Category: News
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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…
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De-extinction: Building future worlds with extinct organisms?
By Guy Lasnier, UCSC Public Information Office The notion of de-extinction, using genetic engineering to bring back species that have become extinct, is attracting wide attention with recent articles in the New York Times and National Geographic and an episode of the National Science Foundation funded program Quest produced by KQED in San Francisco. Proposals for de-extinction have sparked conversations in…
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DNA Day on April 25 commemorates completion of Human Genome Project
By Tim Stephens, UCSC Public Information Office The Center for Biomolecular Science and Engineering (CBSE) at UC Santa Cruz is hosting an informative celebration of DNA Day, a national event on Friday, April 25, that commemorates the discovery of the structure of DNA in 1953 and the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003. The DNA Day…
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Exxon Valdez oil spill was a turning point for biologist Terrie Williams
Twenty-five years ago, on March 24, 1989, the oil tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground off the coast of Alaska, eventually spilling 11 million gallons of crude oil into the pristine waters of Prince William Sound. The environmental impacts of the Exxon Valdez oil spill were profound, affecting 1,300 miles of rugged Alaskan coastline. The short-term…
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UCSC ranked second for research influence in world university rankings
By Tim Stephens, UCSC Public Information Office In the latest analysis of the world’s top universities published by Times Higher Education (THE), UC Santa Cruz ranked second in research influence as measured by the number of times its faculty’s published work is cited by scholars around the world. Published as part of the THE World University…
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UCSC partners with Stanford, Salk Institute in stem cell genomics center
By Tim Stephens, UCSC Public Information Office The University of California, Santa Cruz, will play a major role in a $40 million Center of Excellence in Stem Cell Genomics approved for funding Wednesday by the governing board of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM). The Center brings together researchers at UCSC, Stanford University, the…
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Institute of Arts and Sciences third LASER talk on Jan. 28
By Scott Rappaport, UCSC Public Information Office UCSC’s Institute of the Arts and Sciences will present its third “LASER” talk on Tuesday, January 28, 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,…
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New technique allows “nanobiopsies” of living cells
By Tim Stephens, UCSC Public Information Office Researchers at UC Santa Cruz have developed a robotic “nanobiopsy” system that can extract tiny samples from inside a living cell without killing it. The single-cell nanobiopsy technique is a powerful tool for scientists working to understand the dynamic processes that occur within living cells, according to Nader…