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Valley networks on Mars formed during long period of episodic flooding, study finds
A new study suggests that ancient features on the surface of Mars called valley networks were carved by recurrent floods during a long period when the martian climate may have been much like that of some arid or semi-arid regions…
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Grant provides funds for high-throughput DNA sequencer
UCSC scientists will be able to sequence DNA using next-generation high-throughput instrumentation, thanks to new funding from the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences.
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Helping minority entrepreneurs succeed would reduce wealth inequality, economist says
African Americans aren’t getting the same boost from self-employment that Asians and whites enjoy, and the racial disparities demand new policy initiatives, says economist Robert Fairlie.
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Alumnus Joseph DeRisi wins $250,000 Heinz Award
UCSC alumnus Joseph DeRisi, whose breakthrough creation of a viral detection platform for malaria and other infectious diseases has helped advance biomedicine’s ability to detect both existing and new viruses, has been selected to receive the 14th annual
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Researchers attract record $131 million in funding in 2007-08
UCSC researchers attracted a record $131 million in external grants and contracts to the campus in the 2007-08 fiscal year.
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Linguistics professor receives grant to help preserve endangered language
UCSC professor of linguistics Sandra Chung has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation for a collaborative project to help preserve the endangered Chamorro language.
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UCSC art professor presents exhibit in subways and galleries of Japan
“Are We There Yet?” is the title of UCSC assistant art professor Dee Hibbert-Jones’ new public artwork and interactive sound installation–on exhibit in Japan throughout September.
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UC Santa Cruz team developing a high-tech dictionary for the classroom
Dictionaries in the classroom may go the way of typewriters if researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have their way.
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NSF grant provides scholarships for UC Santa Cruz engineering students
A new scholarship program will provide financial and academic support for students in the Baskin School of Engineering, thanks to a $600,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.
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New space telescope reveals entire gamma-ray sky
NASA’s newest observatory, the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST), has begun its mission of exploring the universe in high-energy gamma rays using instruments developed by UCSC physicists.
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Linguistics grad program at UCSC celebrates outstanding 22 years
This fall, UCSC’s Ph.D. program in Linguistics enters its 22nd year of education, research and scholarship. In celebration of that milestone, the campus will host the “UC Santa Cruz Linguistics Alumni Conference” on September 12-13.
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Anthropologist explores plausibility of bulbs and tubers in diet of early human ancestors
Anthropologist Nathaniel J. Dominy painstakingly measured the mechanical properties of nearly 100 plant species across sub-Saharan Africa as part of his investigation of the diet of early human ancestors.
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Large Hadron Collider set to unveil a new world of particle physics
The field of particle physics is poised to enter unknown territory with the startup of a massive new accelerator–the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)–in Europe this summer.
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UCSC water polo teams to compete in NCAA Division III for one more year
UC Santa Cruz is pleased to announce that both the men’s and women’s water polo teams will compete in NCAA Division III during the 2008-2009 academic year.At the conclusion of the 2008-2009 season, both teams will return to their positions…
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UCSC grad student receives Princess Grace award
UCSC graduate student Kimberly Bautista has been awarded a 2008 Princess Grace Honorarium. She is one of 44 recipients across the country who were recognized for distinction in the fields of theater, dance and film.
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Study shows clumps and streams of dark matter in inner regions of the Milky Way
Using one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world to simulate the halo of dark matter that envelopes our galaxy, researchers found dense clumps and streams of the mysterious stuff lurking in the inner regions of the halo, in…
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Iraqi students explore science, technology, and American lifestyle at UCSC this summer
Seventeen students are participating in the Iraqi Young Leaders Exchange Program at UCSC this summer during a six-week course sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs in Washington, D.C. UCSC is one of only six universities in the…
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Two UCSC professors receive prestigious Humboldt Research Awards
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has chosen Robert Coe and James Zachos, both professors of Earth and planetary sciences at UC Santa Cruz, to receive Humboldt Research Awards this year.
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UC Santa Cruz Arts & Lectures announces 2008-09 season
Garrison Keillor, David Sedaris, The Shanghai Quartet, Zakir Hussain, Tiempo Libre, Darol Anger, and Mike Marshall are just some of the performing artists that will take the stage in the coming year as part of the UC Santa Cruz Arts…
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Researchers find new mode of gene regulation in mammals
UCSC researchers have discovered a type of gene regulation never before observed in mammals–a “ribozyme” that controls the activity of an important family of genes in several different species.
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Staff tree trimmer wins tree-climbing championship
Staff tree trimmer Jessica Petrini won the women’s division of the Western Chapter International Society of Arboriculture Tree Climbing Championships.
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Moore Foundation awards $3.7 million in additional funding for UCSC ocean scientist Jonathan Zehr
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has awarded a four-year, $3.7 million grant to Jonathan Zehr, professor of ocean sciences at UCSC.
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Higher temperatures helped new strain of West Nile virus spread, study finds
Higher temperatures helped a new strain of West Nile virus invade and spread across North America, according to a new study.
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Evidence of massive asteroid impact on Mars supported by computer simulations
The dramatic differences between the northern and southern hemispheres of Mars are the result of a massive asteroid impact, according to studies by UCSC planetary scientists.
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Microchip developed by UCSC engineer is helping restore vision to the blind
Last year, Wentai Liu watched as surgeons implanted a microchip he had designed into the eye of a blind patient. For Liu, a professor of electrical engineering at UCSC, it was a major milestone in two decades of work on…
