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Biodiversity ‘SWAT Team’ conducts an unprecedented survey of intertidal life on the West Coast
Peter Raimondi, professor and chair of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has been studying marine life on the West Coast for about 20 years. But when it comes to field surveys that require identification…
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Astronomers discover first Neptune-sized planets outside our solar system
A team of astronomers has announced the discovery of some of the smallest planets yet detected beyond our solar system. The two newly discovered planets represent a new class of extrasolar planets, and their discovery is a significant advance in…
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Two UCSC graduate students receive grant for marine ecology research
Two graduate students at the University of California, Santa Cruz, are among the winners of the 2004 Mia J. Tegner Memorial Research Grants in Marine Environmental History and Historical Marine Ecology. Seth Newsome, a Ph.D. candidate in Earth sciences, and…
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UCSC physicist receives award to develop technology for neuroscience
Alan Litke, an adjunct professor of physics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has received an award from the McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience to support an interdisciplinary research project with neurobiologist E. J. Chichilnisky of the Salk Institute…
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$2.4 million grant supports research on coastal ecosystems at UCSC and other Monterey Bay institutions
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded a grant of more than $2.4 million to support the Center for Integrated Marine Technologies (CIMT), a collaborative partnership led by the University of California, Santa Cruz. The center brings together…
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The Getty Awards Campus Heritage Grant to UC Santa Cruz
Long before the first student ever set foot on campus, the land now home to UC Santa Cruz was the hub of a booming limekiln business that filled ships bound for San Francisco and beyond. Before that, Native Americans known…
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UCSC scientist Jonathan Zehr receives major award from Moore Foundation for marine microbiology research
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has selected Jonathan Zehr, professor of ocean sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz, to receive more than $4 million over the next five years as a Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Investigator…
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New elephant seal sculpture at the Seymour Marine Discovery Center honors Long Marine Lab volunteers
A dramatic new sculpture of northern elephant seals enlivens the entrance to the Seymour Marine Discovery Center in Santa Cruz and has already become a favorite “photo opportunity” for visitors to the center, located at UC Santa Cruz’s Long Marine…
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Emerita psychology professor contributes major planned gift to support history research at UC Santa Cruz library
Psychology professor emerita Melanie J. Mayer has established a $150,000 endowment to benefit history research in Special Collections at the UC Santa Cruz Library. The donation is one of the largest planned gifts in the history of the University Library.…
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UC Santa Cruz acting chancellor leads $1.5 million federal study of math, science programs
Responding to a critical shortage of young people who are interested in math and science, the federal government is investing $1.5 million at the University of California, Santa Cruz, to identify the strengths of programs that encourage underrepresented minorities to…
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UCSC seismologist Karen McNally receives University Medal from the National University of Costa Rica
Karen McNally, professor emerita of Earth sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has received the University Medal from the National University of Costa Rica. McNally was honored in a ceremony on July 2 for her contributions in helping…
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UC Santa Cruz to become first UC campus offering new doctorate degree in music composition
UC Santa Cruz will be the first UC campus to offer a Doctorate of Musical Arts (D.M.A.) program in Music Composition with enrollment set to begin in Fall, 2005. Although private institutions such as Stanford University, Claremont Graduate University, and…
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UCSC dedicates new W. M. Keck Isotope Laboratory with a symposium on isotope analysis
The University of California, Santa Cruz, dedicated the W. M. Keck Isotope Laboratory in June with a symposium on isotope analysis. The naming of the facility recognizes a $1 million grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation that enabled the…
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Awards honor ‘excellence through diversity’
Efforts promoting a diverse and inclusive environment have been recognized with the UC Santa Cruz Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Excellence Through Diversity awards. Acting Chancellor Martin M. Chemers presented awards June 10 to the following units and individuals providing programs,…
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UCSC scientist leads expedition to establish seafloor observatories
An international team of scientists will investigate how water flows through rock formations beneath the seafloor during an eight-week expedition this summer to the eastern flank of the Juan de Fuca Ridge off the coast of British Columbia. It will…
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High-profile film industry guests visit UC Santa Cruz
Hollywood film director Alexander Payne (About Schmidt, Election), actress Sandra Oh (Under the Tuscan Sun, Arli$$, Double Happiness), and groundbreaking new Asian American director Justin Lin have each paid a visit to UC Santa Cruz in the past two months…
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Six faculty members named to provost positions at UC Santa Cruz
Six faculty members are being either appointed or reappointed to positions as college provosts, Lynda J. Goff, vice provost and dean of undergraduate education at UC Santa Cruz, has announced. “These college provosts are fundamental to the character of UCSC,”…
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Alumnus Kent Nagano selects new transcription by UC Santa Cruz arts dean to open annual Ojai Music Festival
The San Francisco-based choral group Chanticleer gave the premiere performance of UCSC Arts Division dean and professor of music Edward Houghton’s new transcription of Johannes Ockeghem’s, Missa Ecce ancilla domini, at the opening concert of the Ojai Music Festival on…
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Bio industry group from Russia and U.S. State Department will visit UC Santa Cruz on Thursday, June 10
A delegation of Russian scientists working through the U.S. State Department’s BioIndustry Initiative will participate in a full-day program at the University of California, Santa Cruz, on Thursday, June 10. Reporters are invited to attend the introductory remarks and the…
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Adobe CEO Bruce Chizen to address 2004 graduates at UCSC’s Baskin School of Engineering commencement; other UCSC celebrations begin on Thursday
Bruce Chizen, president and CEO of Adobe Systems, Incorporated, will be the keynote speaker this year at the commencement exercises for UC Santa Cruz’s Baskin School of Engineering. The event will take place on Sunday, June 13, at 3:30 p.m.…
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Long Marine Lab’s annual ‘Whale of an Auction’ set for Friday, June 18
The Friends of Long Marine Lab will hold a “Whale of an Auction,” the group’s popular annual fundraiser, on Friday, June 18. The event will take place in the Porter College Dining Hall on the UC Santa Cruz campus, starting…