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Forbes’ Top 25 Public Colleges
These 25 public schools, eight in California, give the private elites a run for their money. Their students have strong academic outcomes, high salaries and less debt. UC Santa Cruz ranked #22 on the nationwide list.
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Don’t rise to any bait from Trump
Distinguished Professor of Economics Nirvikar Singh argues that following China’s example in building human capital and knowledge capital is India’s best defense against pettiness & narcissism.
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Brightest fast radio burst ever detected could help solve an enduring cosmic mystery
Prior to the Outrigger telescopes’ capability to triangulate a fast radio burst to its source, “it was like talking to someone on the phone and not knowing what city or state they were calling from,” said study coauthor Bryan Gaensler, dean of the University of California, Santa Cruz science division. Also covered by Gizmodo.
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Steam Worlds Have Atmospheres Like a Sweltering Sauna, Made Entirely of Hot Water Vapor
“The interiors of planets are natural ‘laboratories’ for studying conditions that are difficult to reproduce in a university laboratory on Earth. What we learn could have unforeseen applications we haven’t even considered. The water worlds are especially exotic in this sense,” said co-author Natalie Batalha, a professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of…
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Coastsiders can expect more power outages
Yu Zhang, an assistant professor in the UC Santa Cruz Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, pointed out that fire can still strike coastal communities, such as the Santa Cruz wildfires in 2020.
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Loving fire with fire: Humor, horniness and happiness inhabit post-CZU film
Well-known performance artists and filmmakers Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens interpret their close encounter with the 2020 CZU fire with a new taboo-busting film that puts the fires into the context of “ecosexuality.”
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What Jesse Jackson and Zohran Mamdani Have in Common
Michael McCarthy, leader of the Community Studies Program at UC Santa Cruz says organizers have always known that “in order to build a movement, you need to address specific yet important concerns that affect only some parts of your coalition while also speaking to the issues shared by everyone you want to draw into your…
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These sacred tattoos were banned in Okinawa. A new generation is bringing them back.
Adriane Tengan-Stoia and Lex McClellan‑Ufugusuku, doctoral students in history at UC Santa Cruz, explained that women were the spiritual leaders in Ryukyuan society and were believed to possess a divine connection to the spiritual realm. But as Okinawa was colonized, women in positions of power were targeted, and hajichi tattos worn by these women were…
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Education Department Backs Away From Program for Hispanic-Serving Colleges
“We’re trying to be an institution of access,” said Cynthia Larive, chancellor of the University of California, Santa Cruz. “This is a broader issue. It’s really about how the U.S. is going to be a leader economically and in science and research. There are smart people across the country, and we don’t alway serve all…
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These Lizards Have So Much Lead in Their Blood, They Should Be Dead. Instead, They’re Thriving
“The fact that they show no measurable signs of toxicity is surprising, because in other vertebrates I’m familiar with, blood lead above 500 micrograms per deciliter is associated with obvious illness or even death,” says Donald Smith, a microbiologist at the University of California Santa Cruz who was not involved with the research, to the…