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New art and photography professor Jonathan Jackson included in a list honoring black faculty in higher education. Jonathan Jackson has joined the faculty at the University of California, Santa Cruz as an assistant professor of photography.

Colossal Biosciences in a Thursday press release said its reconstructed thylacine genome is about 99.9% complete, with 45 gaps that they'll work to close through additional sequencing in the coming months. … "The thylacine samples used for our new reference genome are among the best preserved ancient specimens my team has worked with," said Beth…

The team stress that a surge in global warming may be happening – just that it's not detectable yet. "Of course, it is still possible that an acceleration in global warming is occurring," said lead author Claudie Beaulieu, a professor of ocean sciences at UC Santa Cruz. "But we found that the magnitude of the…

Andrew Fisher, a hydrogeologist at the University of California, Santa Cruz wasn't involved in the study, but he explained why the incredible breakthrough has important implications when it comes to cosmic exploration such as that on Europa, Jupiter's moon. "Where there is space, life often finds a place to take hold," Fisher said. "When probes…

Among those aghast at this pseudo-science was Beth Shapiro, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UC Santa Cruz: “This is eugenics,” she tweeted. “As President of the American Genetics Association and a human, I reject this. We are better than this.” Also quoted in Scientific American.

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Alta Journal is publishing a five-part serialization of “Trekking to Delta,” a historical essay by acclaimed novelist Karen Tei Yamashita, University of California, Santa Cruz Emerita Professor of Literature.

A. M. Darke, a UC Santa Cruz professor of Digital Arts and New Media, participated in a project to help animate coily hair. This research aims to help created animated characters who are Black with more realistic hair patterns. Previous animation work made curls go all in one direction, but this new research created an…

Netflix's new movie, "Rez Ball", which premiered late in September highlights indigenous people in sports. The movie stars UC Santa Cruz student, Kauchani Bratt, who is also the nephew of the popular actor Benjamin Bratt. In the article Kauchani talks about his heritage and how he ended up in the movie.

Dana Frank, University of California, Santa Cruz Research Professor and History Professor Emerita wrote an opinion piece showing "a chilling precedent'' for Donald Trump's threats of mass expulsions if elected president. "During the Great Depression, when many falsely blamed Mexican immigrants and Mexican Americans for the economic crisis, as many as a million were forced…

Sir Isaac Julien, University of California, Santa Cruz Distinguished Professor of the Arts and Humanities, was featured prominently in a New York Times feature story, "When Harlem Was 'as Gay as It Was Black,' mapping the people, homes and hot spots that transformed the neighborhood during its Renaissance. Julien is an acclaimed filmmaker and artist.