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Physicists Try to Revive a Super-Safe, Decades Old Cancer Treatment
August 11, 2017
For the last six years, Johnson, a physicist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has been working on a machine that shoots protons through the human skull. His goal: to use protons instead of conventional X-rays to take 3-D images inside cancer patients.
Materials Science and Engineering Initiative focuses on sustainability
June 6, 2017
UC Santa Cruz researchers are developing new materials for a wide range of devices and products, from solar cells to surfboards.
Undergrad wins prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
April 17, 2017
Physics major Andrea Antoni has been named a 2017 Goldwater Scholar by the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation.
Physicist Joel Primack to serve as president of scientific honor society Sigma Xi
January 3, 2017
The scientific research honor society Sigma Xi has announced the election of Primack as president-elect designee.
Joel Primack elected president of Sigma Xi
December 16, 2016
Physicist Howard Haber wins Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Physics
October 11, 2016
Haber, a distinguished professor of physics at UCSC, was honored by the American Physical Society.
Sue Carter recognized with President’s Award for Outstanding Faculty Leadership in Presidential Initiatives
November 23, 2015
Future physicists gather at 10th annual undergraduate women in physics conference
January 20, 2015
UC Santa Cruz hosted the 10th annual Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics this weekend, drawing 250 undergraduate women to campus for workshops and career assistance.
UC Santa Cruz Graduate Program Alumni wins Buchalter Cosmology Prize
January 14, 2015
Awarded to Dr. Carroll Wainwright of the Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics (SCIPP) and Department of Physics at the University of California, Santa Cruz; Dr. Matthew Johnson of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at York University and the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics; Dr. Hiranya Peiris of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at University College London; Dr. Anthony Aguirre of the SCIPP and Department of Physics at the University of California, Santa Cruz; Dr. Luis Lehner of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics; and Dr. Steven Liebling of the Department of Physics at Long Island University, for their work entitled “Simulating the Universe(s): from Cosmic Bubble Collisions to Cosmological Observables with Numerical Relativity”.
‘Questions that Matter’: New public humanities series brings campus to community
January 08, 2015
The UC Santa Cruz Institute for Humanities Research (IHR) will present "Making the Cosmos Local"—the first event in a new series of public dialogues titled Questions That Matter—on Tuesday, Jan. 27, at Kuumbwa Jazz Center.
UC Santa Cruz Cal Teach alum wins Knowles science teaching fellowship
August 06, 2014
The Knowles Science Teaching Foundation has awarded a 2014 teaching fellowship to alumna Brenda Minjares.
Subcommittee on Energy Hearing
June 11, 2014
Steve Ritz, as Chair of the P5 panel, testified before the House Science Committee (Energy Subcommittee)
Josh Deutsch on Teaching Biophysics
June 11, 2014
Professor Josh Deutsch’s article on teaching biophysics makes the front cover of the American Journal of Physics for their theme issue of the intersection of biology with physics.
2014 Chancellor's Achievement Awards for Diversity
June 05, 2014
Chancellor Blumenthal announces the recipients of the 2014 Chancellor's Achievement Awards for Diversity.
A Second Chance at Sight
March 6, 2014
Silicon microstrip detectors, a staple in particle physics experiments, provide information that may be critical to restoring vision to some who lost it
UCSC physicists to answer questions at special screening of "Particle Fever"
February 27, 2014
Award-winning documentary about particle physicists opens with special screening followed by Q&A panel with UCSC faculty
Howard Haber and Abraham Seiden to give Faculty Research Lecture on Feb. 11
January 24, 2014
"The Higgs Boson Unleashed" will be a joint presentation by UCSC physicists Howard Haber and Abraham Seiden
Astronomer Sandra Faber to give public talk Feb. 5 on our cosmic future
January 21, 2014
Renowned UC Santa Cruz astronomer Sandra Faber will give a free public lecture on astronomy and cosmology on Wednesday, February 5.