Campus News
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UCSC chemistry department garners three NIH MIRA grants
These grants provide five years of funding for research programs at UCSC on protein synthesis, biosynthetic strategies, and biochemical mechanisms involved in cancer.
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Three UC Santa Cruz alums are revolutionizing telehealth with their virtual reality physical therapy platform
Immergo Labs, founded in 2020, provides an affordable, accessible, and immersive telehealth physical therapy care platform.
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Partnership across UC campuses will prepare the next generation of leaders in organic agriculture
A USDA grant of more than $700,000 will support a collaboration led by UC Santa Cruz to improve and expand undergraduate education in organic agriculture, with an emphasis on supporting underrepresented students.
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NSF funding will strengthen infrastructure for open source ecosystems at UCSC
Co-principal investigator Stephanie Lieggi and PI Carlos Maltzahn will develop a plan to recruit research software engineering staff who can establish and maintain the support infrastructure necessary for open source projects to thrive within the university context.
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Celebrating and observing the Jewish High Holy Days
As we welcome the beginning of the academic year, Jewish members of our community will also be ushering in the Jewish new year as they celebrate and observe the High Holy Days. Students are encouraged to speak with their professors ahead of time if they are going to miss class or need an extension on…
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Celebrating the start of a new academic year
Welcome to the 2022-23 academic year! The start of classes each fall always brings such a wave of excitement.
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Research Center for the Americas to be named in honor of Dolores Huerta
The renaming, as the Dolores Huerta Research Center for the Americas, will become official Oct. 20 during an on-campus event commemorating the RCA’s 30th anniversary. I am delighted Huerta will be on hand.
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UC Santa Cruz’s Research Center for the Americas to be named in honor of Dolores Huerta
UC Santa Cruz will rename the Research Center for the Americas, which is celebrating 30 years of groundbreaking research, in honor of social justice icon Dolores Huerta, whose legacy has influenced the center’s work and values.
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Karen Miga discusses the future of equitable genomics research with Clinton, Bono
UC Santa Cruz Assistant Professor of Biomolecular Engineering and Associate Director for Human Pangenomics at the UCSC Genomics Institute Karen Miga joined former President Bill Clinton, U2 lead singer Bono, and Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Ghebreyesus to talk about the greatest health challenges and opportunities the world is currently facing.
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Adrienne Harrell to serve as executive director for the UC Santa Cruz Foundation
In this re-envisioned role, Harrell will lead the administrative and operational structure of the UC Santa Cruz Foundation and its Board of Trustees and advance divisional diversity, equity, and inclusion aspirations both in its work environment and its engagement with stakeholders.
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Astronomer Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz to give NSF Distinguished Lecture Oct. 6
The National Science Foundation has invited Ramirez-Ruiz to give a Distinguished Lecture sponsored by the NSF Directorates for Mathematical and Physical Sciences and Education and Human Resources.