The quality and quantity of research activities at UC Santa Cruz are reflected in these recent NewsCenter stories, below. The work draws attention from reporters, whose coverage of the campus is showcased in the NewsCenter's In the News section.

• May 20, 2019

  New CITRIS–UC Santa Cruz seed funding program supports interdisciplinary research

  CITRIS and the Banatao Institute at UC Santa Cruz invites campus investigators to apply for research support through a new Campus Seed Funding program.

• May 14, 2019

  UCSC engineers to participate in research center on autonomous systems

  Professor Ricardo Sanfelice will provide expertise in hybrid and cyber-physical systems to a consortium led by the University of Florida and funded by the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research.

• May 10, 2019

  First Faculty Ethics Bowl at UC Santa Cruz to focus on the future

  What role should thinking about the far future—1,000 years ahead and beyond—play in research on campus? That’s the key question that will be discussed at "Ethics and the Far Future"--the first UC Santa Cruz Faculty Ethics Bowl.

• May 08, 2019

  Ancient galaxies reveal new clues about a cosmic transformation

  The unexpected brightness of early galaxies may explain "reionization," a transformative epoch in the history of the universe.

• May 07, 2019

  NIH grant funds research on role of prion proteins in neurodegenerative diseases

  The prestigious NIH MIRA grant funds biochemist Glenn Millhauser to expand his research on the function of prion proteins and their role in neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's.

• May 03, 2019

  UCSC partners with LA Museum of Art for symposium on work of arts professor Isaac Julien

  UC Santa Cruz is collaborating with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to present a daylong symposium on the works of influential British filmmaker and installation artist, Isaac Julien, who recently joined the campus as a distinguished professor of the arts.

• May 02, 2019

  Two UC Santa Cruz professors elected to the National Academy of Sciences

  Physicist Michael Dine and biologist Susan Strome were elected to the NAS in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.

• May 02, 2019

  Astronomers assemble wide view of the evolving universe

  A team led by UC Santa Cruz astronomer Garth Illingworth used 16 years of Hubble Space Telescope observations to create a new portrait of the distant universe.

• May 01, 2019

  Microscope expert develops powerful new tools for biologists

  With Sara Abrahamsson's arrival in the Baskin School of Engineering, UC Santa Cruz is becoming a hotbed of advanced microscopy and microscope development.

• April 30, 2019

  U.S. coral reefs provide flood protection worth $1.8 billion annually

  New report finds coral reef barriers provide flood protection for more than 18,000 people and $1.8 billion worth of coastal buildings, infrastructure, and economic activity yearly.

• April 29, 2019

  Air Resources District funds air pollution research and teaching at UC Santa Cruz

  Partnership between UCSC and the Monterey Bay Air Resources District supports a new course on air pollution and research on high-tech sensors to detect pollutants.

• April 25, 2019

  Biologist Olena Vaske wins major grant from American Association for Cancer Research

  The 2019 AACR NextGen Grant for Transformative Cancer Research will support Vaske's research on pediatric cancer genomics.

• April 18, 2019

  Making art in trying times: DANM exhibition examines culture, society, and the digital world

  Thirteen graduate students from the Digital Arts and New Media M.F.A. program (DANM) will conclude two years of artistic study at UC Santa Cruz with "Receivership"—an exhibition of their work running on campus April 26 to May 12.

• April 16, 2019

  UC Santa Cruz philosophy alumnus Jeffrey Stewart wins 2019 Pulitzer Prize for biography

  UC Santa Cruz alumnus Jeffrey Conrad Stewart (Cowell College ’71, philosophy) has been awarded the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for "The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke," his definitive biography of the father of the Harlem Renaissance.

• April 16, 2019

  Biologist Joshua Arribere wins prestigious Searle Scholars grant

  Funding from the Searle Scholars Program will support Arribere's research on cellular quality control mechanisms that catch mistakes in gene expression.

• April 16, 2019

  UC Santa Cruz researchers win four CITRIS seed funding awards

  UC Santa Cruz researchers are principal investigators of four collaborative teams chosen for funding by the the signature seed funding program of the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) and the Banatao Institute.

• April 08, 2019

  Iron volcanoes may have erupted on metal asteroids

  NASA's upcoming mission to the asteroid Psyche could look for signs of past eruptions, and evidence of 'ferrovolcanism' may also turn up in iron meteorites.

• April 04, 2019

  New book by Carolyn Burke examines four artists who profoundly shaped 20th-century art

  "Foursome"--the latest book by longtime UCSC humanities research associate Carolyn Burke--chronicles the lives of four of the most extraordinary and influential painters and photographers of the early 20th century.

• April 04, 2019

  Chemist Jevgenij Raskatov honored for peptide research

  The American Peptide Society and the Boulder Peptide Society have both recognized Raskatov for his scientific achievements as an early-career investigator.

• April 03, 2019

  Coral study traces excess nitrogen to Maui wastewater treatment facility

  Nutrient pollution has been blamed for algal blooms and degradation of coral reefs along Maui's west coast.