Gifts & Grants
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Instrumentation grant will establish UCSC hybrid robotic systems experimental testbed
A $275K instrumentation funding award from the Defense University Research Instrumentation Program will support a multi-university project to create a hybrid robotics system test environment to run verification and validation testing on autonomous systems.
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UCSC joins multi-institutional effort to advance equity and inclusion in science
The HHMI Inclusive Excellence Learning Community initiative is supporting efforts to redesign the introductory science curriculum.
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Paid fellowship opens doors and opportunities for Humanities students
Unique partnership between The Humanities Institute, a leading national media outlet, and a generous UC Santa Cruz donor amplifies opportunities for UC Santa Cruz students
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Rekindling friendships through volunteering: Pioneer alumni organize Crown’s 50th
UC Santa Cruz pioneer alumni Lisa Rose, Jim Lapsley and Susan Nerton have spent three years planning Crown College’s first-ever 50th reunion. With the COVID-19 pandemic pushing the reunion back multiple years, Rose, Lapsley and Nerton are excited to invite a five-year range of pioneer Crown alumni back to the campus they love.
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California Sea Grant funds graduate research fellows at UCSC
California Sea Grant has awarded funding to four UC Santa Cruz graduate students for marine science research projects that address the agency’s priority themes of resilient coastal communities and economies, sustainable fisheries, and healthy coastal ecosystems.
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Ocean scientist Claudie Beaulieu wins NSF CAREER Award
Claudie Beaulieu, assistant professor of ocean sciences, has received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support her work using data science to study climate variability and climate change.
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Scholarship honors family’s humanities legacy
The roots of the Jay family tree are deeply seated in the Humanities Division.
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Chemistry Professor Yuan Ping wins Sloan Research Fellowship
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded a Sloan Research Fellowship to Yuan Ping, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry at UC Santa Cruz.
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New scholarship supports under-represented students
Alum establishes establishes the Edith and Leon Rosenthal Memorial Diversity Scholarship to help high-achieving under-represented students from the Bay Area attend UC Santa Cruz
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Scholarship opens doors to the past for future archaeologists
Judith Habicht Mauche, professor emerita of archaeology, is a modern-day pioneer who has established an endowed scholarship that will preserve programs and experiences in human exploration and develop the next generation of UCSC-trained archaeologists
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Computer engineer Scott Beamer wins NSF CAREER Award
Scott Beamer, assistant professor of computer science and engineering at UC Santa Cruz, has received a Faculty Early Career Development Award from the NSF to support his work on verifiable computation.
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Materials theorist Yuan Ping wins NSF CAREER Award
Yuan Ping, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry at UC Santa Cruz, has received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support her work on quantum information science.