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Air Resources District funds air pollution research and teaching at UC Santa Cruz
Partnership between UCSC and the Monterey Bay Air Resources District supports a new course on air pollution and research on high-tech sensors to detect pollutants.
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Sandra Faber receives American Philosophical Society’s Magellanic Premium Medal
Faber was honored for her transformative research on galaxy formation and evolution.
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Regina Langhout honored for advocacy on behalf of those at risk of deportation
Regina Langhout, a professor of psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, is being recognized for her leadership in community psychology on behalf of people at risk of deportation.
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Explore the “superbloom” in Santa Cruz County
A new Field Guide to Plants of UC Santa Cruz makes exploring the landscapes of the campus—and the county—fun and rewarding.
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Night at the Museum in Silicon Valley to spotlight Anti-Semitism and the Internet
What is the relationship between anti-Semitism and the Internet? On May 9, The Humanities Institute and the Center for Jewish Studies will present ‘UC Santa Cruz Night at the Museum: Anti-Semitism & the Internet—Old Hatred and New’ at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View.
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Arts professor Robin Hunicke appears on ‘Project Runway’ episode focused on female video game characters
UC Santa Cruz arts professor Robin Hunicke made a special appearance on ‘Project Runway’ last week. She served as a guest judge on the popular reality television show for an episode where the participants were tasked with designing their own powerful female video game characters.
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Physical and Biological Sciences Division honors three prominent alumni
PBSci Distinguished Alumni Awards recognize contributions to society by graduate and undergraduate alums.
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Making art in trying times: DANM exhibition examines culture, society, and the digital world
Thirteen graduate students from the Digital Arts and New Media M.F.A. program (DANM) will conclude two years of artistic study at UC Santa Cruz with “Receivership”—an exhibition of their work running on campus April 26 to May 12.
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Entrepreneurs emerge as a force in Europe’s refugee emergency
Camilla Hawthorne, assistant professor of sociology, says economic stagnation and a resurgence of racist nationalism are shaping conversations about what it means to be Italian in the 21st century.
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Astronomer Natalie Batalha elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
The academy’s class of 2019 also includes UCSC alumnus Joe Palca, as well as Michelle Obama and Jonathan Franzen.
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UC Santa Cruz philosophy alumnus Jeffrey Stewart wins 2019 Pulitzer Prize for biography
UC Santa Cruz alumnus Jeffrey Conrad Stewart (Cowell College ’71, philosophy) has been awarded the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for “The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke,” his definitive biography of the father of the Harlem Renaissance.