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World’s most powerful exoplanet camera looks skyward
Much of the key technology for the Gemini Planet Imager was demonstrated and validated at UCSC’s Laboratory for Adaptive Optics.
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7th Annual Santa Cruz Chocolate Festival takes place on January 19
Thirty purveyors of delectable chocolate treats will offer their wares for tasting on Sunday, January 19, from 1 to 4 p.m. as the UC Santa Cruz Women’s Club presents the 7th annual Santa Cruz Chocolate Festival.
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Jane McHenry, wife of founding chancellor, dies at age of 101
Jane McHenry, who partnered with her husband to nurture UCSC through its infancy, has passed away at the age of 101.
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UCSC alums contribute comment, analysis after Nelson Mandela’s death
The recollections and analysis of UC Santa Cruz alumni figured prominently after the death of former South African President Nelson Mandela earlier this month.
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Life lessons and a fast break for success
For UCSC student James Townsend, basketball not only provided lessons in hard work, perseverance, and self control—it was also his ticket off the streets.
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Deep-sea corals record dramatic long-term shift in Pacific Ocean ecosystem
Long-lived deep-sea corals preserve evidence of a major shift in the open Pacific Ocean ecosystem since around 1850.
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Game designer Brenda Romero among top ten game developers of 2013
Program director for the M.S. in games and playable media is featured on a list of the “Top 10 Game Developers of 2013.”
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UCSC’s Ethics Bowl team qualifies for national competition
UCSC’s Ethics Bowl team placed third at the Regional Ethics Bowl Tournament hosted by National Hispanic University on Saturday, qualifying the campus to compete at the National Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl Competition.
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Astrophysicists launch ambitious assessment of galaxy formation simulations
UCSC leads international collaboration to compare computer simulations of galaxy formation and evolution
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Chemist Ilan Benjamin elected Fellow of American Physical Society
Ilan Benjamin, professor and chair of chemistry, has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society.
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Hawaiian monk seal toy raises funds to save endangered species
A UCSC marine biologist offers cuddly “Real Seal” toys, one for each of the 1,100 Hawaiian monk seals left in the world.
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Acclaimed director Peter Sellars channels the power of art at Maitra Lecture
Peter Sellars, one of America’s leading directors, spoke of art’s transformative and community-building power at sold-out, 13th annual Maitra Lecture on campus.
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UCSC computer scientists turn software verification into gameplay
The puzzle game ‘Xylem’ is a crowd-sourced solution for improving the security of software code.
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Watsonville’s new mayor is a UC Santa Cruz alum, a first for the city
The selection of Karina Cervantez (Kresge, ’03, psychology) as Watsonville’s mayor two weeks ago means UC Santa Cruz graduates hold the top municipal seats in Santa Cruz County’s two largest cities.
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Slippery fault unleashed destructive Tohoku-Oki earthquake and tsunami
The first measurement of friction during an earthquake yielded a surprisingly low value for the devastating 2011 Tohoku earthquake.
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Visionary director Peter Sellars to deliver 2013 Maitra Lecture
The UC Santa Cruz Foundation presents the 13th annual Sidhartha Maitra Memorial Lecture–featuring acclaimed opera, theater and festival director Peter Sellars–on Thursday, December 5, at 7 p.m.
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Professor J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves elected to Mexican Academy of Sciences
Professor of computer engineering J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves has been elected a corresponding member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences.
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Algebra Academy gives eighth graders a pathway to college
The intensive program, a unique collaboration between Graniterock, UC Santa Cruz, and CSU Monterey Bay is designed to boost math education at rural schools
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Hidden workshop turns out complex equipment for UCSC scientists
Born tinkerers, two ‘old-school’ UCSC machinists take rough sketches and turn them into ‘works of art.’
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Korean traditional music & dance concert premieres UCSC faculty works
Korean traditional music and dance, including new works by UCSC music faculty, will be presented by master performers of the Korea National University of Arts on Nov. 21.
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Into the wild: UCSC students learn to track and understand local animals as part of a unique OPERS class
An intensive course at UCSC teaches students to connect more closely with nature and pay more careful attention to their surroundings.
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UCSC ranks 12th for students studying in year-long programs abroad
The number of UCSC students studying abroad as part of year-long programs totaled 81, earning the campus a No. 12 ranking for the number of students engaged in “longer duration” study at foreign institutions.
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Theatre Arts’ Kathy Foley directs students in ‘Mughal Miniatures:Tales of Love’
Theater arts professor Kathy Foley and a student cast collaborate for an evening of Indian and Persian tales November 8-17.
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UCSC team wins cancer genomics competition
A team of bioinformatics experts made the most accurate predictions in a challenge to identify signaling networks in breast cancer cells.
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State ban on lead ammunition supported by years of research at UCSC
Environmental toxicologists documented the effects of lead from bullets on wildlife and testified before legislative committees
