Campus News
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UC Santa Cruz site approved for listing on Register of Historic Places
Preservation efforts at UC Santa Cruz have received a major boost from the State Historical Resources Commission: approval for listing UCSC’s Cowell Lime Works Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Adaptive optics pinpoints two supermassive black holes in colliding galaxies
Astronomers have used powerful adaptive optics technology at the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii to reveal the precise locations and environments of a pair of supermassive black holes at the center of an ongoing collision between two galaxies 300 million
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Large blooms of toxic algae in Monterey Bay are affecting marine animals
Researchers have detected large blooms of toxin-producing algae in Monterey Bay that appear to be poisoning marine mammals and seabirds.
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Frictional heating explains plumes on Saturn’s moon Enceladus
Rubbing your hands together on a cold day generates a bit of heat, and the same process of frictional heating may be what powers the geysers jetting out from the surface of Saturn’s moon Enceladus.
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Daniel Press named first holder of Griswold endowed chair
Daniel Press, professor and chair of environmental studies, has been named the inaugural holder of the Olga T. Griswold Chair in Environmental Studies. Established by a gift of $350,000 from Craig Griswold in honor of his mother, Olga, the endowed chair was funded to support the work of an environmental studies professor whose interests focus…
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Heather Bullock named director of CJTC
Heather Bullock, an associate professor of psychology, will assume leadership of the Center for Justice, Tolerance, and Community on July 1. Bullock will succeed founding director Manuel Pastor, a professor of Latin American and Latino studies. “I’m eager to honor and continue the great traditions Manuel started and to deepen and expand the center’s relationships…
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Biology of aging is topic of Spring Synergy Lecture on Thursday, May 17
“Why We Age, What Makes Us Age, and What Can Be Done About It” is the title of the Spring Synergy Lecture by Marc Mangel, professor of applied mathematics and statistics.
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Computer scientist Phokion Kolaitis elected to Finnish Academy of Science and Letters
Phokion Kolaitis, professor of computer science at UC Santa Cruz, has been elected a Foreign Member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters in recognition of his “outstanding academic merits.”
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Exhibit by UCSC art students at Museum of Art and History
The Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History is presenting an exhibition by UCSC art students titled “Invisible Boardwalks” through June 1 at its Lezin Gallery. Curated by Elliot Anderson, assistant professor of art and electronic media, the exhibit is a tribute to the Santa Cruz Boardwalk and its many faces. Using a variety of…
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Assistant philosophy professor awarded President’s Research Fellowship
Assistant professor of philosophy Abraham Stone has been awarded a UC President’s Research Fellowship in the Humanities grant of $25,000. Stone joined the UCSC Philosophy Department in 2005. He received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Harvard University in 2000 and spent a year as a postdoctoral fellow in Israel, as well as four years as…