• December 10, 2018

  The complex history of Earth’s magnetic reversals

  UC Santa Cruz geology professor Robert Coe will be presenting his paper, “What We Know and Don’t Know about Reversals” during the upcoming American Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting in Washington, D.C. this December.

• December 10, 2018

  Ocean fertilization by unusual microbes extends to frigid waters of Arctic Ocean

  Researchers have documented nitrogen fixation by an unusual type of cyanobacteria in the cold waters of the Bering and Chukchi Seas.

• December 6, 2018

  Wild animals key to mediating landscape’s capacity to store carbon, researchers say

  Advances in remote sensing technologies are helping scientists to better measure how global landscapes—from forests to savanna—are able to store carbon, a critical insight as they evaluate the potential role of ecosystems in mitigating climate change.

• December 5, 2018

  Alumna Irma Eréndira Sandoval leads Mexico's anti-corruption efforts

  Mexico's new president tapped UC Santa Cruz alumna Irma Sandoval to lead the government's anti-corruption efforts.

• December 4, 2018

  DVD box set curated by Shelley Stamp wins 2018 New York Film Critics Circle Award

  "Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers"--a Kino Classics box set curated by UC Santa Cruz film and digital media professor Shelley Stamp and executive produced by actress, director, and screenwriter Illeana Douglas--has received a 2018 Special Award from the New York Film Critics Circle.

• December 4, 2018

  Art exhibit highlights the ubiquity of motors

  “Motors Surround Us”—a collaboration between a physics lecturer, her students, and community artists—will be on display through Dec. 31 in the atrium of the Physical Sciences Building.

• December 3, 2018

  Environmental, social changes shift how elephant seals communicate

  UC Santa Cruz Ph.D. candidate Caroline Casey retraced biologist Burney Le Boeuf's scientific footsteps and discovered the seals’ threat calls no longer had geographic distinctions. Instead, as the northern elephant seal population had increased, the males’ calls had grown more individualized and complex.

• November 30, 2018

  Summer abroad programs offer hands-on learning opportunities

  UC Santa Cruz has significantly expanded its faculty-led summer abroad programs, now offering seven different opportunities for students to further their education in other countries.

• November 28, 2018

  Racial bias taints neighborhoods—and residents, research reveals

  In her research, Courtney Bonam explores the assumptions people make about neighborhoods and schools that are either predominantly black or white, and she has uncovered racial bias in the way people perceive communities.

• November 27, 2018

  UC Santa Cruz receives significant Hunter S. Thompson collection

  An 800-volume collection of works by famed author and journalist Hunter S. Thompson has been donated to Special Collections & Archives at UC Santa Cruz.

• November 26, 2018

  Massoud elected trustee of Law and Society Association

  Mark Fathi Massoud, associate professor of politics and legal studies, has been elected to the board of trustees of the Law and Society Association.

• November 23, 2018

  Grassland expansion—not human hunting—drove ancient African extinctions

  A new study revealed ecological changes in the African savanna, not the emergence of our hominin ancestors, led to the extinction of African ‘megaherbivores’ millions of years ago.

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