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Loik leads international collaboration on precipitation research
Michael Loik of environmental studies is the lead scientist on an international study of precipitation that’s part of Biosphere 2.
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Researchers to study hidden lakes beneath West Antarctic ice sheet
UCSC researchers will drill through a half-mile of ice to penetrate subglacial Lake Whillans and study hidden processes that govern the dynamics of the West Antarctic ice sheet.
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Friends group to unveil National Register of Historic Places plaque
A permanent National Register of Historic Places plaque will be placed near the Cook House to recognize the campus’s historic lime-producing district.
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UC Santa Cruz to offer new Ph.D program in Film and Digital Media
UCSC announces a new graduate program leading to a Ph.D. in Film and Digital Media.
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Job fair helps students consider graduate school
In this tight job market, many students are exploring the option of going to graduate school earlier than they might have otherwise. Talking directly with school representatives is an important step in that exploration process, says Barbara Silverthorne, acting director…
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Alum Sol Lipman popularizes 12-second “video tweets”
Alum Sol Lipman launched the popular 12mail app for iPhone, making it easier than ever to share short video clips on Facebook and Twitter.
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Vandalism at Humanities building
EVC/Campus Provost Kliger writes about vandalism in and around the Humanities 2 Building.
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Popular Science taps UCSC anthropologist Nathaniel Dominy for “Brilliant 10” issue
Popular Science names Nathaniel J. Dominy one of this year’s “Brilliant 10” young scientists and researchers.
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Nanopore project wins $1.1 million NIH grant
NHGRI has awarded a $1.1 million grant to support work at UCSC on nanopore technology for analyzing DNA.
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UC Santa Cruz announces Shakespeare Santa Cruz will continue in 2010 with 29th season
UC Santa Cruz announced today that Shakespeare Santa Cruz (SSC)-the university’s nationally renowned theater company in residence at the campus-will continue in 2010 to present its annual season.
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Theater Arts professor Mark Franko to moderate panel on choreographing human rights issues at Lincoln Center
UCSC Theater Arts professor Mark Franko will moderate a roundtable discussion titled “Rights to Move: Choreographing the Human Rights Struggle,” at Lincoln Center on October 10
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Del Mar screens award-winning documentary by Renee Tajima-Peña on Oct. 19
The award-winning documentary Calavera Highway, produced and directed by Renee Tajima-Peña, will screen on Monday, October 19, at 7 p.m. at the Del Mar Theater in downtown Santa Cruz.
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An interview with engineering dean Arthur Ramirez
Art Ramirez describes the qualities that make the Baskin School of Engineering uniquely positioned to contribute to the technologies of the 21st century.
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UCSC arts and science faculty collaborate for exhibition at Sesnon Gallery
“Full Disclosure”–an exhibition opening on October 7 at UCSC’s Sesnon Gallery-is built upon the idea of “failure” as a path to learning.
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Antarctic expedition studies survival strategies of Weddell seals
Eight years after her last major expedition to Antarctica, biologist Terrie Williams is back on the ice.
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‘The ground started moving all around me’
When the Loma Prieta Earthquake struck on October 17, 1989, the UCSC campus sustained some damage–but nothing like that of the San Francisco Bay Area and elsewhere in Santa Cruz County.
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UCSC bioinformatics experts are partners in national cancer genetics project
UCSC researchers will establish a Cancer Genome Data Analysis Center as part of The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), a $275 million collaborative project led by NIH.
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Five faculty members win 2009 NSF CAREER awards
Five UCSC faculty members have won NSF CAREER awards in 2009.
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Donors rally to support UC Santa Cruz, pushing annual fundraising to $30.5 million
Donors rallied to support UCSC last year, helping boost private fundraising to $30.5 million.
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Journalist Edward Luce to discuss India and global warming on October 18 at UCSC
Journalist Edward Luce will discuss India and climate change during the Ninth Annual Sidhartha Maitra Memorial Lecture on October 18.
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UC Santa Cruz receives $615,000 grant to digitize Grateful Dead Archive
UC Santa Cruz has received a major grant to help digitize the Grateful Dead Archive at the University Library.
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Academic program for community college students wins extended NIH funding
A UCSC program that provides an academic bridge for community college students has received a $1.1 million grant from the NIH.
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3rd annual UCSC ‘Founders Day’ gala dinner at Cocoanut Grove to honor five exceptional individuals
UCSC will host its third annual Founders Day gala dinner at the Cocoanut Grove on Friday, October 23.
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Haussler and Kent honored by American Society of Human Genetics
The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has honored two UCSC researchers with the 2009 Curt Stern Award.
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AIDS vaccine expert encouraged by promising results from clinical trial
Phillip Berman said he is encouraged by promising results from a large clinical trial of an AIDS vaccine regimen.
