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  • Department of Energy grants fund work on new hydrogen fuel technologies at UCSC

    Nanotechnology may hold the key to developing a viable hydrogen economy, according to Jin Zhang, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Zhang will receive $535,000 in grants from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for his part in two research projects aimed at developing new technologies for the production…

  • STEPS Institute at UC Santa Cruz awards student fellowships and grants

    Five graduate students at the University of California, Santa Cruz, were selected last month to receive fellowships from the STEPS Institute for Innovation in Environmental Research at UC Santa Cruz. Three students received $20,000 fellowships for interdisciplinary environmental research, and two students received $9,000 fellowships for biodiversity conservation research. In addition to the graduate fellowships…

  • Twelve community college students receive $20,000 scholarships to UC Santa Cruz

    In a joyful rite of spring, the University of California, Santa Cruz, has selected 12 regional community college students who will receive $20,000 scholarships to enroll at the university this fall. This year’s recipients of the Karl S. Pister Leadership Opportunity Awards include single parents, immigrants from Mexico and Vietnam, and re-entry students. The awards…

  • UC Santa Cruz dedicates new Laboratory for Adaptive Optics facilities

    Scientists in the Laboratory for Adaptive Optics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, are developing extraordinarily precise optical systems that will enable astronomers to capture images of planets far beyond our solar system and build the next generation of giant telescopes. On Tuesday, May 17, campus officials and distinguished visitors are dedicating new facilities…

  • UCSC Regional History Project announces publication of ‘behind-the scenes’ look at library’s Special Collections

    The Regional History Project at the University Library announces the publication of Rita Bottoms, Polyartist Librarian, UC Santa Cruz: 1965-2003. Project director Irene Reti conducted 14 hours of interviews with Rita Bottoms, former head of Special Collections at UCSC, shortly before Bottoms’ retirement in March 2003. This oral history provides a vivid and intimate look…

  • Computer scientist Darrell Long appointed to the Kumar Malavalli Endowed Chair in Storage Systems

    The University of California, Santa Cruz, has appointed Darrell Long, professor of computer science, to the Kumar Malavalli Endowed Chair in Storage Systems. Long is the first faculty member to hold the endowed chair, established in 2004 with a $1 million gift from Kumar Malavalli, cofounder of Brocade Communications and cofounder and CEO of InMage…

  • UC Santa Cruz New Teacher Center gets $300,000 from Goldman Sachs Foundation

    The pace of growth and expansion at the UC Santa Cruz New Teacher Center will accelerate thanks to a $300,000 grant from the Goldman Sachs Foundation. The funding will bolster the center’s organizational infrastructure and support the rapid growth of the New Teacher Center (NTC), which leads the nation in the development of support programs…

  • Biologist Melissa Jurica earns prestigious grant from Searle Scholars Program

    The Searle Scholars Program has awarded Melissa Jurica, assistant professor of molecular, cell, and developmental biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, a three-year, $240,000 grant to support her research. Jurica, who studies the complex system by which human cells process genetic information, is one of just 15 young scientists awarded the prestigious grants…

  • Ecologist Erika Zavaleta receives prestigious Mellon Foundation grant

    Erika Zavaleta, an assistant professor of environmental studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has received a prestigious grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to investigate the ecological impacts of the loss of plant species in California ecosystems. Through a program that supports the research projects of outstanding junior faculty, Zavaleta has been…

  • New Teacher Center wins $1.5 million contract to participate in federal study of support programs

    The highly regarded New Teacher Center at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has been awarded a $1.5 million contract to participate in the federal government’s first major evaluation of programs that school districts offer novice teachers. The U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences (IES) selected Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., to carry out…

  • UC Santa Cruz exceeds $50 million goal for Cornerstone Campaign

    UC Santa Cruz has surpassed the $50 million goal for its first-ever campuswide fundraising effort, Chancellor Denice D. Denton announced Wednesday at the March meeting of the UC Regents in Los Angeles. Listen to Chancellor Denton’s presentation to the Board of Regents and view her PowerPoint presentation. As of March 14, Denton said, the campus…

  • Oracle grant funds UCSC bird group’s education program

    The Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has received a $50,000 grant from Oracle Corporation to support the group’s education program. The grant provides funding to maintain and enhance the Oracle Peregrines Outreach Program, which includes presentations to school and community groups on birds of prey and conservation…

Last modified: Mar 18, 2025