Gifts & Grants
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Project YouCan: UC Santa Cruz joins other UC campuses by pledging to double fundraising goal for student financial support
University of California President Mark Yudof has announced that the system’s ten campuses have embarked on a four-year effort to raise $1 billion for student financial support programs.
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Researchers to study hidden lakes beneath West Antarctic ice sheet
UCSC researchers will drill through a half-mile of ice to penetrate subglacial Lake Whillans and study hidden processes that govern the dynamics of the West Antarctic ice sheet.
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Nanopore project wins $1.1 million NIH grant
NHGRI has awarded a $1.1 million grant to support work at UCSC on nanopore technology for analyzing DNA.
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UCSC bioinformatics experts are partners in national cancer genetics project
UCSC researchers will establish a Cancer Genome Data Analysis Center as part of The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), a $275 million collaborative project led by NIH.
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Five faculty members win 2009 NSF CAREER awards
Five UCSC faculty members have won NSF CAREER awards in 2009.
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Donors rally to support UC Santa Cruz, pushing annual fundraising to $30.5 million
Donors rallied to support UCSC last year, helping boost private fundraising to $30.5 million.
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UC Santa Cruz receives $615,000 grant to digitize Grateful Dead Archive
UC Santa Cruz has received a major grant to help digitize the Grateful Dead Archive at the University Library.
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Academic program for community college students wins extended NIH funding
A UCSC program that provides an academic bridge for community college students has received a $1.1 million grant from the NIH.
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Lick Observatory honors Kenneth and Gloria Levy with inaugural James Lick Award
Kenneth and Gloria Levy will receive the James Lick Award in recognition of their generous support for the Automated Planet Finder telescope.
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Computer scientist Michael Mateas named to MacArthur Foundation Chair
Computer scientist Michael Mateas, named to the MacArthur Foundation Chair at UCSC, aims to radically expand the expressive power of computer games.
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Volunteers keep watch as urban falcons embark on first flights
As young peregrine falcons prepare to take their first flights in San Francisco and San Jose, volunteers watch from sidewalks and rooftops to help the birds if they get into trouble.
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Transfer students to benefit from physics and astronomy scholarships
UCSC has received a five-year, $600,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to support talented but financially needy students pursuing bachelor’s degrees in physics or astrophysics.