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.

• July 13, 2020

  New film by Jennifer Taylor portrays Vermont town as microcosm of divided America

  "For the Love of Rutland," a new documentary by UCSC film professor Jennifer Taylor, is an exploration of the multiple problems now faced by rural America--most notably the opioid epidemic, income inequality, racism, and xenophobia. 

• July 08, 2020

  UC Santa Cruz leads research center on botanical dietary supplements

  A new $5 million NIH grant supports a collaborative research program to understand the cellular mechanisms by which botanical natural products may affect human health.

• July 07, 2020

  Karen Yamashita offers dazzling short stories about growing up in Japanese America

  Sansei and Sensibility, the latest book by UC Santa Cruz emerita professor of literature Karen Tei Yamashita is a dazzling collection of short stories about growing up and living in Japanese America.

• July 06, 2020

  White dwarfs reveal new insights into the origin of carbon in the universe

  A new analysis of white dwarf stars supports their role as a key source of carbon, an element crucial to all life, in the Milky Way and other galaxies.

• July 01, 2020

  Researchers honored for work in UCSC-NOAA Fisheries Collaborative Program

  Three researchers affiliated with the Institute of Marine Sciences (IMS) at UC Santa Cruz have received awards from the NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center for their outstanding contributions to research in 2019.

• June 22, 2020

  Evidence supports ‘hot start’ scenario and early ocean formation on Pluto

  A new study suggests that Pluto and other large Kuiper belt objects started out with liquid oceans which have been slowly freezing over time.

• June 15, 2020

  UCSC’s SocDoc graduate documentary films to be screened online June 15 to August 31

  UC Santa Cruz will present the premiere of thesis films by nine graduating M.F.A. students in the field of social documentation this year—in a special online presentation from June 15 to August 31.

• June 05, 2020

  UC COVID-19 seed funding supports UCSC coronavirus genome browser

  The UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute’s Genome Browser Team has received UC seed funding for its work on the UCSC Genome Browser for SARS-CoV-2.

• June 04, 2020

  Historian Greg O’Malley awarded ACLS grant to expand Intra-American Slave Trade Database

  UC Santa Cruz associate history professor Gregory O’Malley has received a 2020 Digital Extension Grant from The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) to expand coverage of the Intra-American Slave Trade Database.

• June 03, 2020

  New method predicts spin dynamics of materials for quantum computing

  A universal first-principles approach will accelerate the identification and design of materials for quantum information science and other spintronics applications.

• June 03, 2020

  NOAA funds new Cooperative Institute for Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Systems

  CIMEAS supports the ongoing collaboration between UC Santa Cruz and the National Marine Fisheries Service Southwest Fisheries Science Center.

• June 01, 2020

  New optical technique provides more efficient probe of nanomagnet dynamics

  Data storage devices and other emerging technologies use magnetic elements smaller than 100 nanometers, but studying their magnetization dynamics can be a challenge.

• June 01, 2020

  Detection of Crab Nebula shows viability of innovative gamma-ray telescope

  A new prototype telescope opens doors for future discoveries at the upcoming Cherenkov Telescope Array.

• June 01, 2020

  Two vital buffers against climate change are just offshore

  A new study underscores the need to conserve and restore mangroves and coral reefs for coastal protection.

• May 27, 2020

  Universe’s ‘missing matter’ finally found in the space between galaxies

  An international team of astronomers has solved the decades-old mystery of the ‘missing matter’ long predicted to exist in the universe but never before detected.

• May 20, 2020

  Astronomers discover a massive rotating disk galaxy in the early universe

  The discovery by an international team of astronomers of a massive rotating disk galaxy, seen when the universe was only ten percent of its current age, challenges traditional models of galaxy formation.

• May 18, 2020

  Tracing neurons in the visual cortex sheds light on brain’s circuitry

  Researchers used a combination of techniques to identify different neuronal cell types and trace their connectivity within the mouse visual cortex.

• May 14, 2020

  COVID Catalyst Fund supports work on rapid serology test at UC Santa Cruz

  Biomolecular engineer Nader Pourmand is evaluating the use of a novel nanosensor to provide rapid, low-cost, and accurate serology tests for coronavirus antibodies.

• May 13, 2020

  Innovative technologies to address COVID-19 funded by UC’s CITRIS

  Three projects led by UC Santa Cruz researchers are among the 25 awards in the initial round of funding from CITRIS and the Banatao Institute.

• May 12, 2020

  Powerful new AI technique detects and classifies galaxies in astronomy image data

  UCSC researchers developed a deep-learning framework called Morpheus to perform pixel-level morphological classifications of objects in astronomical images.