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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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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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5 days ago · January 15, 2025 Coral-reef restoration can be cost-effective for saving lives, money. A new study co-led by the Center for Coastal Climate Resilience (CCCR) at UC Santa Cruz shows coral reef restoration in Florida and Puerto Rico could save thousands of lives and prevent hundreds of millions of dollars in damage and economic interruption each year.
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Dec 15, 2022 · February 01, 2023 New traditions. UC Santa Cruz alumni Florence Nelson, Stephen Klein, and Nadene Thorne are at the forefront of volunteering at Cowell College.
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Jan 5, 2025 · Climate change has made great swaths of the planet drier and soils saltier, jeopardizing food production and water access for billions. We can look to current geopolitical and ecological events that are playing out currently to understand what we can expect in the future,” said Hannah Waterhouse, a soil and water scientist at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
UCHRI grants advance Humanities research on campus
1 day ago · This year, UC Santa Cruz researchers are advancing cutting-edge projects that tackle critical issues such as antiracist education, environmental resilience, and the intersections of identity and power, with critical funding from the University of California Humanities Research Institute (UCHRI).
Chancellor’s Update: Celebrating the new academic year!
Sep 26, 2024 · 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!
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.