Campus News
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UCSC in the News
Astronomer Greg Laughlin was quoted in an Atlantic magazine story about the Kepler mission and the search for Earth-like planets, and exoplanet research by Laughlin and graduate student Kevin Shlaufman was covered in Science News, Astrobiology, and Space Daily.
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Social Sciences honors teachers, staff members, students
Three teachers in the social sciences were honored for teaching and research as the division held its annual staff and faculty fall breakfast Oct. 12.
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UCSC’s digital artists take over museum for one night only-Oct. 21
This Friday, October 21, student and alumni artists from UCSC’s Digital Arts & New Media (DANM) program will transform Santa Cruz’s Museum of Art & History into a dynamic hub of new interactive digital art and technology.
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Seismologist Emily Brodsky featured in research profile
Emily Brodsky, professor of Earth and planetary sciences at UC Santa Cruz, is regarded as one of the most promising researchers into the physics of earthquakes.
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Decoding cancer
With the genome era dawning, UCSC researchers are at the forefront of developing new therapies for one of humanity’s most heartbreaking challenges. Has cancer finally met its match?
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Seasonal Flu Shot Clinics on Campus – Staff
Seasonal Flu shots will once again be offered to staff and faculty at the Student Health Center located across from the University Center and Colleges 9 & 10 on McLaughlin Drive.
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Flu Shot Clinics on Campus – Students
Seasonal Flu shots will once again be offered to students at the Student Health Center located across from the University Center and Colleges 9 & 10 on McLaughlin Drive.
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Beyond calories and consumption, new book critiques obesity orthodoxies
Julie Guthman, associate professor of community studies, challenges many widely held assumptions about the “obesity epidemic” in her new book, “Weighing In: Obesity, Food Justice, and the Limits of Capitalism.”
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Galaxy mergers not the trigger for most black hole feeding frenzies
A survey of distant galaxies shows that galaxy mergers are not responsible for most active galactic nuclei.
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UCSC team makes final round of QB3 Award for Innovation contest
A UCSC research team is among five finalists competing for online votes to win a $10,000 innovation prize.
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From the chancellor
Great and important things are happening at UC SantaCruz. I hope as you read this magazine you’ll feel a burstof pride, as I do. In addition to the groundbreaking cancer research taking place here and the many other programs and people of note detailed in these pages, I want to point outjust a few more…