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.

• April 12, 2022

  Watsonville Filipino history digital archive now available for public viewing

  The Watsonville is in the Heart Digital Archive is now viewable online and features oral history recordings, original documents, photos, and family artifacts highlighting Filipino history in the Pajaro Valley.

• April 11, 2022

  2022 PIT-UN Network Challenge funding open for submissions

  The Public Interest Technology - University Network (PIT-UN) has opened the call for proposals for the 2022 Network Challenge funding opportunity.

• March 31, 2022

  First complete, gapless sequence of a human genome reveals hidden regions

  Parts of the human genome now available to study for the first time are important for understanding genetic diseases, human diversity, and evolution.

• March 28, 2022

  Methane could be the first detectable indication of life beyond Earth

  A new study assesses the planetary context in which the detection of methane in an exoplanet’s atmosphere could be considered a compelling sign of life.

• March 28, 2022

  Local pumas don’t sense danger in places where they’re most often killed by humans

  A new study led by UC Santa Cruz researchers suggests that pumas in the Santa Cruz Mountains don’t make accurate assessments of where they are most likely to be killed by humans, especially when it comes to the threat of being killed in retaliation for loss of livestock.

• March 21, 2022

  Economics Professor Rob Fairlie testifies before committee in U.S. House of Representatives to share research on Paycheck Protection Program

  Fairlie testified on his latest research, which showed that changes to the Paycheck Protection Program in 2021 helped to improve racial equity in loan distribution.

• March 18, 2022

  UC Santa Cruz lecturer and alumna contributes to IPCC’s 2022 report on global climate change

  Pam Rittelmeyer, a lecturer in the Department of Environmental Studies and College Nine, is a contributing author on the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

• March 16, 2022

  Effects of ancient carbon releases suggest possible scenarios for future climate

  New findings reveal a precursor event before the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, giving scientists a fresh perspective on future global climate scenarios.

• March 11, 2022

  Chemical analysis reveals effects of wildfire smoke on grapes and wines

  A new study provides practical guidelines for using biomarkers to identify ‘smoke taint’ in grapes and wines affected by the smoke from wildfires.

• March 10, 2022

  New study confirms bioengineered RSV protein vaccine evokes protective immune response

  Two UC Santa Cruz researchers just marked a major milestone in their effort to create an effective vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), which can cause severe respiratory disease in children and the elderly.

• March 10, 2022

  UC Santa Cruz to implement strategic plan for internationalization

  UC Santa Cruz is advancing comprehensive internationalization to ensure that the members of the campus community are prepared and encouraged to study, teach, conduct research, and work in a global context, and that institutional policies, programs, and initiatives are aligned to achieve this shared goal.

• March 10, 2022

  California Sea Grant funds graduate research fellows at UCSC

  California Sea Grant has awarded funding to four UC Santa Cruz graduate students for marine science research projects that address the agency’s priority themes of resilient coastal communities and economies, sustainable fisheries, and healthy coastal ecosystems.

• March 09, 2022

  New responsible data sharing technique will enable better understanding of disease-causing genetic variants

  Scientists may better understand and test for the genetic variations that cause cancer and other heritable diseases through the application of a novel strategy for securely sharing and analyzing genomic data developed at the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute.

• March 09, 2022

  Younger Lagoon study tells a tale of two fishes

  Research at UCSC's Younger Lagoon shows that the state of estuary waters, not competition from another fish species, is the most important predictor of populations of an endangered fish.

• February 28, 2022

  Elephant seals’ map sense tells them when to head ‘home’

  Researchers found that female elephant seals know their distance from the breeding beach and allocate extra time to get back if they have farther to travel.

• February 28, 2022

  A slow-motion section of the San Andreas Fault may not be so harmless after all

  A study of rocks drilled from nearly 2 miles under the surface suggests that the central section of the San Andreas fault has hosted many major earthquakes, including some that could have been fairly recent.

• February 25, 2022

  UC Santa Cruz joins Social Science Research Council

  The campus is now a member of the Social Science Research Council's College and University Fund for the Social Sciences, which will offer new opportunities for UC Santa Cruz to help shape research priorities across the field.

• February 24, 2022

  Ocean scientist Claudie Beaulieu wins NSF CAREER Award

  Claudie Beaulieu, assistant professor of ocean sciences, has received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support her work using data science to study climate variability and climate change.

• February 21, 2022

  A surprising heat source is melting the Greenland Ice Sheet from the bottom up

  Researchers have observed extremely high rates of melting at the bottom of the Greenland Ice Sheet, caused by huge quantities of meltwater descending from the surface to the base.

• February 18, 2022

  Easy aluminum nanoparticles for rapid, efficient hydrogen generation from water

  UCSC chemists developed a simple method to make aluminum nanoparticles that split water and generate hydrogen gas rapidly under ambient conditions.