Month: October 2013
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Institute to host second art/science LASER evening Nov. 5
By Scott Rappaport, UCSC Public Information Office UCSC’s Institute of the Arts and Sciences will present its second LASER event on Tuesday, November 5, beginning at 6:45 p.m. in the Digital Arts Research Center (DARC building, Room 108). The Leonardo Art/Science Evening Rendezvous (LASER) is a national program of evening gatherings that bring artists, scientists, and scholars…
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Research Review Day talks: From big data to brain development
By Tim Stephens, UCSC Public Information Office About 165 registered attendees heard talks from industry leaders and UCSC faculty at the Baskin School of Engineering’s Research Review Day on Thursday, October 17. The audience at the annual event included venture capitalists and researchers from Silicon Valley companies, who came to hear about the latest research…
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UCSC’s first ‘Ed Talks’ draws crowd in downtown Santa Cruz
By Scott Rappaport, UCSC Public Information Office An enthusiastic audience of 250 community members gathered at the “Top of the Ritt” in downtown Santa Cruz last night to celebrate UCSC’s very first evening of “Ed Talks”—three TED-style talks by acclaimed UC Santa Cruz faculty. Co-hosted by UCSC Chancellor George Blumenthal and Santa Cruz Mayor Hilary…
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Baskin School of Engineering showcases research advances on October 17
By Tim Stephens, UCSC Public Information Office The latest developments in three exciting areas of technological innovation–data science, regenerative medicine, and mobile and pervasive computing–will be presented by faculty in the Baskin School of Engineeringat the school’s annual Research Review Day on Thursday, October 17, at UC Santa Cruz. In addition to faculty research presentations, the…
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First Research Frontiers Day features social science research on contemporary issues
By Guy Lasnier, UCSC Public Information Office The UC Santa Cruz Division of Social Sciences and Office of Research will present Research Frontiers Day, Friday, October 25, 2013 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. featuring 12 faculty mini-lectures showcasing research focused on contemporary challenges. The event is the first of its kind for the social sciences at UCSC.…
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Genome & ethics: Cracking the code
By John C. Cannon , UCSC Public Information Office In June the United States Supreme Court barred the patenting of genes, ruling that a company couldn’t have exclusive access to naturally occurring molecules. This decision sorts out a big piece of the debate on how genomic information should be used, but a UCSC sociologist says…