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  • UCSC astronomer Claire Max receives 2004 E. O. Lawrence Award in Physics

    The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded the 2004 E. O. Lawrence Award in Physics to Claire Max, a professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Max, who is deputy director of the Center for Adaptive Optics at UCSC and holds a joint appointment at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,…

  • UCSC researchers to test new technologies for monitoring harmful algal blooms in California coastal waters

    Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have received a $400,000 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to develop an improved system for monitoring toxic algae in the coastal waters of California. The UCSC researchers will work closely with the California Department of Health Services (CDHS), testing new technologies and developing…

  • USDA grant funds UC Santa Cruz research with organic farmers

    With organic agriculture poised to represent 10 to 20 percent of California cropland by 2024, the federal government has tapped the University of California, Santa Cruz, to lead a research program that will give organic farmers the same kind of boost the university has given conventional farmers for decades. Strawberry and vegetable producers collaborate with…

  • UCSC physicist receives award to develop technology for neuroscience

    Alan Litke, an adjunct professor of physics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has received an award from the McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience to support an interdisciplinary research project with neurobiologist E. J. Chichilnisky of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego. The McKnight Technological Innovations in Neuroscience Award will provide…

  • UCSC seismologist Karen McNally receives University Medal from the National University of Costa Rica

    Karen McNally, professor emerita of Earth sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has received the University Medal from the National University of Costa Rica. McNally was honored in a ceremony on July 2 for her contributions in helping to establish a modern geophysical observatory in Costa Rica–the Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Costa…

  • Growth study of wild chimpanzees challenges assumptions about early humans, anthropologists say

    A new study of wild chimpanzee growth rates, published in the Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggests that early human evolution may have taken a different course than is widely believed. The results challenge the assumption that human evolution followed a path from a chimplike ancestor to a transitionary…

  • Current problems of U.S. Senate rooted in history, says author

    The electoral college isn’t the only outdated political system that should be overhauled, according to a political scientist who says the antiquated ways of the United States Senate contribute to Congressional gridlock and thwart American democracy. Expert on U.S. politics available to discuss the U.S. Senate, electoral politics, and the presidency; see contact information below.…

  • UCSC scientist leads expedition to establish seafloor observatories

    UCSC scientist leads expedition to establish seafloor observatories

    An international team of scientists will investigate how water flows through rock formations beneath the seafloor during an eight-week expedition this summer to the eastern flank of the Juan de Fuca Ridge off the coast of British Columbia. It will be the first expedition of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP), an ambitious new international…

  • Six faculty members named to provost positions at UC Santa Cruz

    Six faculty members are being either appointed or reappointed to positions as college provosts, Lynda J. Goff, vice provost and dean of undergraduate education at UC Santa Cruz, has announced. “These college provosts are fundamental to the character of UCSC,” Goff said, “A provost is the academic head of the college and is an important…

  • Alumnus Kent Nagano selects new transcription by UC Santa Cruz arts dean to open annual Ojai Music Festival

    The San Francisco-based choral group Chanticleer gave the premiere performance of UCSC Arts Division dean and professor of music Edward Houghton’s new transcription of Johannes Ockeghem’s, Missa Ecce ancilla domini, at the opening concert of the Ojai Music Festival on June 3. Renowned conductor and UC Santa Cruz alum Kent Nagano–the music director of the…

  • From joy to heartache: New book explores the sister relationship

    Sisters treat each other like best friends–and worst enemies. In the new book The Perfect Sister: What Draws Us Together, What Drives Us Apart (New York, NY: Harcourt, Inc., 2004) sociologist Marcia Millman explores the complicated sister relationship and the familial forces that shape it. From the adult sisters who make secret trips to the…

  • Russians get the blues: new book chronicles rise of the blues in postcommunist Russia

    Like jilted lovers easing their heartache, Muscovites in the postcommunist era flocked to nightclubs to hear the blues. The soulful music spoke to their struggles following the breakup of the Soviet Union. The blues has a unique power to ease suffering and give hope to the downtrodden, says political scientist–and lifelong blues fan–Michael Urban, author…

Last modified: Mar 18, 2025