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New and reappointed leaders in Academic Affairs support faculty excellence
Academic Affairs has appointed an associate vice provost to promote public scholarship and support early career faculty mentoring, and reappointed leaders to continue advancing their work in supporting faculty excellence.
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Humpback whales likely killed by neurotoxin
The UC Santa Cruz Marine Mammal Stranding Network recently necropsied two young humpback whales. They washed up at Lovers Point Beach in Pacific Grove and Sunset State Beach in Watsonville within a few days of each other. Stranding network director Robin Dunkin says researchers confirmed a neurotoxin from algae blooms to be the cause of…
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Toxic algal blooms linked to deaths of recently stranded humpback whales
Lab tests conducted at UC Santa Cruz of samples taken from the two carcasses found domoic acid, the biotoxin that causes neurological impairment, seizures, and death in marine mammals.