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Got game: UCSC student holds astonishing college basketball scoring record
In 1986, a 5-foot-11 junior from UC Santa Cruz became the NCAA’s lead scorer. John Saintignon beat out bigger and better-known players like UCLA’s Reggie Miller and All-American Len Bias. He edged out hundreds of Division I and Division II…
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Analytical advisor to NY Fed presents lecture on liquidity and leverage
Allan M. Malz, senior analytical advisor in the Markets Group at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, will give a free public lecture on “Liquidity, Leverage and the Financial Crisis” Wednesday, November 14th, from 4-5:30 p.m. at UCSC.
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Shakespeare Santa Cruz holiday show opens Nov. 16
Shakespeare Santa Cruz and the UCSC Theater Arts Department kick off their 14th annual holiday co-production on November 16 with Honk!–a musical re-telling of “The Ugly Duckling” by Hans Christian Andersen.
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New super-Earth planet found in habitable zone of six-planet system
An international team of astronomers has discovered a new super-Earth planet in the habitable zone of a nearby star.
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UCSC celebrates launch of new Ph.D. program in Feminist Studies
The UC Santa Cruz Feminist Studies Department officially celebrated the launch of its long-awaited Ph.D.program with a kick-off reception at the Chancellor’s house.
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American Mathematical Society honors three UCSC professors
Three UCSC professors have been named Fellows of the American Mathematical Society.
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UCSC engineers tackle big data
Big data projects include energy-aware storage, efficient data processing, proactive information retrieval, and cancer genomics.
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Deep learning
UCSC’s scientific diving program provides crucial training for students who want to work in marine science fields
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Image of hand shows progress toward proton radiography
Researchers developing a new medical imaging technology that uses protons instead of x-rays presented the first proton radiographic image of a hand.
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Happy or sad, take part in Election Night events
Numerous venues on campus will be open on the evening of Tuesday, November 6, for election-night gatherings. These college locations provide an opportunity to be happy or sad and to laugh or cry — with others — as the election…
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UCSC grad students launch cancer genomics company in Santa Cruz
The cofounders of Five3 Genomics, a new biotech company based in Santa Cruz, are former graduate students in the Baskin School of Engineering. Five3 Genomics offers genomics software and services for personalized cancer therapy
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Interdisciplinary conference focuses on development and climate change
Conflicts between development and climate change will bring together researchers and practitioners in both areas for an all-day conference at UC Santa Cruz on Saturday, October 27.
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Social Sciences division honors teaching, staff, and scholarship
Social Science faculty, staff, and students honored for outstanding achievement, teaching excellence, and scholarship.
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Astronomers uncover a surprising trend in galaxy evolution
A comprehensive study of hundreds of galaxies has revealed an unexpected pattern of change that extends back 8 billion years.
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Giant impact scenario may explain the unusual moons of Saturn
The middle-sized moons of Saturn may have been spawned during giant impacts in which several major satellites merged to form Titan.
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UCSC professor premieres explosive documentary at Pacific Rim Festival
“The very first day of shooting the film there was a huge explosion,” said Gustavo Vazquez, UCSC professor of Film and Digital Media. Vazquez was high up in the Peruvian Andes filming “Playing with Fire,” a kaleidoscopic portrait of the…
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10th Practical Activism Conference coincides with College Ten’s 10th anniversary
Angela Davis, UC Santa Cruz distinguished professor emerita, will be the keynote speaker at the 10th Practical Activism Conference Saturday, October 20 at Colleges Nine and Ten on the UCSC campus.
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UCSC to host free public conference exploring philosophy in multicultural context
Is philosophical inquiry bound by history, geography or culture? Should the philosopher be responsible to the public? On October 20, UCSC will host a free public conference examining the relationship between philosophy and its multicultural context.
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Forums, web pages explore candidates, issues as election approaches
With the state and national election less than four weeks away, several election forums and events are scheduled at UC Santa Cruz. In addition, the campus has prepared a comprehensive web page with information on candidates, state ballot initiatives, and…
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Triloki Pandey wins Gandhi medal for non-resident Indians
Triloki N. Pandey, a professor of anthropology at UC Santa Cruz, has been awarded the Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Medal by the NRI Welfare Society of India.
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UCSC chemist develops spray to detect poison oak’s toxic oil
Researchers have developed a spray that can be used to detect poison oak’s toxic oil on clothes and equipment, and potentially on skin.
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Private giving climbs 9.4 percent at UCSC; alumni giving nearly triples
Private donors gave nearly $24 million in gifts and pledges to support UC Santa Cruz in fiscal year 2011-2012, an increase of 9.4 percent from the previous year. Alumni giving roughly tripled — from $2.5 million to $7.3 million, and…
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UCSC alumna thrives promoting arts and humanities in Obama White House
“I often say, only partly facetiously, that I have the best job in Washington D.C.,” notes UC Santa Cruz alumna Rachel Goslins, executive director of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, an advisory committee to the White…
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Virtual anthropology uses digital copies to increase access for students
The trouble with working with bone fragments in an anthropology lab is they’re often fragile and always one of a kind. What if you could create identical copies, enough for each student?
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UCSC awarded $4.5 million NSF grant for renewable energy research and education
UCSC leads a cooperative research and education program on renewable energy involving universities in the United States and Denmark.
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UCSC and Cabrillo music faculty collaborate for ‘Women Over the Edge’
The UCSC Arts Division’s first concert of the academic year kicks off on October 19 with “Women Over the Edge,” an evening of song that deliberately blurs the boundaries between classical and popular music.
