TuesdayNewsdayVol. 7 - Issue 29 - April 20, 2021 | ![UC Santa Cruz](/tuesday-newsday/images/tn-uc-santa-cruz.png) |
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![](/tuesday-newsday/2021/april-20/images/banner.jpg) The early atmospheres of rocky planets are thought to form mostly from gases released from the planet's surface as a result of intense heating. |
UC Santa Cruz researchers heated pristine meteorite samples in a high-temperature furnace and analyzed the gases released. The gases can reveal the initial composition of the atmospheres of rocky exoplanets. |
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![How to save beaches and coastlines from disasters](/tuesday-newsday/2021/april-20/images/90.jpg) | In a 'Los Angeles Times' op-ed, professor Michael W. Beck writes that mangrove restoration has proved successful in defending coastal areas. |
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![This is Cowell College](/tuesday-newsday/2021/april-20/images/cowell.jpg) | Founded in 1965, Cowell was UCSC's first residential college. Cowell has focused not on a theme or set of disciplines, but on a motto: 'The Pursuit of Truth in the Company of Friends'. |
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![Honoring distinguished graduate school alumni](/tuesday-newsday/2021/april-20/images/distinguished.jpg) | Five recipients of this year’s Distinguished Graduate Student Alumni Award will be honored during a Zoom-based award ceremony Saturday. |
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![Live reading features the retiring Danny Scheie](/tuesday-newsday/2021/april-20/images/scheie-250.jpg) | A live virtual reading of Shakespeare’s 'The Comedy of Errors' this Friday will honor Theater Arts professor Danny Scheie and benefit a scholarship fund. |
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![Two arts professors receive Guggenheim Fellowships](/tuesday-newsday/2021/april-20/images/lusztig-stephens-250.png) | Film and digital media professor Irene Lusztig and art professor Elizabeth Stephens are among 184 Guggenheim recipients out of nearly 3,000 applicants. |
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![Generous Banana Slugs supplement Alumni Week](/tuesday-newsday/2021/april-20/images/alumniweekimagemiranda400size.jpg) | Alumni will share hard-won advice in sessions about everything from kombucha-making to the interpretation of dreams during virtual Alumni Week. |
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![Indications of oxygen not always a reliable sign of life](/tuesday-newsday/2021/april-20/images/exoplanet-atmospheres-500.jpg) | Oxygen in the atmosphere may not be an entirely reliable ‘biosignature,’ but there are ways to distinguish false positives from signs of life. |
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