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Biologist Erika Zavaleta receives Science Division’s Outstanding Faculty Award

UC Santa Cruz Innovation Catalyst Grant program propels research into real-world solutions

Physics Department improves undergraduate experience for non-majors

Legacy of helping minoritized students thrive in STEM careers faces uncertain future

Science Division debuts ‘degree-defining experiences’ drawing on UC Santa Cruz’s unique strengths

UC Santa Cruz and Hartnell College awarded grant to strengthen transfer pathway for Central Coast students

UC Santa Cruz launches new degree program in Geographic Information Systems, Spatial Technologies, Applications, and Research

Baskin Engineering welcomes a cohort of 12 new faculty

Center for Coastal Climate Resilience to co-host event at New York Climate Week

UC Santa Cruz receives funding to continue undergraduate STEM diversity program

National Academy of Education awarded Josephine H. Pham the Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship

New grant funding will help UC Santa Cruz build and diversify a climate resilient workforce for the Monterey Bay region

UC Santa Cruz physics department honored for improving undergraduate experience

UC Santa Cruz breaks records with increased applications for Fall 2024

UC Santa Cruz Physicist Joel Primack wins 2024 AAAS Abelson Prize

Undergraduate Public Fellows Program connects humanities studies with real-world impact

UC Santa Cruz welcomes new faculty to campus

Anthropology faculty members partner on new National Science Foundation Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Science

Cal-Bridge awarded $4 million to diversify STEM

FUTURE in Biology program receives NSF grant to explore field courses as a tool for equity

Creative Technologies, new online major in Arts Division, first of its kind on any UC campus

Remembering the grave injustices to Japanese-Americans in the 1940s through female activism

Seeing “One Too Many Racist Musicals” is What Led Preston Choi to be a Playwright

Irene Lusztig’s Film Richland Explores a Town Grappling with its Ties to the Atomic Bomb

UC Santa Cruz students win three categories at Orange County Sustainability Decathlon

UCSC doctoral graduate wins prestigious Science SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists

New book shares expertise from UC Santa Cruz and beyond on preparing students to tackle environmental justice issues

UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Professional Education upgrades its Semiconductor and VLSI Engineering Certificate to address skilled professional shortage and industry growth

Dwarf planet Eris is squishier than expected

Preparing the next generation of doctors

Training program helps prevent harassment in fieldwork environments

UC Santa Cruz Humanities Division secures $1 million grant for Employing Humanities initiative

UC Santa Cruz’s Center for Coastal Climate Resilience partnering with EY on Open Science Data Challenge on Coastal Resilience for students

UC Santa Cruz will lead development of next-generation telescope alignment system

Students search for hidden black hole activity

Terrie Williams honored with 2024 National Academy of Sciences Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal

Two film and digital media faculty receive 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship Awards

Colombian all-female team uncovers naturalist Elizabeth Kerr’s long-forgotten legacy

Milestone land acknowledgement event brings campus, local tribe and community members together

UCSC marine sciences professor to lead new Center for Coastal Climate Resilience

UC Santa Cruz earns Agricultural Experiment Station designation

Growing Our Own - From research opportunities to the professoriate

Batalha testifies at Congressional hearing on the initial scientific findings of the JWST

Undergraduates in UC Santa Cruz’s Human Rights Investigations Lab fight for migrant rights

Central Coast K-16 Education Collaborative secures planning grant for six-county region

UC Santa Cruz professor inducted into the Reading Hall of Fame

Colombia, a global biodiversity hotspot, faces rising threats to bird species from expanding human footprint

Social Sciences dean wins prestigious research award, visiting fellowship in Germany

UC Santa Cruz scholar receives major new grant to support inclusive community development throughout California

UC Santa Cruz Cal Teach program connects area STEM majors with local public schools

Sensorium, a new project of UC Santa Cruz’s Center for the Study of the Force Majeure, to be an unprecedented experience of the world ocean

UC Santa Cruz’s Institute of the Arts and Sciences to open new, off campus galleries

University launches new center, Campus + Community, to facilitate engaged scholarship

Legal Studies Program, Santa Cruz County Public Defender’s Office partner for National Public Defense Summit

Bots and Broadway: Technology and theater go hand-in-hand for UCSC professor

UCSC professor building collaborations to shape future minds through ethnic studies

Black Studies minor builds momentum

Grant funds Sarker s aquaculture sustainability research

New program advises UCSC Ph.D. students on their path to entrepreneurship and venture capital

Spring 2025 Cyril Black International Book Forum

Spring 2025 Cyril Black International Book Forum

President Hensel to host open forum on federal policy changes

President Hensel to host open forum on federal policy changes

- Hawai’i at Mānoa

Certificate Recital: Chloe Webster, Voice

Certificate Recital: Chloe Webster, Voice

Sostenibilità ambientale in Val di Cornia: i dati registrano una forte riduzione delle aree coltivate nella zona considerata l’orto della Toscana. Il punto con i ricercatori dell’Istituto di Produzioni Vegetali nell’ambito di Prima Nexus-Ness

Sostenibilità ambientale in Val di Cornia: i dati registrano una forte riduzione delle aree coltivate nella zona considerata l’orto della Toscana. Il punto con i ricercatori dell’Istituto di Produzioni Vegetali nell’ambito di Prima Nexus-Ness

The Solo Classical Competition (formerly the Concerto Aria Competition)

The Solo Classical Competition (formerly the Concerto Aria Competition)

Michael Lewis Book Talk: Who Is Government? The Untold Story of Public Service

Michael Lewis Book Talk: Who Is Government? The Untold Story of Public Service

Grateful Heart Attack Survivor Gives $1.5 Million to UConn School of Medicine

Grateful Heart Attack Survivor Gives $1.5 Million to UConn School of Medicine

Attack on freedom of speech? Some U faculty oppose Board of Regents resolution limiting public statements

Attack on freedom of speech? Some U faculty oppose Board of Regents resolution limiting public statements

- MMU

Could Derek Chauvin be pardoned? Conservative commentator launches effort to petition Trump

Could Derek Chauvin be pardoned? Conservative commentator launches effort to petition Trump

- MMU

Launch of second student edition of Mediaforum, chaired by Emma de Vries

Launch of second student edition of Mediaforum, chaired by Emma de Vries

Princeton continues to expand commitments to support and promote mental health and well-being

Princeton continues to expand commitments to support and promote mental health and well-being

Equity Now Lecture Series Asks: ‘Is Sustainability Dead?’

Equity Now Lecture Series Asks: ‘Is Sustainability Dead?’

ｶﾝﾅﾋﾞﾉｲﾄﾞ生物学的等価体合成に成功

ｶﾝﾅﾋﾞﾉｲﾄﾞ生物学的等価体合成に成功

Innovation hotspot: Google partnership to study geothermal energy potential

Innovation hotspot: Google partnership to study geothermal energy potential

Leiden and Cambridge help create a model course on EU law for Ukraine

Leiden and Cambridge help create a model course on EU law for Ukraine

Caterpillar gods and bridal gifts: research from The University of Warwick shows how indigenous culture has shaped crop diversity

Caterpillar gods and bridal gifts: research from The University of Warwick shows how indigenous culture has shaped crop diversity

What is a Charter School, Really?

What is a Charter School, Really?

TUHH Hamburg University of Technology - University Subject Rankings 2025 , Computer Science and Information Systems

TUHH Hamburg University of Technology - University Subject Rankings 2025 , Computer Science and Information Systems

- topuniversities

Canadians know climate change is happening, but do they care?

Canadians know climate change is happening, but do they care?

- Western Ontario

Princeton University Assistive Technology and Accessibility Fair

Princeton University Assistive Technology and Accessibility Fair

Minnesota’s first ‘Ag for All’ conference provides resources for LGBTQ+ farmers

Minnesota’s first ‘Ag for All’ conference provides resources for LGBTQ+ farmers

- MMU

Neu an der Uni: Prof. Dr. Thomas Kamphausen

Neu an der Uni: Prof. Dr. Thomas Kamphausen

Did a socially awkward scientist set back airborne disease control?

Did a socially awkward scientist set back airborne disease control?

Talking with the Taiwanese Community

Talking with the Taiwanese Community

Winter Drama Major: Love and Information

Winter Drama Major: Love and Information

HKU study shows bad sleep harms old-age memory by disrupting the brain’s ‘waste removal system’

HKU study shows bad sleep harms old-age memory by disrupting the brain’s ‘waste removal system’

Western University - University Subject Rankings 2025 , Chemistry

Western University - University Subject Rankings 2025 , Chemistry

- topuniversities

Scientists discover how aspirin could prevent some cancers from spreading

Scientists discover how aspirin could prevent some cancers from spreading

Cambridge Enterprise reports on continued growth and ambitious plans for the Cambridge Cluster

Cambridge Enterprise reports on continued growth and ambitious plans for the Cambridge Cluster

Sticky situation? Insights into what holds antibiotic-resistant biofilms together

Sticky situation? Insights into what holds antibiotic-resistant biofilms together

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‘Università Svelate’ approda alla Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna di Pisa con due visite guidate a Palazzo Pilo Boyl e al Collegio di Santa Croce in Fossabanda

Cinematic arts alum co-writes Rescue: HI Surf

- Hawai’i at Mānoa

Rainbow Wahine basketball earns Big West regular-season title

- Hawai’i at Mānoa

NASA selects UH Mānoa planetary scientist for Lucy asteroid mission

- Hawai’i at Mānoa

Titriyski, Rosenthal named Big West Players of the Week

- Hawai’i at Mānoa

Women’s basketball leads UH to Big West honors, Christensen earn men’s honorable mention

- Hawai’i at Mānoa

UH sailing finishes 2nd in Port of LA Harbor Cup

- Hawai’i at Mānoa

脂肪肝炎発症メカニズムの一端を発見

ノーベル賞受賞者シンポジウム開催

Routine asthma test more reliable in the morning and has seasonal effects

Genes linked to smoking in pregnancy identified

偏差値教育からの脱却【日経ｸﾛｽﾃｯｸ】

Winter Drama Major: Love and Information

Hawaiian Word of the Week: ʻUhane

- Hawai’i at Mānoa

UH joins national effort to support students’ basic needs

- Hawai’i at Mānoa

New UROP fellowship supports international undergraduate research, creative work

- Hawai’i at Mānoa

Illuminated and ordinary: Exhibition explores the world of Islamic manuscripts

Micronutrient gaps help fuel childhood obesity in Pacific

- Hawai’i at Mānoa

Mustangs men’s, women’s track and field teams crowned national champs

- Western Ontario

Nanowires, AI, and a bit of selective hearing

Ramadan-Inspired Dinner Feature

NIH funding delivers exponential economic returns

Wishing real world wasn’t starting to feel so much like her dystopian novel

Princeton will name building for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Class of 1976

TPP/CST Screening of Rule Breakers

In Memoriam: Sabine Luning

Building Bridges: Collaboration at Work (Thrive 365)

Musicology Colloquium Series presents: Some Forms of Choreographic Musicality in George Balanchine s Ballets by Kara Yoo Leaman

Tales of Earth and Sun: A Performance by Rastak Music Group

A cup with the President – Episode 23: Prof. Dr. Stephan Rosshart

University spin-out secures funding to improve AI energy efficiency and bandwidth

Emory Healthcare launches Wellness Walkers initiative at Northlake Mall

The Hague major Jan van Zanen: ‘If you want to strengthen democracy, start close to home’

Assessing the (severity of) impacts on fundamental rights

Nursing Students Gain Valuable Insights into Global Palliative Care and Cultural Perspectives

Getting to Green: Can Minnesota get to carbon-free energy?

- MMU

Twin Cities families are on the move elsewhere, so greater Minnesota better get recruiting

- MMU

Sociologist urges Yellow Medicine County, with its aging population, to focus on transition housing

- MMU

Nutrition Month Bonus Bite

The Ecology of Ontario’s Health Care System

Deprescribing for dementia

House pride from A to Z

Letting the portraits speak for themselves

Telling apples from Apples

Launch of the RESOCIAL Project Website

Professor by special appointment Saniye Çelik wins Woman in the Media Award: Important that women have a voice in public debate

Guest lecture Coordinator on the Rights of the Child of the European Commission

Record-high number of first-priority applicants for CBS’ master programmes

Uniklinikum Erlangen weiterhin unter den Top-Kliniken der Welt

Biologist Erika Zavaleta receives Science Division’s Outstanding Faculty Award

Leiden University wins Frits Kalshoven International Law Moot Court Competition 2025

Séance d information sur les séjours d échange pour les étudiant-es

 Kolam, un art féminin éphémère d Inde du Sud

Le vrai-faux à l’ère de la désinformation et de l’IA - Conférence le mercredi 19 mars

Coffee with Gert Niels: Growth and adaptability in challenging times

‘It’s time to tell my story’: Sociology Professor Recalls 7 Decades of Racial Reckoning

UConn Law Library Exhibit Shows Alumnus’ Case Against Department of Defense

When Fighting Cancer From Space, Form is Function

A 62-million-year-old skeleton sheds light on an enigmatic mammal

Jildau Bouwman new professor by special appointment

Aperte le iscrizioni al corso HTE High-tech Entrepreneurship: dall idea alla start-up, competenze e strumenti per la creazione di nuovi modelli di business. Corso realizzato nell ambito dell iniziativa JoTTO, con il network EELISA e StartCup Toscana

95GHz帯で長距離・大容量伝送に成功

全学生にデータ科学を【日経ｸﾛｽﾃｯｸ】

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 UTC 105 CUHK students awarded Link University Scholarship

人文科学研究による社会貢献

【Podcastｺﾗﾑ】大学で学ぶ意味

In memoriam: Bobby Curran, iconic radio voice of UH Athletics

- Hawai’i at Mānoa

Winter Drama Major: Love and Information

Ivey prof studies ‘idea theft’ and how to stop it

- Western Ontario

UH team helps knock back little fire ants in Lanikai

- Hawai’i at Mānoa

Construction defect litigation poses challenges for Hawaiʻi’s housing market

- Hawai’i at Mānoa

A new approach to treating Alzheimer’s disease?

Student team creates AI recommendations for Connecticut state government

Natarajan’s work on early black holes celebrated with multiple awards

Connecticut Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory Renews AAVLD Accreditation

A pinch of salt stirs up a surprising physical phenomenon

Hope for life-changing therapies comes with a chilling caveat

Pediatrics leader reflects on the state of children’s health

2025 Spring Dance Festival: Threshold

2025 Spring Dance Festival: Threshold

2025 Spring Dance Festival: Threshold

International Women’s Day: Accelerate Action with UON’s Senior Leadership Team

Pinnacle of Performance: What to Know about Knee Injuries

Women’s Health Research on the Rise at UConn School of Medicine

Batteries Charged With Renewables

- MMU

Hundreds of Minnesota researchers and scientists protest Trump cuts

- MMU

Is winter weather whiplash becoming Minnesota’s new normal?

- MMU

When trying to persuade, ‘active listening’ doesn’t always help

Research Talk - Game Sound, Soundtracks, and Songs: The Three-fold Life of Music in Video Games

Criminal Justice Seminar Series: Discrimination in Police Use of Force

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