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UC Santa Cruz offers ‘Genome Browser in a Box’ for local installations
New software enables scientists to quickly install the UCSC Genome Browser on their own computers to protect sensitive genomic data.
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UC Santa Cruz named a ‘silver bicycle-friendly’ university
UC Santa Cruz has been named a ‘silver bicycle-friendly’ university by the League of American Bicyclists.
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Novel biosensor technology could allow rapid detection of Ebola virus
Rapid detection of viruses without expensive equipment is among the potential applications of biosensor research at UC Santa Cruz.
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Astrophysics meets theater in ‘Birth of Stars’
What does the birth and death of stars have to do with the lives of real human beings? How do we balance the joy and pain of life in a productive way? Does technology make us less than human…or something more?
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‘Beloved’ author speaks about writing, revelations, and good and evil
Pulitzer– and Nobel Prize–winning author Toni Morrison sees an increasing prevalence of evil in literature
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A global surge of great earthquakes holds clues to future quakes
UC Santa Cruz seismologist Thorne Lay discusses the implications of recent studies for quake risk in Cascadia
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Social Justice lecture features expert on sexual violence in the military
Professor Elizabeth L. Hillman, a scholar and expert on sexual violence in the military, will speak Thursday, November 6, at UC Santa Cruz as part of the UC Hastings / UC Santa Cruz Social Justice Speakers Series.
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Grad students’ interactive fiction honored at IndieCade games festival
Ice-Bound is an interactive fiction piece created by two graduate students in the UC Santa Cruz Center for Games and Playable Media
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Acclaimed game designer joins UC Santa Cruz art faculty
Award-winning game designer and producer Robin Hunicke will join the UC Santa Cruz faculty in January as Associate Professor of Art & Game Design.
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Diane Gifford-Gonzalez wins social sciences award for outstanding research
Anthropology professor Diane Gifford-Gonzalez is the 2014 recipient of the Martin M. Chemers Award for Outstanding Research in the Social Sciences at UC Santa Cruz.
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Social Sciences Research Frontiers Day focuses on data, environment, and justice
The second annual Social Sciences Research Frontiers Day at UC Santa Cruz will take place Friday, October 24, 2014, from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. with a focus on data, the environment, and justice.