TuesdayNewsdayVol. 2 - Issue 43 - September 13, 2016 | ![UC Santa Cruz](/tuesday-newsday/images/tn-uc-santa-cruz.png) |
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![](/tuesday-newsday/2016/september-13/images/enrico-600px.jpeg) Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, professor and chair of astronomy and astrophysics, is one of six presenters who will deliver short talks on socially relevant research. |
The grand opening of the multidisciplinary teaching and research hub is free and open to the public and will feature an open house and 15-minute talks by leading campus thinkers in space, humanity and technology, coastal sustainability, gaming, and the quest to decode cancer. |
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![Campus named among most green universities](/tuesday-newsday/2016/september-13/images/cool-schools-tuesday-250px.jpeg) | The Sierra Club ranking highlights the campus's commitment to protecting the environment, addressing climate change, and encouraging sustainability. |
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![Astronauts sequence DNA with UCSC technology](/tuesday-newsday/2016/september-13/images/kate-rubins-250px.jpeg) | DNA was sequenced in microgravity for the first time using a device based on nanopore sequencing technology developed at UC Santa Cruz. |
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![Natural Reserves director named to endowed chair](/tuesday-newsday/2016/september-13/images/dayton-gage-250.jpg) | Gage Dayton is appointed to the Wilton W. Webster Jr. Presidential Chair that supports research, teaching, and infrastructure for the natural reserves. |
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!['Serial' podcast co-creator wins alumni award](/tuesday-newsday/2016/september-13/images/snyder-julie-250.jpg) | Kresge alumna Julie Snyder talks about making the hit podcast and how her UCSC years laid the foundation for a career in broadcast journalism. |
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