Campus News
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Aquaculture to benefit people and the environment
Two graduate students have received a one-year, $150,000 grant to create environmentally sound seaweed and sea cucumber farms on the coasts of Kenya and The Gambia.
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Norris Center aims to inspire naturalists across campus
Jessica Correa has loved insects since she was a little girl. Today she is an instructor with the Bird School Project. The Norris Center for Natural History gave her the support that launched her career in environmental education.
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Digital NEST founder receives distinguished award for leadership and vision
The James Irvine Foundation is honoring the visionary Digital NEST founder Jacob Martinez for providing workforce training and high tech skills for youth in underserved rural areas. He is one of six recipients of the 2020 awards.
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Researchers get a ‘whale’s-eye view’ of Antarctic sea ice
Cameras attached to a rare species of Antarctic whale are giving scientists an unprecedented view of how the whales survive in their sea ice habitat.
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Chancellor Cynthia Larive’s remarks to the UC Santa Cruz Academic Senate
Chancellor Cynthia Larive delivered the following remarks during the Feb. 19 meeting of the UC Santa Cruz Academic Senate. Thank you, Chair Lau, and thanks to each of you for the opportunity to meet today. A lot has happened since I first had the chance to address this group in November. I had hoped…
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Art professor’s exhibition in Spain addresses algae and climate change
UC Santa Cruz art professor Jennifer Parker believes that algae are an “unsung hero of the planet”–noting that these photosynthetic organisms produce one half of the total global oxygen, while absorbing one third of the carbon dioxide produced worldwide…
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An open letter from President Janet Napolitano to faculty, staff and students at UC Santa Cruz
UC President Janet Napolitano addresses the unsanctioned strike at UC Santa Cruz.
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Graduate student strike update
Interim Campus Provost/Executive Vice Chancellor Lori Kletzer provides an update on the campus’s work to bring the unsanctioned strike by some graduate students to an end.
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Van Williams, vice chancellor of information technology, talks diversity
In recognition of Black History Month, UC’s Office of the President interviewed Vice Chancellor of Information Technology Van Williams, a UC thought leader on diversity and inclusion initiatives.
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Statement on Feb. 12 protest, arrests
Wednesday, officers arrested 17 participants who ignored dispersal orders that were repeated over approximately 20 minutes–requests to move out of the city intersection of Bay and High streets and onto the university field to continue their demonstration.
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Molecular switch mechanism explains how mutations shorten biological clocks
Understanding the molecular mechanisms of our internal clocks may enable the development of therapies for sleep disorders and other effects of clock disruption.
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Using isotopes to reconstruct life histories within the transatlantic slave trade
Four hundred years after the displacement of millions of Africans began, anthropologist Vicky Oelze wants to use isotope biogeochemistry to trace back and identify the origins of individuals who were abducted and perished in the Americas.