Alumni
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Seymour Center offers guided tours on the Santa Cruz wharf
The Seymour Marine Discovery Center is leading free public tours on the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf every Saturday and Sunday.
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New observatory installed beneath seafloor at site of Tohoku earthquake
UCSC seismologist Emily Brodsky was part of an international team that installed an observatory on the Tohoku earthquake fault.
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Spike Lee hires UCSC alum as designer for Mike Tyson solo Broadway show
Erik Pearson, a 2001 graduate of UC Santa Cruz in Film and Digital Media, has been chosen by director Spike Lee to design the media for “Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth,” opening July 31 on Broadway
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Past climate change linked to ancient alteration of seawater chemistry
A new study by scientists at the University of Toronto and the University of California, Santa Cruz suggests that changes in world ocean chemistry is one potential cause of the cooling trend of the past 45 million years.
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Shakespeare Santa Cruz launches new season July 24
Shakespeare Santa Cruz (SSC) will kick off its 31st season on Tuesday, July 24. Nearly 60 UCSC students and alumni help make it happen.
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Dark galaxies of the early universe spotted for the first time
For the first time, dark galaxies–an early phase of galaxy formation, predicted by theory but unobserved until now–may have been spotted.
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Coastal ecosystems research project wins NASA Honor Award
The Coastal and Ocean Airborne Sensor Testbed project, involving UCSC and NASA scientists, has received a NASA Honor Award.
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Undergrad finds clue to scientific mystery in ancient text
UCSC undergrad Jonathon Allen found a clue in historical archives that may explain unusual isotope levels in growth rings of Japanese cedars.
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New book by UCSC biologist highlights efforts to save Hawaiian monk seals
Marine biologist Terrie Williams recounts how an abandoned pup named KP2 is helping efforts to save the most endangered marine mammal in U.S. waters.
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Biologist James Estes honored by American Society of Mammalogists
Biology professor James Estes will receive the 2012 C. Hart Merriam Award from the American Society of Mammalogists.
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Student refines skin-care product plan to win business design competition
Winner of the 2012 Business Design Competition at UC Santa Cruz is “Refine for Men,” a complexion enhancer developed by sophomore Edgar Osorio who was a runner up last year.
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Search for Higgs boson reveals new particle
Physicists involved in experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have presented evidence of a new particle that may prove to be the long-sought Higgs boson.