TuesdayNewsdayVol. 7 - Issue 8 - November 10, 2020 |  |
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 The SCU Lightning Complex Fire burned quickly across the grasslands and oak woodlands of the Blue Oak Ranch Reserve on Mt. Hamilton. |
The August blaze destroyed an extensive array of hydrological instruments at a research site established by Margaret Zimmer, assistant professor of Earth and planetary sciences. Zimmer, who studies how water moves through the landscape, has received NSF funding to study the fire's impact. |
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 | Computer engineering Ph.D. candidate Muratcan Cicek, who has won a 2020 Google Ph.D. fellowship, is working to improve head-based pointing methods. |
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 | Acclaimed poet, essayist, and novelist Morgan Parker will be the featured guest at the 11th annual Morton Marcus Memorial Poetry Reading, Nov. 12. |
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 | UC Santa Cruz researchers used a novel technique to study how Alzheimer's disease develops, suggesting a promising tactic for drug development. |
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 | Scientists studied virulence genes in a mouse model of pneumonia and observed surprising variability in how the disease progresses. |
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