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Ice age bison fossils shed light on early human migrations in North America
Scientists used bison fossils to date the opening of an ice-free corridor along the Rocky Mountains during the Pleistocene.
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Linguistics professor Pranav Anand receives Dizikes Award for teaching in Humanities
Associate professor of linguistics Pranav Anand was presented with the John Dizikes Teaching Award in Humanities at the Humanities Division’s 2016 Spring Awards celebration held at the Cowell Provost House.
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International economics graduate named deputy governor of China’s central bank
An early graduate of the international economics Ph.D. program at UC Santa Cruz has been named to a top position at China’s central bank, a move seen as a step toward a future high-level appointment to the International Monetary Fund.
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UCSC Farm & Garden’s weekly CSA and market cart open for the season June 7
The opportunity to obtain fresh, organic produce and flowers from the UC Santa Cruz Farm and Garden opens for the 2016 season beginning Tuesday, June 7.
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Zimmerman Memorial Scholarship winner is immersed in public service
Graduating senior Katie Sweeney (Cowell, ’16, community studies) has been awarded the fifth Gabriel Zimmerman Memorial Scholarship named for the 2002 UC Santa Cruz graduate killed in the January 2011 shooting in Tucson that wounded U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.).
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Commencement 2016 is about to begin
Continuing a tradition from last year, nine colleges and the graduate division have invited alumni to participate as keynote speakers as UC Santa Cruz holds commencement ceremonies Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, June 10-12.
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Two UC Santa Cruz film professors receive Fulbright Scholar Awards
Film and Digital Media professors Sharon Daniel and Irene Lusztig have been honored with Fulbright Awards for research during the 2016-17 academic year.
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Athletics opinion poll wins student support
63 percent of voting undergraduate students were in favor of establishing a new undergraduate fee that would be approximately $90 per student per quarter.
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History professor Greg O’Malley to create new public database about the slave trade
With the help of a $220,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, UC Santa Cruz history professor Gregory O’Malley plans to add his research to one of the most utilized resources in the digital humanities.
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Astronomer Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz awarded Niels Bohr Professorship
Award from the Danish National Research Foundation provides $5 million to fund research in theoretical astrophysics.
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Trans-identified students celebrate new, inclusive housing option
The new trans-inclusive housing option is the result of student activism that informed ongoing administrative discussions about how to better serve the trans community.
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Malignancy-associated gene network regulated by an RNA binding protein
An extensive regulatory network associated with tumor metastasis was found in pancreatic cancer cells.