Month: May 2014
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UCSC honors Jack Baskin with a plaque at the Baskin School of Engineering
By Tim Stephens, UCSC Public Information Office UC Santa Cruz honored Jack Baskin for his many contributions to the Baskin School of Engineering in a ceremony on Thursday, May 22. A plaque in his honor, unveiled by Chancellor George Blumenthal at the ceremony, now marks the entrance to the Baskin School of Engineering. Baskin has…
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UCSC data storage researchers tackle practical problems
By Melissae Fellet, UCSC Public Information Office Rekha Pitchumani, a UCSC graduate student in computer science, has been working with Seagate on new data storage technology. (Photo by Carolyn Lagattuta) Rekha Pitchumani, a computer science graduate student in the Baskin School of Engineering at UC Santa Cruz, has been developing new data storage technologies in…
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Cancer biologist Joan Brugge to give annual Sinsheimer Lecture May 22
By Tim Stephens, UCSC Public Information Office Joan Brugge, chair of the Department of Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School, will deliver the 2014 Robert L. Sinsheimer Distinguished Lecture in Biology at UC Santa Cruz on Thursday, May 22. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will take place at 4:30 p.m.…
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Grad students in the spotlight at Graduate Research Symposium May 9
By Tim Stephens, UCSC Public Information Office UCSC’s 10th annual Graduate Research Symposium on Friday, May 9, will feature research presentations by graduate students in a wide range of disciplines from all five academic divisions at UC Santa Cruz. The event takes place from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the “Information Commons South” area on…
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UC Santa Cruz ranks 11th overall worldwide among universities under 50
By Guy Lasnier, UCSC Public Information Office UC Santa Cruz ranks 11th among the top universities in the world under 50 years old, according to an annual analysis by Times Higher Education (THE). UCSC ranked at the top (99.9 percentile) in the key citation index that measures the influence of an institution’s research. Times Higher Education uses the same…