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.

• September 20, 2021

  Postdoctoral scholars critical in advancing research mission

  With experience, training, and ideas of their own, postdoctoral scholars play an important role in furthering research at universities.

• September 15, 2021

  Felicity Schaeffer named Baskin Foundation Presidential Chair for Feminist Studies

  Felicity Amaya Schaeffer, the new Peggy and Jack Baskin Foundation Presidential Chair for Feminist Studies, plans to address the most pressing issues of the department’s focus on social justice.

• September 14, 2021

  Manel Camps appointed faculty director of UCSC Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Development

  UCSC has appointed Manel Camps, professor of microbiology and environmental toxicology and provost of Crown College, to serve as the director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Development.

• September 14, 2021

  The writing on the wall: exploring the cultural value of graffiti and street art

  Doctoral candidate’s research interprets graffiti’s deeper meaning among Latinx and Black urban subcultures in Los Angeles.

• September 13, 2021

  Karen Tei Yamashita to receive 2021 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters

  UC Santa Cruz emerita professor of literature Karen Tei Yamashita will be awarded the 2021 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from The National Book Foundation, presenter of the National Book Awards.

• September 07, 2021

  UC Santa Cruz course tutorial wins national online learning award

  Three UC Santa Cruz staff members have been honored for creating an online instruction tutorial last year after the campus shut down and suspended in-person teaching because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

• September 02, 2021

  UCSC signs $3M state contract to deliver a public health data platform for pathogen genomics

  The one-year, $3 million contract with the California Department of Public Health will galvanize pandemic-related genomic data analysis efforts for the public good.

• September 02, 2021

  Astronomers create the first 3D-printed stellar nurseries

  Researchers can now hold stellar nurseries in their hands thanks to 3D printing, revealing features often obscured in traditional renderings and animations.

• August 26, 2021

  When humans disturb marine mammals, it’s hard to know the long-term impact

  Scientists are developing new tools to determine when short-term changes in behavior caused by human activities have biological significance for protected populations.

• August 18, 2021

  DOE grant funds development of new imaging technology to study roots and soil

  A multidisciplinary collaboration combines expertise in medical imaging technology and the ecology of plant roots to address questions with global implications.

• August 16, 2021

  Nearby star-forming region yields clues to the formation of our solar system

  The Ophiuchus star-forming complex offers an analog for the formation of the solar system, including the sources of elements found in primitive meteorites.

• August 12, 2021

  Study takes unprecedented peek into life of 17,000-year-old mammoth

  An international research team has retraced the astonishing lifetime journey of an Arctic woolly mammoth that roamed the Alaska landscape 17,000 years ago.

• August 09, 2021

  Salt marsh resilience compromised by crabs along tidal creek edges

  A long-term study in Elkhorn Slough revealed the impact of superabundant crabs on salt marsh vegetation and the vulnerability of tidal creek banks to erosion.

• August 09, 2021

  Five-year NIH grant supports collaborative research into rejuvenating the aging brain

  Scientists at UC Santa Cruz, UC Berkeley, and Stanford are working together to discover and treat the causes behind age-associated cognitive decline.

• August 03, 2021

  NIH grant funds collaborative research on protein-RNA interactions in cancer

  Biologist Jeremy Sanford has received major funding from the National Cancer Institute for research on the role of protein-RNA interactions in cancer.

• July 30, 2021

  Climate change poses threat to ‘tuna dependent’ Pacific Islands economies

  Shifting distributions of key tuna species could have serious economic impacts for island nations in the Western and Central Pacific, according to a new paper coauthored by Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Katherine Seto.

• July 22, 2021

  Dickens Universe celebrates 40th anniversary with ‘A Christmas Carol’

  This summer, the Dickens Project at UC Santa Cruz—the largest multi-campus consortium on Victorian studies in the world—will present the 40th year of the Dickens Universe, a week of intense study and festivities.

• July 22, 2021

  Racial and colonial histories offer insights on refugee crisis in ‘The Black Mediterranean’

  Assistant Professor of Sociology and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies Camilla Hawthorne coedited a first-of-its-kind new book called "The Black Mediterranean," which examines the African diaspora within the region.

• July 20, 2021

  Susana Ruiz awarded ACLS digital grant to develop VR documentary of 2011 Egyptian Uprising

  UC Santa Cruz assistant film and digital media professor Susana Ruiz has received a 2021 Digital Extension Grant of $150,000 from The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) for her project, Arab Data Bodies: Social Media in Mixed Reality.

• July 16, 2021

  History professor wins prize for article on post-Civil War incarceration of African American children

  Associate professor of history Catherine Jones has been honored with the 2021 Richards Prize for the best article published in The Journal of the Civil War Era in 2020. The journal explores how knowledge of the Civil War era informs our understanding of 21st-century politics and society.