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Grad Path Week: from Exchange to Graduate Studies

Classroom Unit Classroom Unit, Santa Cruz

International Student Services and Programming is excited to partner with UC Santa Cruz faculty members and graduate departments to highlight Ph.D. and Masters programs to international exchange students interested in returning for graduate school. This is a wonderful opportunity for faculty members to showcase their labs and available research opportunities for international students to pursue […]

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Environmental Studies Seminar Series | North Stars of Emancipation: Navigating Movements and Institutions to Change Food Systems

Interdisciplinary Sciences Building 7487 Red Hill Road, Santa Cruz

In person and via Zoom (Meeting ID: 978 5545 8946, Passcode: 454736).  If you are unable to stream the talk live and need to access a recorded version, please contact Stacy Philpott at sphilpot@ucsc.edu. A UC Santa Cruz email address is required to access the recording. Host: Stacy Philpott Speaker: Antonio Roman-Alcala, CSU East Bay […]

Statistics Seminar: Advancing Science on the Sea and Stars with Modern Statistical Techniques

Jack Baskin Engineering Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz

Presenter: J. Xavier Prochaska, Professor, UC Santa Cruz Description: I will present two current and challenging research problems from the domains of astrophysics and oceanography which are leveraging standard Bayesian methods. After describing the datasets, scientific goals, and currently methodology, I will welcome a discussion on ways to improve, advance, and/or replace the current approaches. […]

AM Seminar: Analysis of Flagellar Gait Changes Across Fluid Viscosities

Jack Baskin Engineering Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz

Presenter: Dr. Kelli Gutierrez, CSU Monterey Bay Description: Many microswimmers propel themselves using flagella, which are thin, threadlike filaments that beat in a periodic wavelike motion. The flagellar beat emerges from the coupled interactions between the surrounding fluid and the active and passive responses of the flagellum. Previous studies have observed the qualitative shape of […]

North Stars of Emancipation: Navigating Movements and Institutions to Change Food Systems

Hay Barn 94 Ranch View Road, Santa Cruz

Dr. Antonio Roman-Alcalá has been participating in food and farming movements in California for over two decades. He’s founded urban farms, taught organic horticulture, and made documentary films about why food systems continue to be unsustainable.  More recently, he’s turned towards participatory, movement-based research to develop an understanding of what “emancipation” might mean for those […]

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