Author: Tim Stephens
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Major grant funds UCSC researchers using big data to predict cancer outcomes
UCSC bioinformatics experts received a $3.5 million NIH grant to develop tools to analyze cancer genomics data.
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Major study assesses sea level changes due to ice sheet losses
Improved satellite measurements and computer simulations of ice sheets are creating a more accurate picture of the current and future rise in global sea level.
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Genomics pioneers look to future, form global alliance for data sharing
UCSC bioinformatics expert David Haussler is on organizing committee for global alliance to enable secure sharing of genomic and clinical data.
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Music of the Spheres draws summer visitors to Lick Observatory
Lick Observatory’s summer concert series features music, lectures, and star-gazing on Mt. Hamilton.
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Engineering students present senior design projects
Corporate Sponsored Senior Project Program gives students an opportunity to work on real-world engineering problems.
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UCSC offers professional degree in games and playable media
A new master’s degree program in Games and Playable Media is being offered from the UCSC Silicon Valley site in Santa Clara.
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Graduate Research Symposium awards recognize top presentations
Outstanding presentations at the Graduate Research Symposium were honored at the Awards Reception.
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UCSC physicist Michael Nauenberg wins UC distinguished emeriti award
Michael Nauenberg, professor emeritus of physics at UC Santa Cruz, has been honored with the 2013 Constantine Panunzio Distinguished Emeriti Award.
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Dietary flexibility may have helped large predators survive after last ice age
A study of mammoth steppe predators suggests dietary flexibility gave wolves and bears an edge over saber-toothed cats and cave lions.
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NASA scientist Chris McKay to discuss life on other planets in May 23 lecture
Annual Halliday Lecture addresses the latest findings from the Mars Curiosity Rover and the prospects for finding life on other planets
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Graduate students present research in annual symposium May 10
Graduate students from all five academic divisions at UCSC will present their research on Friday, May 10.
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Scientists retrieve temperature data from Japan Trench observatory
Data recovered in an unprecedented series of operations will reveal frictional heat generated by fault slip during the Tohoku earthquake