February Impact Report

FEBRUARY 2020

This month in science: Library renovations, a new sleep study, five AAS Legacy Fellows, a bill to protect monarch butterflies, job and student opportunities, and more...

STUDENT EXPERIENCE

Science & Engineering Library renovations focus on student needs ❯

Renovations at the Science & Engineering Library are done! We have created a comfortable and beautiful study environment to support our students' academic success through active learning spaces and new technologies.

IMPACTFUL RESEARCH

4 MIN READ

Seismic biomarkers in Japan Trench fault zone reveal history of large earthquakes ❯

5 MIN READ

Early riser or night owl? New sleep study may help to explain the difference ❯

QUANTA | ‘Radical change’ needed after latest neutron star collision ❯

JRST | Engaging in science practices in classroom increases undergraduate performance ❯

ECOSPHERE | Proposed hydropower dams pose threat to Gabon’s fishes ❯

AGU | Researchers get a ‘whale’s-eye view’ of Antarctic sea ice ❯

HAKAI | We’ve been systematically underestimating sea otters’ historical habitat ❯

THE CONVERSATION | What is white-nose syndrome in bats? ❯

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IMPACTFUL PEOPLE

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Mathematician François Monard wins NSF CAREER Award ❯

EARTH & COSMOS

Five astronomers among the first class of AAS Legacy Fellows ❯

UCSC NEWSCENTER | In memoriam: Thomas Schleich (1938–2020) ❯

EOS | Alumnus Matthew Huber becomes new EOS Editor in Chief of Paleoclimatology ❯

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COMMUNITY IMPACT

CLIMATE & LIFE

Biologist Marm Kilpatrick helps introduce a new bill to protect monarch butterflies ❯

CLIMATE & LIFE

Geologist Gary Griggs talks about king tides and some of their misperceptions ❯

IMPACTFUL OPPORTUNITIES

JOBS & FELLOWSHIPS

•	Postdoctoral Researcher in anadromous fish genomics, deadline 06-01-20 ❯
•	Executive Assistant for Dean of Physical & Biological Sciences, deadline 03-03-20 ❯

AWARDS & PROGRAMS

•	Gunderson Family Student Research in Coastal Sustainability Award, deadline 04/10/20 ❯
•	Undergraduate Research in Science & Technology Award, deadline 04/10/20 ❯
•	Dean and Chancellor Undergraduate Awards, deadline 04/02/20 ❯
•	NIH post baccalaureate biomed research training program, deadline 03-13-20 ❯
•	Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Sustainable Materials, opened 02/16/20 ❯

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