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  • UCSC researchers help launch program to monitor coastal oceans

    The University of California, Santa Cruz, will soon be at the center of an extensive new program to monitor California’s coastal oceans. The Network for Environmental Observation of the Coastal Ocean (NEOCO) will funnel real-time data from seven UC research sites along the California coast to a database at UC Santa Cruz. Information in the…

  • UCSC scientists honored for top research paper in Science

    Harry Noller, the Sinsheimer Professor of Molecular Biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and his coauthors on a groundbreaking paper published last year have received a major award in recognition of their achievements. The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has awarded them the Newcomb Cleveland Prize, which is given annually…

  • Advanced instrument destined for Keck Telescope completed at UCSC; begins shipment to Mauna Kea, Hawaii

    The most advanced optical spectrograph in the world begins a two-week journey today from the University of California, Santa Cruz, where it was built, to the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii, where it will be installed at the W. M. Keck Observatory, home of the world’s largest optical and infrared telescopes. The $10 million…

  • Editor’s Advisory: UC Regents will visit UCSC on February 13-14

    Members of the University of California Board of Regents will visit the UC Santa Cruz campus on Wednesday, February 13, and Thursday, February 14. During their visit, the Regents will tour the campus and hear an overview of the campus’s programs and goals. The Regents periodically visit different campuses in the UC system. Such visits…

  • Researchers gather clues to the disappearance of northern fur seals from California a thousand years ago

    Today, northern fur seals are primarily native to Alaska and Siberia and are rarely seen on the Central Coast of California. But up until 1,000 years ago, these animals bred abundantly on the beaches of Monterey Bay and elsewhere in California. That discovery initially surprised researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, who are…

  • UCSC professor honored as ‘civic entrepreneur’

    Manuel Pastor, a professor of Latin American and Latino studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has been named the volunteer Civic Entrepreneur of the Year by the California Center for Regional Leadership. Pastor, director of UCSC’s Center for Justice, Tolerance, and Community, is a leader of the movement to forge regional solutions to…

  • Milk: Nature’s perfect food or deadly poison?

    UC Santa Cruz sociologist’s new book reveals the forces that made milk a staple of the American diet Hollywood stars don milk mustaches to ask the ubiquitous question, “Got milk?,” while vegan activists decry cow’s milk as unhealthy and tainted by antibiotic residues, hormones, and genetically modified organisms. Like it or not, milk is a…

  • Editor’s Advisory: Researchers will present findings on coastal ecosystems in public symposium on March 10

    What: The Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans (PISCO) is hosting a Public Symposium to present findings from three years of research on coastal ecosystems. Researchers, managers, ocean enthusiasts, and the general public are invited to join scientists from this West Coast research consortium to learn about recent progress. PISCO involves researchers from four…

  • UCSC computer engineer receives National Science Foundation grant for research on embedded software design

    Luca de Alfaro, an assistant professor of computer engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has received a prestigious award from the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program. De Alfaro will use the grant of $430,000 over five years to develop new methods and tools for designing embedded software. Embedded software…

  • EPA attorney to discuss tribal sovereignty of Native Americans on Feb. 5

    An attorney for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will discuss “Tribal Sovereignty Now and in the Future,” on Tuesday, February 5, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Baobab Lounge at Merrill College on the UC Santa Cruz campus. The event is free and open to the public. Raho Ortiz, an Acoma Pueblo attorney, was…

  • New supercomputer at UCSC provides high-speed platform for research in planetary physics and astrophysics

    Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have installed a new supercomputer that ranks among the 100 fastest computers in the world. The computer will be used for research in planetary physics and astrophysics by scientists in the Departments of Earth Sciences, Physics, and Astronomy and Astrophysics. Research in these fields often involves computer…

  • Laurie Anderson’s ‘Happiness’ scheduled for March 10

    UC SANTA CRUZ ARTS & LECTURES presents LAURIE ANDERSON “HAPPINESS” Anderson’s “work captures an essential ‘Americanness’ of American Art.” -The New York Times DETAILS » Sunday, March 10, 2002 at 8pm » Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, 307 Church Street, Santa Cruz » Tickets: Adult $25; Senior or Student $20; UCSC Student with ID $14 NOTE:…

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