Highlights from January to March for a special action–packed edition of the Impact Report!
##SENDGRIDOPENTRACKING##
UC Santa Cruz Science logo

MARCH 2022

Impact Report logo

After a brief hiatus in 2022, we have included highlights from earlier in the year to bring you a more action–packed edition of the Impact Report!

Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, Astronomy & Astrophysics

ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, UCSC NEWSCENTER

Ramirez-Ruiz is among 12 individuals and 3 organizations named as the 2022 recipients of the PAESMEM awards by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Carrie Partch, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at UC Santa Cruz

CHEMISTRY & BIOCHEMISTRY, UCSC NEWSCENTER

Carrie Partch, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, will be honored by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) with the 2022 NAS Award in Molecular Biology for her contributions to the molecular understanding of circadian rhythms.

IMPACTFUL RESEARCH

Water from a lake on the surface of Store Glacier flows into a “moulin” and down to the base of the glacier more than a kilometer below.
UCSC NEWSCENTER
Photo of researchers in Elkhorn Slough courtesy of Adina Paytan

UCSC NEWSCENTER

Electron microscopy of the composite shows aluminum nanoparticles in a matrix of gallium.
UCSC NEWSCENTER
An illustration of the now extinct Steller’s sea cow based on Steller’s description from 1741

UCSC NEWSCENTER

DID YOU KNOW?

“We have a remarkably good idea of what the universe looks like over many orders of magnitude, from the very small-scale world of atomic nuclei and smaller to the very large scales.”

Physicist Michael Dine's new book ‘This Way to the Universe’ explains the outstanding mysteries of the universe and also how well we understand it on many levels.

READ MORE

IMPACTFUL PEOPLE

Photo of Yuan Ping

AWARDS & HONORS

Photo of Claudie Beaulieu

AWARDS & HONORS

IMPACTFUL EVENTS

Photo of student researchers at Younger Lagoon

APR 21  |  6 P.M.–7:30 P.M.  |  ON ZOOM  |  FREE

Confronting Climate Change is an annual public lecture series that brings together scientists, artists, policy experts, and community members to discuss our planet’s well-being and share solutions for our future.

WHO EARNED
RESEARCH AWARDS?

VIEW MARCH AWARDEES

IMPACTFUL OPPORTUNITIES

WANT MORE
HIGH-IMPACT
SCIENCE?

twitter icon
facebook icon
linkedin icon
youtube icon

UC Santa Cruz

1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064