Campus News
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Notice of Open Comment, UC Policy on Inventions, Patents, and Innovation Transfer
The University of California Office of the President invites comments on a proposed Presidential Policy on Inventions, Patents, and Innovation Transfer.
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Join the Campus Advisory Committee on the Status of Womxn
Our Campus Advisory Committee on the Status of Womxn (CACSW) invites interest and nominations for roles: Co-Chair (Faculty), Co-Chair (Staff), Secretary/Treasurer, and Member(s)-at-Large.
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Minke whales are as small as a lunge-feeding baleen whale can be
Research on the feeding behavior of Antarctic minke whales found that a smaller whale could not capture enough food to survive using the lunge-feeding strategy of baleen whales.
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Winning Grad Slam presentation highlights disease threat to Hawaiian birds
Ecology and evolutionary biology graduate student Christa Seidl will compete in the UC systemwide Grad Slam in May, presenting her research on avian malaria.
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Advocating for human rights
Nicole Britton was awarded the Weiss Family Scholarship in 2022. Learn more about how scholarships support students at UC Santa Cruz.
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Planetary scientist Myriam Telus wins NSF CAREER Award
Myriam Telus, assistant professor of Earth and planetary sciences at UC Santa Cruz, has received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support her research on the atmospheres of rocky exoplanets.
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Following up on the UAW strike and new contracts
The new labor agreements between the University of California and the United Auto Workers reflects the important role that these student employees play and the University’s dedication to support them.
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New project will develop safer, highly accurate GPS alternative
Ricardo Sanfelice, UCSC professor of electrical and computer engineering, and his team of graduate students and researchers are designing a new and resilient Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) system.
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First images released from James Webb Space Telescope’s largest general observer program
Mosaic images from the COSMOS-Web program offer a treasure trove of early galaxies, including dazzling examples of spiral galaxies, gravitational lensing, and evidence of galaxy mergers.
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Imagining Freedom: Dr. Angela Davis and Dr. Gina Dent Participate in Panel Highlighting UCSC’s Visualizing Abolition Curriculum
On the recent panel “Imagining Freedom,” presented by the Mellon Foundation, UC Santa Cruz Associate Professor Dr. Gina Dent and Distinguished Professor Emerita Angela Y. Davis participated in a live streamed conversation on mass incarceration, the toll it takes on society, and ways the arts and humanities drive opportunities for civic, scholarly, and creative engagement…

