Donor News
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New astronomy network catalyzes scientific excellence
A new STEM mentoring network seeks to maximize scientific excellence and output within the astronomy and astrophysics community by cultivating inclusive environments where people with marginalized identities can thrive.
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UC researchers use grant funding to investigate environmental crimes in Latin America
Thanks to a $180,000 grant from the Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT-UN), UC Santa Cruz will be able to further its focus on “using tech for social good” in collaboration with two other University of California institutions.
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Closing cell—and academic—gaps
UCSC’s Genomics Institute opens up the world of bioinformatics and programming to students
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Federal grant to advance transfer student success at UC Santa Cruz
Advancing campus-wide efforts to achieve educational equity, UC Santa Cruz has earned a $3 million grant that will support Latinx community college students in transferring to campus and, while they’re here, contributing to research projects and preparing for graduate school.
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Coha/Gunderson Prize in Speculative Futures seeks 2022-2023 cohort
This year, the Coha/Gunderson Prize in Speculative Futures aims to expand its reach by offering five 2022-2023 prize winners, along with past awardees, the opportunity to participate in The Coha-Gunderson Creativity Workshop, a quarter-long winter workshop followed by a springtime exhibition.
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Domhoff’s new book discusses developmental dimension of dreaming
UC Santa Cruz professor emeritus Bill Domhoff’s new book, The Neurocognitive Theory of Dreaming: The Where, How, When, What, and Why of Dreams, takes a comprehensive look at the full use of neuroimaging findings in relation to spontaneous thought and dream content.
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Physicist Jairo Velasco Jr. wins $1.25 million award from Moore Foundation
The Moore Foundation’s Experimental Physics Investigators Initiative supports outstanding U.S. experimental physicists pursuing transformative research.
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Transforming Support into Success: Jodi Lee
Thanks to many scholarships and awards, support from UC Santa Cruz resources and faculty members, and support and love from her family, Jodi Lee is now in her first year of graduate school at UCSF —and the first in her family to pursue a Ph.D.
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Social Documentation MFAs to share thesis documentaries at live screening event November 9
UC Santa Cruz’s annual Social Documentation (SocDoc) exhibition returns live and in person for the first time since 2019, free to the public this November 9th from 7-10pm at the Del Mar Theatre in downtown Santa Cruz.
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Visits set for Vice Chancellor for Finance, Operations and Administration finalists
Beginning Nov. 2 and continuing until Nov. 15, campus will conduct final in-person interviews in the search for the Vice Chancellor for Finance, Operations and Administration.
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On the intersection of machines and media: Silver Slug Award helps career staff pursue life-long passion
Silver Slug Award recipient and UCSC staff Jeffrey Weekley re-ignites his passion with computational media and pursues his Ph.D. debt-free.
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The Dolores Huerta Research Center for the Americas celebrates legacy, community at 30th anniversary naming event
UC Santa Cruz’s Research Center for the Americas celebrated 30 years of groundbreaking work with an official renaming for social justice icon Dolores Huerta on Thursday evening.