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Hydrogeologist Andrew Fisher honored by Geological Society of America
Fisher’s Recharge Initiative aims to replenish California’s depleted groundwater supplies.
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Astronomers find evidence of water clouds in first spectrum of coldest brown dwarf
Difficult spectroscopic observations reveal properties of the coldest known object outside of our solar system.
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‘The Blob’ overshadows El Niño
The Blob and El Niño are on their way out, leaving behind a disrupted marine ecosystem along the West Coast.
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Patricia Zavella wins anthropology association gender equity award
Patricia Zavella, UC Santa Cruz professor of Latin American and Latino studies, has been named winner of the 2016 American Anthropological Association’s Committee on Gender Equity in Anthropology Award.
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Ecologist Kristy Kroeker named Faculty Climate Action Champion for 2016-17
Kroeker will address how environmental changes in the ocean could affect human health.
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Campus earns gold in higher education sustainability ratings
The Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS) is designed to be a transparent, self-reporting framework for colleges and universities to measure their sustainability performance.
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Derek Conrad Murray appointed to Art Journal editorial board
UC Santa Cruz associate professor Derek Conrad Murray, an interdisciplinary theorist in the History of Art and Visual Culture Department, has been appointed to the Editorial Board of Art Journal.
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UCSC’s Gail Project wins first prize in national ‘Shout Out for the Humanities’ contest
Why is studying the humanities–history, literature, languages, philosophy, culture–important? How would you convince your parents, an employer, a politician, or others that there is value in pursing the humanities?
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Sci-fi meets soprano with Star Trek opera
UC Santa Cruz–affiliated professors and staff are boldly going where no one has gone before by taking Star Trek into the high-culture realm of arias and recitatives.
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Play depicts the struggles, lessons of ALS
The one-woman performance of The Voice Bank, brought to UC Santa Cruz as a faculty member suffers from ALS, is about finding strength in the face of the disease—and about letting go.
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‘Rebels and visionaries’ are the focus of Social Sciences’ summer reading list
From farmer to feminist, hacker, judge, surfer, scientist, geologist, and community organizer–meet the people who dared to think and act differently in the Division of Social Sciences’ Second Annual Summer Reading List.
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New campus archivist launches campaign to document 51 years of history
For Teresa Mora, the essence of UC Santa Cruz’s 51-year story is in the details—the newsletters, meeting minutes, images, correspondence, and dog-eared reports stashed away in forgotten boxes.
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Former CASFS intern named to Global Food Initiative 30 Under 30 list
The manager of the UC Riverside community garden, who spent two years as an intern with the UC Santa Cruz Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, is a winner of the inaugural University of California Global Food Initiative 30…
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Economics chair appointed NBER research associate
Rob Fairlie, chair of the UC Santa Cruz economics department, has been appointed as a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).
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Grant supports research on technology solutions for low vision
Computer engineer Roberto Manduchi is among the first grantees in an initiative to help people with chronic visual impairment.
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Novel capping strategy improves stability of perovskite nanocrystals
Organometal-halide perovskites are promising materials for solar cells, LEDs, and other applications.
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Alzheimer’s researchers find clues to toxic forms of amyloid beta
A subtle change to the amyloid beta protein stabilizes an intermediate form with enhanced toxicity.
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GA4GH presents vision, model for genomic and clinical data sharing
David Haussler and other experts are developing a framework for sharing genomic and clinical data.
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Citizens academy helps to ‘humanize the badge’
The nine-week program is offered three times a year to give a behind-the-scenes, hands-on perspective of the roles and responsibilities of law enforcement.
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Five UC Santa Cruz students receive Global Food Initiative Fellowships
Five UC Santa Cruz students will team with UCSC faculty and staff to improve campus and community food systems as part of the UC Global Food Initiative’s fellowship program.
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Art professor Dee Hibbert-Jones wins Northern California Area Emmy award
UC Santa Cruz associate professor of art Dee Hibbert-Jones has been honored with yet another award for her acclaimed animated documentary film, “Last Day of Freedom.”
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Baskin School recognizes women graduating with engineering degrees
Women make up 19 percent of engineering undergraduates at UC Santa Cruz this year, up from 12 percent in 2005. The event is meant to help retain women in the engineering school.
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Ice age bison fossils shed light on early human migrations in North America
Scientists used bison fossils to date the opening of an ice-free corridor along the Rocky Mountains during the Pleistocene.
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Linguistics professor Pranav Anand receives Dizikes Award for teaching in Humanities
Associate professor of linguistics Pranav Anand was presented with the John Dizikes Teaching Award in Humanities at the Humanities Division’s 2016 Spring Awards celebration held at the Cowell Provost House.
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International economics graduate named deputy governor of China’s central bank
An early graduate of the international economics Ph.D. program at UC Santa Cruz has been named to a top position at China’s central bank, a move seen as a step toward a future high-level appointment to the International Monetary Fund.
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UCSC Farm & Garden’s weekly CSA and market cart open for the season June 7
The opportunity to obtain fresh, organic produce and flowers from the UC Santa Cruz Farm and Garden opens for the 2016 season beginning Tuesday, June 7.
