Tag: Research

  • Research Lunch & Learn: Federal policy updates

    Another year under the current administration has created significant ongoing federal agency and policy changes, much of which has significant impacts on universities and research. Join John MacMillan, Vice Chancellor for Research (and interim Provost/EVC), and Csilla Csaplár, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research, for an interactive discussion about current hot topics in the federal policy…

  • Research Lunch & Learn: Researcher roadmap: resources for faculty preparing grant proposals

    Tune into this session with the Research Development team as we discuss resources and guides we gathered for the Office of Research’s inaugural Research Leaders Academy in Winter 2026. We will address topics such as securing buy-in from leadership, team-building, partnerships, graphic design support, and developing an elevator pitch. This session provides a great resource…

  • Celebrating UCSC Science Breakthroughs with Nobel Laureate Dr. Carol Greider

    Please join us on June 24, 2026, at 5:30 pm at the Hard Rock Hotel San Diego, for a special reception with UC Santa Cruz Nobel Laureate Carol Greider and members of the UCSC Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology faculty. Carol won the Nobel Prize in 2009 for discovering how the tips of our…

  • Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism Book Talk with Thea Riofrancos

    Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism Book Talk with Thea Riofrancos

    Please join The Community Studies Department together with The Center for Critical Urban and Environmental Studies (CUES), in the (The Barn), for talk by Thea Riofrancos about her recent book Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism. 

  • Research Lunch & Learn: Cost Sharing

    Join us on May 13, 2026, 12-1 p.m. for a session led by Deirdre Beach (Executive Director, Sponsored Programs) and Lindsey Demeritt (Executive Director, Research Financial Services), as they discuss the nuance and implications of cost sharing. This session will review the differences between mandatory and voluntary cost share, the requirements for committing cost sharing…

  • Research Lunch & Learn: Cayuse Animal Oversight (AO) walkthrough

    Join the IACUC staff team as they introduce Cayuse Animal Oversight (AO), our newly developed electronic system for managing IACUC submissions, reviews, and protocol oversight. This session will provide a high-level overview of key features of the new system designed to support our animal care program, including a demonstration of protocol submission workflows, committee review…

  • The Emergence of Maritime Archaeology in the Republic of Benin: Research, Challenges, and Ongoing Initiatives

    The Emergence of Maritime Archaeology in the Republic of Benin: Research, Challenges, and Ongoing Initiatives

    Please join the April 8th Archaeology and Biological Anthropology Lunch Talk, “The Emergence of Maritime Archaeology in the Republic of Benin: Research, Challenges, and Ongoing Initiatives,” presented by Affolabi Angelo Ayedoun (Anthropology, UC Santa Cruz).

  • “So, There We Were…” – Celebrating the Untold Stories Behind the Discoveries

    “So, There We Were…” – Celebrating the Untold Stories Behind the Discoveries

    To celebrate another year of profound discoveries, uplifting unheard voices, and opening up the world for the next generation of students, the Academic Senate is planning a year-end celebratory event on Wednesday, May 27, 5-7:30 pm (week 9), at the Haybarn. But lest you think this is yet one more end-of-year academic event with mind-numbing…

  • UCSC Graduate Research Symposium

    UCSC Graduate Research Symposium

    Friday, May 15, 1:00-4:00 PM (PDT) McHenry Library | Information Commons South on the Main Floor We are delighted to invite you to the 22nd Annual Graduate Research Symposium! This event celebrates and highlights the work of UCSC graduate students in all academic divisions. Any enrolled graduate student is welcome to present either a poster,…

  • Statistics Seminar: Hierarchical Clustering with Confidence

    Statistics Seminar: Hierarchical Clustering with Confidence

    Presenter: Snigdha Panigrahi, Associate Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Michigan Description:Agglomerative hierarchical clustering is one of the most widely used approaches for exploring how observations in a dataset relate to each other. However, its greedy nature makes it highly sensitive to small perturbations in the data, often producing different clustering results and making it…

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