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UCSC highly ranked in worldwide survey of research impact
UC Santa Cruz placed 11th on the annual Leiden Ranking, which measures the scientific performance of 500 major universities worldwide.
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UCSC alumna wins prestigious 2013 Guggenheim
UCSC 1993 graduate Brenda Shaughnessy has been awarded a 2013 Guggenheim Fellowship for the creative arts in poetry. She returns to campus for Alumni Weekend events, including a free public reading on April 25.
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Mathematics lecturer Richard Mitchell wins teaching award
Richard Mitchell, a lecturer in mathematics, has received an Excellence in Teaching Award from the Phi Beta Kappa Northern California Association.
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Fall 2013 freshman class at UC Santa Cruz is one of the most selective
After receiving a record number 38,515 applications, UC Santa Cruz has offered admission to fewer than half of freshman applicants, making fall 2013 one of its most selective classes.
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Distant blazar is a high-energy astrophysics puzzle
New observations of a blazar show that it is the most distant known source of very high-energy gamma rays.
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New book explores relentless evolution in a constantly changing world
In his new book, biologist John Thompson argues that species must evolve constantly or they will not persist.
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Puma tracking in Santa Cruz Mountains reveals impact of habitat fragmentation
In the first published results of more than three years of tracking mountain lions in the Santa Cruz Mountains, UC Santa Cruz researchers document how human development affects the predators’ habits.
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Cowell art exhibition blends Jewish, African American, Pacific Rim themes
The Eloise Pickard Smith Galleries at Cowell College will present In Her Place: Visual Narratives by Bonnie Stone, an exhibition opening April 26 and running through June 22 on the UCSC campus.
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Gabe Zimmerman Room formally dedicated at U.S. Capitol ceremony
A conference room at the U.S. Capitol named for the late congressional staffer Gabriel Zimmerman (Stevenson, ’02, sociology) was formally dedicated Tuesday (April 16) in a ceremony attended by Vice President Joe Biden, House Speaker John Boehner, and other political…
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Digital Arts and New Media grad student exhibition opens April 27
Amplified CB radios, playable wrestling games about nutrition, and buildings that grow in the dark are just a few of the things you’ll encounter at “ground (ctrl)”—opening April 27 at UCSC’s Digital Arts Research Center (DARC building).
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Signs installed, cabin restored in Cowell Lime Works Historic District
Friends of the Cowell Lime Works Historic District celebrated installation of six new interpretive signs Friday and phase one of the restoration of one of the remaining lime workers cabins.
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Ecologist Mark Carr to give Ricketts Memorial Lecture at sanctuary symposium
Marine ecologist Mark Carr will give the Ricketts Memorial Lecture at the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary’s annual symposium.
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Arts Division public event to help shape new Institute of Arts and Sciences
The UCSC Arts Division will present a day-long public event to help plan a groundbreaking new interdisciplinary Institute of the Arts and Sciences on Friday, April 26.
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UCSC Arboretum holds annual Spring Plant Sale on Saturday, April 20
This year’s spring plant sale will feature some of the newest treasures from the UCSC Arboretum.
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CO2 at work during last global ‘hot spell’ but hardly alone
UC Santa Cruz ocean sciences professor Christina Ravelo is part of an international team that is using ocean floor sediment samples to compile data on past periods of global warming in order to understand today’s climate changes.
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Domhoff’s power structure research featured in urban affairs session
A plenary session is devoted to the groundbreaking research into urban power structures by UC Santa Cruz Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Research Professor of Sociology G. William Domhoff when the Urban Affairs Association holds its 43rd annual conference this week…
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Registration begins April 9 for spring recreation and intramural activities
Spring quarter registration begins at 9 a.m. Tuesday, April 9 for for UCSC Recreation & Intramural Sports classes and activities.
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Sea lion defies theory and keeps the beat
Scientists trained a sea lion to bob her head in time with rhythmic sounds, the first example of beat keeping in a non-human mammal.
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New summer camp opens on campus for youngsters entering 1st– 5th grades
The UC Santa Cruz Office of Physical Education, Recreation and Sports announces the new Sammy Slug Summer Camp, a recreational summer program for boys and girls entering 1st through 5th grades.
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Energy storage symposium addresses important issues for renewable energy
UCSC Center for Sustainable Energy and Power Systems partners with Joint Venture Silicon Valley in April 11 symposium.
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Model UN competitor wins ‘verbal acclamation’ award
Kelsey Hill, a first-year history major affiliated with Kresge College, won a Verbal Acclamation Award at the UC Berkeley Model United Nations Conference held earlier this month in San Francisco.
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Marine scientist Adina Paytan receives prestigious international award
IMS researcher Adina Paytan has been awarded the Excellence Award of the Werner Petersen Foundation.
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UCSC and industry partners launch center for data storage research
The Center for Research in Storage Systems was established through NSF’s Industry/University Cooperative Research Program.
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Scholarship program wins archaeology society’s president’s award
UCSC professor Diane Gifford-Gonzalez’s effort to create a scholarship fund for students from underrepresented groups has won the President’s Recognition Award from the Society for American Archaeology.
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UCSC to hold international conference on Sikh and Punjabi Studies, March 29-30
The UC Santa Cruz Sikh and Punjabi Studies program will present an international conference titled “(Re-)Building Punjab: Political Economy, Society and Values” on campus, March 29-30.
