborators have been pushing the limits of current telescopes to study the most distant galaxies, breaking the record twice within a year
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New paper examines the details behind stock market ‘flash crash’
A paper by UC Santa Cruz professors of economics and astrophysics has attracted widespread attention in the financial world over its analysis of the “flash crash” nearly six years ago that saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunge 1,000 points…
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Campus diversity officer pushes for institutional change
Campus Diversity Officer for Staff and Students Sheree M. Marlowe promotes institutional change for historically marginalized communities, which at UC Santa Cruz includes African American students, transgender students, and students with disabilities.
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Discovering the UC Santa Cruz Campus: Jim Clifford to give Spring Emeriti Faculty Lecture
“In the Ecotone: The UC Santa Cruz Campus” is a new book by emeritus humanities professor Jim Clifford that reflects on the campus as an extraordinary architectural and ecological site.
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University Relations shines in 2016 CASE awards
Division’s wins include two golds; also singled out as one of six Grand Gold winners, reflecting extraordinary campus collaboration.
