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Question Bridge: Black Males exhibition opens Feb. 6 at Sesnon Art Gallery
‘Question Bridge: Black Males’ is an exhibition in which a wide array of videos have been merged together to simulate face-to-face conversations between a diverse group of more than 160 black men across the United States.
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Study of brine discharge from desalination plant finds good news and bad news
Brine discharged from the Carlsbad Desalination Plant raises offshore salinity levels more than permitted, but researchers found no direct local impacts on sea life.
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Jody Greene and Mary Beth Pudup named to inaugural board of UC National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement
UC Santa Cruz professors Jody Greene and Mary Beth Pudup are among 19 leading University of California scholars who have been named to the inaugural academic advisory board of the UC National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement.
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Why beaked whales return to Navy sonar range despite frequent disturbance
A new study using underwater robots reveals dense patches of deep-sea squid attract beaked whales to a Navy sonar test range off Southern California.
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MaNGA data release includes detailed maps of thousands of nearby galaxies
Major data release from Sloan Digital Sky Survey includes galaxy maps, new data access and visualization tools, and a huge ‘stellar library’.
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Madeleine Albright in conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning UCSC alumna Martha Mendoza on Feb. 5
Madeleine Albright, the first United States female Secretary of State, will speak about her new book, “Fascism: A Warning”–in conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and UC Santa Cruz alumna Martha Mendoza–on Tuesday, February 5, at the at the Kaiser Permanente Arena in Santa Cruz.
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‘What refugees taught me about Shakespeare’
On Jan. 31, New York theater director Jessica Bauman will come to campus for a special evening at Kresge Town Hall titled ‘What Refugees Taught Me About Shakespeare.’ Together with UCSC professor Cat Ramirez, she will explore the ways that the stories we hear and tell about refugees shape our responses to the worldwide migration…
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Art professor receives 2019 Creative Capital Award plus SFFILM artist residency for new documentary film
UC Santa Cruz professor of art Dee Hibbert-Jones has received a 2019 Creative Capital Award for “Run With It,” a feature-length animated documentary film she is currently working on in collaboration with San Francisco artist Nomi Talisman.
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Gov. Newsom appoints UCSC alumna Kris Perry to key post
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has appointed UC Santa Cruz alumna Kris Perry, a nationally recognized advocate for children, to a key post in his new administration.
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Questions That Matter public humanities series to spotlight ‘Data and Democracy’ at Kuumbwa Center
The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz will present “Data and Democracy”—the fifth installment of its signature Questions That Matter series—on Tuesday, January 29, at Kuumbwa Jazz Center in downtown Santa Cruz.
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Waves in Saturn’s rings give precise measurement of planet’s rotation rate
Saturn’s ring system acts as a sensitive seismograph, enabling scientists to measure the giant planet’s vibrations and determine its rotation rate.