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Gifts from alum Sage Weil provide $3 million for open source research at UC Santa Cruz
Alumnus Sage Weil has established an endowed chair and provided an additional $2 million for research in open source software.
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LASER talk to explore research in environmental art, recycling, ocean medicines, and film
UC Santa Cruz’s Institute of the Arts and Sciences will present its final LASER talk of the academic year on campus this spring on Tuesday, May 19, at 7 p.m. in the Digital Arts Research Center.
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Against all odds: Astronomers baffled by discovery of rare quasar quartet
Astronomers discovered four quasars, each one a rare object in its own right, in close physical proximity to each other.
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Berries, flowers from campus Farm & Garden go on sale at Quarry Plaza
On Friday, May 15th, Wednesday, May 20th, and Wednesday, May 27th, a limited engagement produce and flower stand will open at Quarry Plaza with berries and beautiful flower bouquets from the Alan Chadwick Garden.
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Persistence yields progress in AIDS vaccine research at UC Santa Cruz
Veteran vaccine researcher Phil Berman has developed a new approach based on an old vaccine and recent advances in HIV immunology
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First annual Arts Division emeriti awards honor Chip Lord and Lewis Watts
Photographer Lewis Watts (Art Department) and media artist Chip Lord (Film and Digital Media) were honored at an inaugural luncheon to recognize the contributions of emeriti faculty in building the programs, reputation, and physical structures of the Arts Division.
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UC Santa Cruz Arboretum inspires young author’s nature guide
Nature walk and book signing on May 17 celebrates the publication of ‘The Budding Naturalist’s Guide to the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum’ by 15-year-old Kelly McCandless
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CASFS updates instructor’s manual for teaching small farm direct marketing
The new edition of “Teaching Direct Marketing and Small Farm Viability: Resources for Instructors,” 2nd Edition, draws on nearly 50 years of experience teaching beginning organic farmers and gardeners at the UC Santa Cruz Farm & Garden Apprenticeship.
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‘CAVE Lab’ offers immersive virtual reality tools for research and teaching
A new multi-disciplinary facility featuring interactive 3-D visualization technology is available to researchers across campus.
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Spreading science education, one telescope at a time
UC Santa Cruz grad student Tuguldur Sukhbold is using grant money to bring telescopes to schools in Mongolia so that science-starved kids might be exposed to the wonders of the universe.
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Astronomers set a new distance record for galaxies
Astronomers have pushed back the cosmic frontier of galaxy exploration to a time when the universe was only 5 percent of its present age.
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Bettina Aptheker featured in NBC’s ‘Rebels & Revolutions’ documentary
An interview with UC Santa Cruz professor Bettina Aptheker will be featured in Rebels & Revolutions, the second installment of NBC Bay Area’s year-long documentary series Bay Area Revelations, premiering May 9.
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Student study tells the stories of low-wage workers in Santa Cruz County
A year-long study by UC Santa Cruz students that finds low-wage workers in Santa Cruz County earn about $10 an hour compared with the county median of $17.81 will be released at ‘Working for Dignity,’ a public event 7-9 p.m.…
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UC Santa Cruz ranks 2nd in the U.S., 8th overall among universities under 50
UC Santa Cruz ranks 2nd in the U.S. and 8th overall among the top universities in the world under 50 years old, according to an annual analysis by “Times Higher Education.”
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UC Santa Cruz ranks 2nd in the U.S., 8th overall among universities under 50
UC Santa Cruz ranks 2nd in the U.S. and 8th overall among the top universities in the world under 50 years old, according to an annual analysis by “Times Higher Education.”
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UC Santa Cruz biomedical research facility wins $2 million NIH grant
Grant funds new instrument used to explore the structures and functions of complex molecules involved in human health and disease.
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UC Santa Cruz history professor elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
UC Santa Cruz history professor Gail Hershatter has joined Nobel Prize-winning chemist Brian Kobilka, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, singer-songwriter Judy Collins, novelist Tom Wolfe, and UC President Janet A. Napolitano as a newly elected fellow of the American Academy of…
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Cosmologist Robert Kirshner explores accelerating universe in public talk on May 13
Kirshner’s talk, “The Accelerating Universe: Einstein’s Blunder Undone,” is free and open to the public.
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Scientists find evidence for groundwater in Antarctica’s Dry Valleys
A salty aquifer beneath Antarctica’s Dry Valleys may support previously unknown microbial ecosystems.
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An Alumni Weekend to remember
A record-breaking crowd of 2,500 revelers, more than half of them alumni, took part in UC Santa Cruz’s Alumni Weekend this year—a special edition of the event that was bigger and more elaborate than ever before in honor of the…
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Earth scientist Jim Gill to give Emeriti Lecture May 11
James Gill, professor emeritus of Earth and planetary sciences, will discuss “Volcanism as the Re-creation of Earth.”
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Art professor’s documentary short wins at Full Frame film festival
An animated short by UC Santa Cruz associate professor of art Dee Hibbert-Jones and artist Nomi Talisman won two awards at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.
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Spread of pathogens between species is predictable, study finds
Scientists studied disease dynamics in a grassland on the UC Santa Cruz campus.
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UC Santa Cruz named one of Princeton Review’s top 50 ‘greenest’ colleges
UC Santa Cruz once again ranks high among the nation’s “greenest” colleges and universities.
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UC Santa Cruz part of NASA coalition leading search for life on distant worlds
Astrophysicist Jonathan Fortney is one of 15 principal investigators for a new NASA initiative searching for life on planets around other stars.
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Public Radio host and alum Jesse Thorn to podcast live from Kuumbwa
UC Santa Cruz alums Jesse Thorn and Jordan Morris return to Santa Cruz April 24, for a live taping of their popular podcast at Kuumbwa Jazz Center. Proceeds benefit KZSC.
