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Join us in the quest to sequence the virus
A matching fund will enable donors to make a tangible impact on efforts to defeat SARS-CoV-2
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Inaugural Hayden White lecture to explore the afterlife of slavery with author Saidiya Hartman
["Award-winning literary scholar and cultural historian Saidiya Hartman will be the featured guest at the inaugural Hayden V. White Distinguished Annual Lecture, a virtual event that takes place on April 19."]
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A year of generosity
["In 2020, UCSC donors demonstrated how giving can make a positive difference even in a period of turmoil."]
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Grant funding will advance aquaculture research in UCSC’s new state-of-the-art facility
["The research team is working to develop a more sustainable feed for farmed rainbow trout."]
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UCSC’s Osterbrock Leadership Program goes national
["The National Osterbrock Leadership Program provides experiences and opportunities for astronomy graduate students to develop leadership and management skills."]
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UCSC grad students win funding for research on salmon and coastal resilience
["California Sea Grant has awarded funding to two UC Santa Cruz graduate students for salmon and coastal resilience research."]
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Women's Rugby celebrates 40 years
["“The friends I made in that group are still some of my best friends.” — Martha Brown, 1979 team cofounder."]
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Honoring Chancellor George Blumenthal
Please help honor Chancellor George Blumenthal on his retirement with your gift to the Chancellor's Undergraduate Internships.
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$9.3 million education grant to support Pajaro Valley students in college journey
The grant, to the UC Santa Cruz Educational Partnership Center (EPC), will serve 1,630 underrepresented students in the Pajaro Valley beginning in their sixth and seventh grades and on through their first year of college.
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Local group funds four UC Santa Cruz cancer researchers
The Santa Cruz Cancer Benefit Group continues its support for cancer research at UC Santa Cruz with new grants
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Oakes name change honors visionary
The Oakes Provost House will be renamed after its founding provost, J. Herman Blake
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Our way of giving back
In gratitude for experiences on which they built their careers, Denise Gallant and Kevin Monahan included Kresge and KZSC in their will.
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Help from the wizarding world
A gift from a Harry Potter–themed virtual running club enables a UC Santa Cruz professor to observe whales in Antarctica
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UC Santa Cruz honors alumni Thomas Webb and Susanne Hering
Physical and Biological Sciences Distinguished Alumni Awards recognize contributions to society by graduate and undergraduate alums
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Bill McKibben, Daniel Ellsberg headline Right Livelihood Laureates' Conference at UC Santa Cruz
Recipients of the "Alternative Nobel Prize" gather to advance social and environmental justice; public events focus on climate change, water, nuclear threat
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Mathematical biologist Marc Mangel elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Other new members in the Class of 2018 include Ta-Nehisi Coates, Tom Hanks, Barack Obama, and Sonia Sotomayor
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New 'Pan-Cancer' analysis reveals the common roots of different cancers
The Pan-Cancer Atlas is the most comprehensive cross-cancer analysis to date and is the final output of The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) program, a joint effort of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). Cancer researchers analyzed and classified over 10,000 tumors representing 33 different types of cancer to trace the connections between different cancers.
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2018 Osterbrock Lecture will focus on the role of science in public policy
Rush Holt, CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, will speak at UC Santa Cruz on Thursday, April 19