Campus News
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The sky’s the limit: Becca Fenwick gives research and education a new perspective with drone tech
The CITRIS principal investigator and director of the CITRIS Initiative for Drone Education and Research at UC Santa Cruz advances wildland management, ecology research and workforce development with uncrewed aerial vehicles and remote sensing systems
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UCSC History Professor Matt O’Hara awarded National Endowment For The Humanities Public Scholars Fellowship for research project on curare
UC Santa Cruz History Professor Matt O’Hara has received a prestigious $60,000 Public Scholars award from National Endowment For The Humanities for a research project focusing on the strange and tangled pharmaceutical history of curare, a variety of plant-based arrow poisons long used by Indigenous peoples in the Amazon basin.
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UCSC alumnus drafted to Major League Rugby
UCSC alumnus Jackson Zabierek was the 18th pick in the 2023 Major League Rugby Collegiate Draft by the Los Angeles Team (formerly Atlanta).
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Koerner Family Foundation provides funds for five UCSC graduate students
Five UC Santa Cruz doctoral candidates in Baskin Engineering were awarded a fellowship that covered nearly one-third of their tuition and fees in the 2022-2023 academic year.
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Campus acts to protect rare cave habitat
Earlier this month, as part of a new approach to protect this unique habitat, a crew from the campus carpentry shop installed a wildlife-friendly gate across the Empire Cave entrance. Access is now limited to education, research, and the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band.
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Staff Advisory Board is pleased to announce the Staff Scholarship Program
The Staff Advisory Board is excited to announce a new opportunity to help our staff participate in professional development. Using funds raised during Giving Day from generous UCSC community members, we are launching the UCSC Staff Advisory Board Scholarship Award Program.
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Undergraduate research funding available through Learning-Aligned Employment Program (LAEP)
LAEP is a form of work-study that funds 100% of eligible student wages for on-campus, research-focused employment.
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UCSC computer science student selected into Major League Hacking’s top 50 list
Rising second-year computer science student Marina Lee was chosen out of a community of 150,000 hackers for her outstanding work in developing accessible STEM education programming and building an inclusive hacking community.
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Marine scientists explore the future of open data science
Alexa Fredston, an assistant professor of ocean sciences considers open science to be a vital part of their academic career and a key way to make the field of marine science more transparent and inclusive. They recently published an article in the journal Annual Review of Marine Science about improving open data science practices within…
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UC Santa Cruz launches new Middle Eastern and North African Studies Minor
Starting this fall, a new interdisciplinary minor in Middle Eastern and North African Studies will immerse undergraduates in the region’s languages, culture, politics and history. The minor will be housed in the Humanities Division at UC Santa Cruz.
