Training the next generation of physicists, targeting 'undruggable" diseases, 3 UC Santa Cruz faculty win prestigious NSF CAREER awards, and more..
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FEBRUARY 2023

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This month in science: Training the next generation of high-energy physicists, targeting 'undruggable' diseases, three UC Santa Cruz faculty win prestigious NSF CAREER awards, and more...

SCIPP faculty discuss the importance of training in computational high-energy physics and introduce the new Western Advanced Training for Computational High-Energy Physics (WATCHEP) research program.

SANTA CRUZ INSTITUTE FOR PARTICLE PHYSICS, UCSC SCIENCE

The Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics (SCIPP) at UC Santa Cruz is leading a consortium of western research universities and national laboratories in a new program to train the next generation of computational high-energy physicists.

IMPACTFUL RESEARCH

Scott Lokey Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry
UCSC NEWSCENTER
Individual krill are small, but humpback whales consume huge quantities of them.

UCSC NEWSCENTER

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UC Santa Cruz launched the Global and Community Health program last year due to high demand, and it has proven to be popular amongst incoming fall applicants. The interdisciplinary program offers two undergraduate degrees that aim to improve health and reduce health inequalities both locally and globally.

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IMPACTFUL PEOPLE

Timothy Johnstone

AWARDS & HONORS

McKenna Smith (Crown ’24, biochemistry and molecular biology and marine biology) was awarded the Keeley Coastal Scholars Award in 2022.

STUDENT EXPERIENCE

IMPACTFUL EVENTS

Grad Slam 2023 is free and open to the public; seating first-come/first-served

At 7pm on March 4th at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center in downtown Santa Cruz, UC Santa Cruz graduate students will each deliver a three minute presentation in which they explain their graduate research or artistic endeavor to a general audience. Winners will move onto the UC system-wide finale event. Join the audience! Doors open at 6:30pm and seats are filled on a first-come first-serve basis. A live-stream will also be available during the event.

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