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California may be at high risk of ‘supershear’ earthquakes. Scientists fear we’re not ready
Past large supershear earthquakes have occurred on shearing faults that are long, straight and shallow, said Thorne Lay, a distinguished professor of earth and planetary sciences at UC Santa Cruz. The San Andreas fits this description.
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UCSC aims to cut vacant faculty jobs, attract international students to fix budget gap, new interim provost says
UC Santa Cruz is making strides toward closing a large budget deficit, having so far trimmed about $70 million toward a targeted $170 million in annual savings, the school’s new interim campus provost, Paul Koch, said in an interview with Lookout.
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UC Santa Cruz arts division hires new faculty for 2025-26 academic year
Assistant professor Clementine Bordeaux will be teaching the history of art and visual culture class. Jonaya Kemper, assistant professor, will be teaching performance, play and design, and creative technologies.
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Big Build
UC Santa Cruz and Cabrillo College officials plan to open a student housing complex that is expected to revolutionize the way local students live and attend school, and how they pay for their living space. Additional coverage in Lookout Santa Cruz, the Santa Cruz Sentinel, and The Pajaronian.
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UCSC recovers some funding cut by Trump, but research disruption roils campus
University officials warn that the temporary losses caused long-term disruption to crucial research and student training programs, and that ongoing federal pressure continues to threaten the broader University of California system.
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After deadly year for whales in Calif., new map offers a lifeline
“I hope this new platform can demystify the scientific data we collected, making it accessible for people who are interested in whales and biology,” said Ari Friedlaender, a UC Santa Cruz ecologist who tagged many of the featured whales. “It’s great if it also brings people closer to the animals, helping foster empathy and responsibility.”
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UC Santa Cruz’s ‘Festival of Monsters’ blends scholarship and scares this October
The Festival of Monsters returns to Santa Cruz in October. It’s a celebration of horror and theory hosted by UC Santa Cruz’s Center for Monster Studies. This season also marks the arrival on campus of two new philosophy professors in the Humanities Division, Sara Bernstein and Daniel Nolan, whose collaborated on a project about what…
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Tracey Weiss, Our Ocean Backyard | NEXTies: Earth & Sea celebrates Santa Cruz changemakers
Professor Andrew Fisher won the “Brainwave Award” for his groundbreaking hydrological research on urban flooding, saltwater intrusion and freshwater supply in the Pajaro River Valley. Darryl Wong and Gage Dayton of the Center for Agroecology won the “Big Idea Award” for their work on UC Santa Cruz’s recent land acquisition that strengthens conservation, sustainable agriculture…
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Recess Can Boost Student Learning. 9 Ways to Make It Matter
As Rebecca London, a community-engagement researcher and professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, points out, “You can’t just throw 400 kids out on a play yard for 20 minutes with a couple of balls and expect it to go well.”
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New Math Revives Geometry’s Oldest Problems
That was the case until the mathematicians Kirsten Wickelgren and Jesse Kass, associate professor at UC Santa Cruz, came to a sudden realization: that enumerative geometry might provide the exact kind of deep insights that Hilbert had hoped for.