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Deforestation in Brazil could significantly increase local surface temperatures
New model quantifies how forests influence reflected sunlight and evapotranspiration, leading to changes in local surface temperature with deforestation.
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New study shows effects on offspring of epigenetic inheritance via sperm
In experiments with worms, researchers showed that epigenetic marks on sperm chromosomes affect gene expression and development in offspring.
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YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki and Google exec Dennis Troper share tips and tales
During a campus visit on Saturday, tech titan Susan Wojcicki urged college students to pursue careers of meaning and impact in fields that are growing—and to be flexible and humble as they begin their work lives.
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New anthology of essays about Chicana and Chicano art edited by arts professor Jennifer González
“Chicano and Chicana Art: A Critical Anthology” offers an overview of the history and theory of Chicano and Chicana art from the 1960s to the mid-2000s.
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New book by biochemist David Deamer explores the origins of life
‘Assembling Life’ proposes a novel theory, based on Deamer’s research, of how life can begin on Earth and other planets.
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Sixth annual Climate Conference links science and justice
For the first time, the annual UC Santa Cruz Climate Conference will bring together prominent ocean scientists and leading social-justice advocates to discuss the environmental and equity dimensions of the crisis.
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Review of noise impacts on marine mammals yields new policy recommendations
After a comprehensive review of current knowledge, a panel of scientists has published new recommendations regarding marine mammal noise exposure.
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Title IX Office fully staffed with new assistant director, investigators
The office, led by Title IX Officer Isabel Dees, has six staff members, including, an assistant director, three full-time investigators, and a response team coordinator.
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Smile Train partners with UC Santa Cruz researchers on speech therapy game
Designed to support speech therapy for children after reconstructive surgery for cleft lip and cleft palate, SpokeIt uses game play to make speech therapy fun.
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UC Santa Cruz launches online ‘Feminism and Social Justice’ course with Bettina Aptheker
UC Santa Cruz has launched a new online course open to the public through the Coursera platform. Titled ‘Feminism and Social Justice,’ it is an adaptation of a popular course taught on campus for nearly a decade by feminist studies…
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Guillermo Gómez-Peña returns to UCSC to perform his latest solo work: “The Most (un) Documented Mexican Artist”
Internationally renowned artist Guillermo Gómez-Peña returns to UC Santa Cruz on March 5 to perform his latest solo work, “The Most (un) Documented Mexican Artist,” at the Theater Arts Second Stage, beginning at 7 p.m.
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UCSC to bring art/science LASER series downtown for special evening at Rio Theater
On Tuesday, March 12, the Institute of the Arts and Sciences at UC Santa Cruz will bring its local LASER—now in its sixth year of quarterly talks on campus—downtown for a special evening at the Rio Theater.
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‘Fusion’ exhibit a collision of art, physics
Conceived by UC Santa Cruz physics lecturer Stephanie Bailey, the show features work created by 17 pairs of artists and physics graduate students.
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UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute launches brain research project
UCSC engineers and genomics experts are partnering with UCSF neuroscientists to develop new technology for studying human brain evolution and development.
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Borderbus: A community conversation about migration, art, and social justice
Former U.S. poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera will appear in conversation with book artist and UCSC alumna Felicia Rice on March 6, at the Museum of Art and History in downtown Santa Cruz.
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Living Writers Series event dedicated to celebration of literature professor Karen Yamashita
On February 28, the Living Writers Series will dedicate a special reading to a celebration of literature professor Karen Yamashita on the occasion of her retirement, beginning at 5 p.m. in the Humanities Lecture Hall.
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Pipe dreams
Three huge clay sewer pipes carved by alumnus Tom Franco and a team of artists are now gracing Danville’s art gallery in an exhibit curated by a fellow Slug.
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Seymour Center honors alumnus John Laird with Global Oceans Award
The Seymour Marine Discovery Center will honor Laird at the Global Oceans Gala on Saturday, March 23.
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Biologist Olena Morozova Vaske appointed to endowed chair in pediatric genomics
At an investiture ceremony, Vaske was honored as the inaugural holder of the Colligan Presidential Chair in Pediatric Genomics.
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Fat bats withstand the effects of white-nose syndrome, study finds
New findings explain how some populations of little brown bats are persisting, even after initial population declines caused by the debilitating fungal disease.
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Art professor to screen new documentary film at Museum of Modern Art
UC Santa Cruz art professor and multimedia artist Elizabeth Stephens and her artistic collaborator Annie Sprinkle will present their latest film at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
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UC Santa Cruz launches the country’s first graduate program in serious games
The Baskin School of Engineering is launching the first professional master’s degree program in serious games offered in the United States, with an initial cohort of students starting in fall 2019.
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Blum Scholars present preliminary results of community-based research
Four graduate students discussed their research on jail health care, Latina resistance, Central Valley youth, and feminism in the farmlands.
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Marin County: Safe harbor for Native residents during the Mission era and into the 20th century
Contrary to the dominant narrative of cultural extinction, indigenous residents of Marin County survived colonization, preserving and passing on their traditions and cultural practices, says anthropologist Tsim Schneider.
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Diller Lecture to feature talk on the history of Jews, human rights, and global democracy
Guest author and scholar James Loeffler will deliver the 2019 Helen Diller Distinguished Lecture in Jewish Studies on Wednesday, February 20, at the Cowell Ranch Hay Barn on the UC Santa Cruz campus.
