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Curating the African American and Holocaust museums in a post-fact world
UC Santa Cruz will present a free public discussion about building museums, engaging the public, and how to represent difficult memories on Feb. 22 at Kresge Town Hall.
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Oscar nominee ‘I Am Not Your Negro’ to screen with panel discussion at Del Mar Theater
UC Santa Cruz will present a film screening of “I Am Not Your Negro”–an award-winning documentary on the life and work of writer James Baldwin, followed by a panel discussion, Feb. 21, at the Del Mar Theater
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UC Santa Cruz receives $191,000 grant to benefit grad students in humanities, arts, social sciences
UC Santa Cruz is one of five universities nationwide selected by the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) to be part of its new University Initiative program.
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Diversity, inclusivity key to a growing economy
The face of small business is shifting. From 2007–2012, Latino-owned businesses in the U.S. grew by 34.5 percent and African American-owned enterprises grew by 46.3 percent. A quarter of all new businesses were started by immigrants.
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Donation by rugby alumnus lights up Lower East Field
The lights turned on this month, thanks to a generous donation by rugby alumnus George Kraw (1971), who played mostly “lock” and “break-away” on the first rugby team in 1967.
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Hummingbird Day at the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum is Saturday, March 4
Hummingbird Day is a family-oriented event celebrating one of nature’s vibrant aerial acrobats, the hummingbird.
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GameSpace offers a playable visualization of 16,000 videogames
UCSC researchers developed the game as a tool to help people find information about videogames.
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Film professor contributes to new PBS documentary on race in America
UC Santa Cruz assistant professor of film and digital media Jennifer Maytorena Taylor has produced one of several short pieces that comprise The Talk: Race in America, a new film premiering Feb. 20 on PBS.
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Astronomy team releases planet-search data, finds more than 100 candidates
The HIRES spectrometer, designed and built by UCSC astronomer Steven Vogt, has been a planet-hunting workhorse for over two decades.
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‘Ecosystems of California’ book wins PROSE Award for Excellence
Coedited by UCSC ecologist Erika Zavaleta, the book won two prestigious awards from the Association of American Publishers.
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Music professor receives patent to help fight bark beetles ravaging Western forests
UC Santa Cruz music professor David Dunn has joined forces with two forest scientists from Northern Arizona University to combat an insect infestation that is killing millions of trees throughout the West.
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The mighty Phyllis returns after record-shattering swim
The tagged elephant seal’s landing at Año Nuevo means she swam about 7,400 miles, longer than any elephant seal recorded over two decades—then she gave birth to a baby boy.
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Drought identified as key to severity of West Nile virus epidemics
Researchers found that drought dramatically increases the severity of West Nile virus epidemics in the United States.
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Waves Passing in the Night: a talk about astrophysics, harmony, and boundaries
Acclaimed writer and UC Santa Cruz alumnus Lawrence Weschler will join Academy Award-winning sound and film editor Walter Murch, and noted campus astronomer Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz on Feb. 13, in the Music Center Recital Hall.
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Black hole meal sets record for length and size
New observations confirm a theoretical model developed by UCSC astrophysicists of a black hole tearing apart a star.
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Marlene Tromp selected as UC Santa Cruz campus provost and executive vice chancellor
Tromp will serve as the chief academic officer and provide academic leadership to UC Santa Cruz.
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Crochet coral reef exhibition to open Feb. 10 at Mary Porter Sesnon Gallery
“Crochet Coral Reef: CO2CA-CO2LA Ocean,” an exhibition by Margaret and Christine Wertheim and the Institute For Figuring, is an artistic response to global warming and the growing problem of plastic trash accumulating in the ocean.
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Multicultural Career Conference poised to celebrate 30 years
The Multicultural Career Conference is set to celebrate its 30th anniversary in early February, marking a long history of connecting students with alumni who know the challenges of beginning a career.
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Sandra Chung to deliver 51st annual Faculty Research Lecture
UC Santa Cruz professor of linguistics Sandra Chung will deliver the 51st annual Faculty Research Lecture on Tuesday, February 7, at 7 p.m. at the Music Recital Hall in the Performing Arts Complex.
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Science Internship Program creates opportunities for high school students
SIP alumni and their families are raising funds to extend the program’s reach and support need-based scholarships.
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UC Santa Cruz launches Murray Baumgarten Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies
UC Santa Cruz has established an endowed chair to honor the person most responsible for the thriving Jewish Studies program that exists on the campus today.
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End of the pipeline
In a new book, Professor Flora Lu looks at the oil industry’s impact on the Waorani, an indigenous Ecuadorian population living in a region renowned for its ecological diversity.
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City, university wharf partnership earns Silicon Valley award
The GreenWharf is a suite of collaborative projects that together minimize the footprint of wharf operations on the surrounding environment while enhancing its appeal as a visitor destination.
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New book explores why the discovery of sex in plants took so long
The scandalous idea of sexual reproduction in plants was hotly debated for 150 years before finally gaining acceptance in the 19th century.
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UC Santa Cruz receives $2.2 million for innovation and entrepreneurship program
New support program will help bring research innovations to the marketplace and spur economic development in the Santa Cruz area.
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UC Santa Cruz hosts Northern California High School Ethics Bowl
Each winter, high school students from Salinas to Marin County travel to Santa Cruz to participate in the Northern California High School Ethics Bowl.
