Big Questions: Astronomer Father and Artist Daughter
An astrophysicist, musician, mentor, and inspiration, Bill Mathews died in September 2021. His daughter, Amey Mathews, began drawing portraits of him in his memory.
McKenna Smith: Pursuing biological sciences
Keeley Coastal Scholars Award supports student
Preserving Earth’s future: Frontier Fellows program funds undergraduate research
The Earth Futures Institute’s Frontier Fellows program offers undergraduate research opportunities and funding at UC Santa Cruz.
With Pivot Fellowship, astronomer J. Xavier Prochaska turns to oceanography
A new program from the Simons Foundation supports successful researchers who have a deep interest, curiosity, and drive to make contributions to a new discipline.
Pioneering radio astronomer Frank Drake dies at 92
Frank Drake, professor emeritus of astronomy and astrophysics and an eminent radio astronomer known for his pioneering efforts in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI), died September 2 at his home in Aptos.
In Memoriam: Peter Nicholas Burgoyne (1932–2021)
Peter Nicholas Burgoyne, professor emeritus of mathematics, passed away on Tuesday, December 7, 2021.
Biology alum Ally Walker’s path from the lab to Hollywood
Oakes College alumna Ally Walker’s career went from sequencing genomes to solving crimes on television
In Memoriam: Bill Mathews (1937–2021)
William George “Bill” Mathews—astrophysicist, musician, and idea foundry, passed away Tuesday, September 24, 2021
Legacy gift makes signature experience possible for next generation of geologists
UC Santa Cruz Earth Sciences alum Damon Brown knew the value of preservation. As a geologist, he used knowledge of the past to build a better future, studying the causes of climate change and identifying new, sustainable energy sources. With that kind of long-term thinking in mind, he and his wife Sarah, a fellow geologist, […]
Biologist Beth Shapiro’s new book explores how humans have shaped life on Earth
‘Life as We Made It’ explains how our species has been manipulating nature for the past 50,000 years and what the future may hold, depending on how we use new technologies
Shelbi Russell advocates for postdocs
“After giving talks at two of the annual symposia and attending a grant writing workshop that helped me apply for NIH funding, I realized that I should pay back into the [UCSC STEAM Postdoc Association] by volunteering. That was the best decision of my postdoc.”
Manel Camps appointed faculty director of UCSC Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Development
UC Santa Cruz 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