Beth Shapiro elected to the AAAS, groundbreaking observations of exoplanets, Brant Robertson featured on 60 minutes, and more...
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APRIL 2023

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This month in science: Beth Shapiro elected to the AAAS, groundbreaking observations of exoplanets, Brant Robertson featured on 60 minutes, and more...

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ECOLOGY & EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, UCSC NEWSCENTER

Beth Shapiro, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UC Santa Cruz, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies.

IMPACTFUL RESEARCH

2-month-old northern elephant seals sleeping on the beach at Año Nuevo State Park
UCSC NEWSCENTER
Physicist Jairo Velasco Jr. (left) and graduate student Zhehao Ge in Velasco’s lab at UC Santa Cruz. Behind them is the scanning tunneling microscope (STM) they use to create and study graphene quantum dots. (Photo by Tianhui Zhu)

UCSC NEWSCENTER

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Many student-led innovations never make it out of the lab. A new program at UC Santa Cruz aims to change that by mentoring Ph.D. students in the life sciences on alternative career pathways outside academia: entrepreneurship and venture capital.

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IMPACTFUL PEOPLE

Brant Robertson

AWARDS & HONORS

Samantha Contreras

AWARDS & HONORS

New Dean Announcement, UC Santa Cruz Science

IMPACTFUL EVENTS

On May 5, join us in person for the UC Santa Cruz Chemical Screening Center grand reopening celebration and research symposium. Learn about research enabled by our state-of-the-art chemical screening center, network, and hear from students, faculty, and special guest speakers in this all-day event. The event will take place on May 5 from 10:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. at the University Center on campus. RSVP here!

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