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Dec 17, 2024 · Featured story A ‘remelting’ of lunar surface adds a wrinkle to mystery of Moon’s true age. In an "idea paper" published on December 18 in Nature, UC Santa Cruz Professor Francis Nimmo and his co-authors propose a "remelting" of the Moon's surface 4.35 billion years ago due to the tidal pull of Earth causing widespread geological upheaval and intense heating.
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December 17, 2024 Scientists collaborate on immersive technology to address climate challenges. The UC Santa Cruz Center for Coastal Climate Resilience (CCCR) and a team of scientists and science communicators at UC San Diego have developed an initiative focused on immersive technology that uses advanced hardware and …
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Dec 15, 2023 · February 13, 2024 Life Beyond the Redwoods: Noah Whitley reflects on the value of a UCSC degree one year later . One year after graduating from UCSC, Noah Whitley works as a legislative assistant for a political consulting firm …
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Jan 5, 2021 · December 22, 2021 Impacts of rainy weather on coronavirus outbreaks reveal economic benefits from earlier social distancing. Economists at UC Santa Cruz used rainy weather as a natural experiment to understand how communities across the U.S. that started some form of social distancing slightly earlier may have …
Update on campus budget - UC Santa Cruz News
Aug 20, 2024 · An update on our fiscal year 2025 budget and our continued work to address our structural deficit in core funds.
Chancellor’s Update: Celebrating the new academic year!
Sep 26, 2024 · En Español. Happy first day of classes! Whether you are just joining us at UC Santa Cruz or are returning to campus recharged after summer break–welcome to the new academic year!
Update about campus disruptions - UC Santa Cruz News
May 20, 2024 · Dear Campus Community, Today, some students and employees blocked both roads on campus and the campus entrance, preventing access to campus and requiring transition to remote work and learning.
UC Santa Cruz celebrates 60 years of leading change
Sep 17, 2024 · Celebrating 60 years of bold authenticity—highlighting the voices of creative thinkers and carving new paths of possibility. Students from UC Santa Cruz's first classes—many of whom had learned about it from an article in Life magazine—often say they were attracted to its redwood-studded landscape, mind-expanding vistas, and the sense that it was a place where dreams could become reality.
Campus update: UC president addresses campus climate, Giving …
Nov 16, 2023 · This fall has been a difficult one, as the impact of the escalating Israel-Hamas conflict has rippled outward to our community and so many others. University of California President Michael Drake at Wednesday’s UC Regents meeting addressed the hurt and tensions that many UC students, staff and faculty are experiencing as we collectively process this tragedy.
UC Santa Cruz welcomes new faculty to campus
Sep 26, 2023 · This academic year, UC Santa Cruz welcomes 54 new faculty members to the campus, bringing the number of Senate Faculty to 686. They bring a wide array of expertise in research and creative scholarship that will open new areas of investigation and expression and expand existing areas of work.