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UC Santa Cruz @ucsantacruz.bsky.social · 2d

“Jane was such a trailblazer for women in science and conservation. She helped us girls coming after her to see ourselves as explorers, as scientists, as leaders. She has inspired a generation of women conservationists and her legacy lives on with us,” she said.

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UC Santa Cruz @ucsantacruz.bsky.social · 2d

Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela has always admired Jane’s kind, passionate, and human approach to research.

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UC Santa Cruz @ucsantacruz.bsky.social · 2d

...I cold-emailed Jane Goodall, knowing she was probably far too busy to receive or respond to the request, but sure enough, she did. I'm really proud to have been able to share that work with her and to have her quote forever on the back cover.”

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UC Santa Cruz @ucsantacruz.bsky.social · 2d

Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Roxanne Beltran reflected on her time as a Ph.D. student, when she and her husband wrote a children's book about a Weddell seal named Patches: “The publisher tasked us with finding people to give quotes for the back cover...

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UC Santa Cruz @ucsantacruz.bsky.social · 2d

“I don’t think I have ever met anyone quite like Jane, but I can say that it was impossible to come away from a conversation with her not feeling optimistic about life and nature and humanity. That indomitable optimism was one of her many gifts to all of us, ” he said.

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UC Santa Cruz @ucsantacruz.bsky.social · 2d

UC Santa Cruz researcher Tim Tinker spent four days with Goodall for a series of field trips and presentations, as part of a fundraising effort.

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UC Santa Cruz @ucsantacruz.bsky.social · 2d

In the wake of Jane Goodall’s passing last week, many of our researchers here at UC Santa Cruz shared fond memories of Goodall and appreciation for her role as a champion of the natural world. Hear from a few faculty members who have been and will continue to be inspired by her legacy ⬇️

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UC Santa Cruz Science @ucscscience.bsky.social · 3d

🔬Our 8-foot-tall cryoEM microscope is one of only 232 in the world—helping researchers fight influenza, RSV & more. Through global partnerships, we’re breaking down cost + distance barriers so scientists everywhere can accelerate discovery. 🌍✨ bit.ly/4nz9ml4

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UC Santa Cruz @ucsantacruz.bsky.social · 5d

Then, sign the University of California’s Stand Up For UC advocacy campaign: www.universityofcalifornia.edu/get-involved...

#SpeakUpForScience #StandUpForUC

Stand Up for UC

The federal government’s demand of $1 billion from UCLA puts the entire University of California system at risk. Stand with us to protect UC.

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UC Santa Cruz @ucsantacruz.bsky.social · 5d

First, contact your members of Congress to advocate for science funding in the federal budget:
www.universityofcalifornia.edu/get-involved...

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UC Santa Cruz @ucsantacruz.bsky.social · 5d

We’ve already lost federal funding for our work on the USDA Southwest Regional Food Business Center, which helped small and mid-size producers keep their businesses afloat.

Stand with us to defend our work in agriculture.

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UC Santa Cruz @ucsantacruz.bsky.social · 5d

Training the next generation of agriculture leaders, from undergraduate and graduate students to farmworkers.

Collaborating on Ag Tech projects with farmers to apply emerging technologies in safe, socially responsible ways.

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UC Santa Cruz @ucsantacruz.bsky.social · 5d

Here’s what’s at stake ⬇️

Groundbreaking innovations in resource efficiency and pollution reduction at the Center for Agroecology, like @ucanr.edu specialist Joji Muramoto’s work on alternatives to toxic pesticides.

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UC Santa Cruz @ucsantacruz.bsky.social · 5d

For more than 50 years, we've been a national leader in supporting farmers + shaping food systems, but cuts to USDA funding & federal settlement demands against the University of California could impact our ability to continue leading research, education, & service work that benefits all Americans.

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UC Santa Cruz @ucsantacruz.bsky.social · 8d

We are proud to attract students from across California, serving more than a quarter of students who identify as Hispanic/Latiné, and helping them to build successful careers and meaningful lives after graduation.

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UC Santa Cruz @ucsantacruz.bsky.social · 8d

Join us Friday, Oct. 3, at 1 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room at John. R. Lewis/College 9 for Envisioning HSI, a campus celebration and workshop. RSVP online: bit.ly/4nZjnHM

Nurturing Sustainable Institutional Change Envisioning HSI Session 2025

As a Hispanic-Serving Research Institution, UCSC seeks to fulfill our mission in research, teaching, and service. Institutional change is needed to create sustainable systems and structures that bette...

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UC Santa Cruz @ucsantacruz.bsky.social · 8d

UC Santa Cruz has earned the Seal of Excelencia recertification, which recognizes our intentional campuswide efforts to serve Latiné and all students through undergraduate and graduate education, affordability and resources and faculty support.

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UC Santa Cruz @ucsantacruz.bsky.social · 9d

Gonzalo Respighi Grasso, a doctoral candidate in economics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has made rent control the focus of his research. He cites a 2019 paper that looked at the effects of implementing rent control in San Francisco in 1994.

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Rent control gets another look amid a national housing crisis

Amid surging rental costs, Zohran Mamdani has introduced the issue of rent control in the New York City mayor's race, prompting a national discussion.

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UC Santa Cruz Science @ucscscience.bsky.social · 10d

🌊🌍 This Friday, Oct 3, at the Seymour Center, the NEXTies: Earth + Sea honors the environmental pioneers who’ve made Santa Cruz a leader in climate resilience, including amazing UC Santa Cruz faculty and staff. Don’t miss it!

🎟️ seymourcenter.ucsc.edu/calendar_eve...

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portrait of Andrew Fisher smiling at the camera with a forest in the background.

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UC Santa Cruz Science @ucscscience.bsky.social · 11d

🌫️ UC Santa Cruz researchers Peter Weiss-Penzias and Eyal Rahav have recently been awarded a $737k grant from the Heising-Simons Foundation to find out what’s really in the fog that rolls across California’s coast and how a warming climate might affect it.

Learn more: bit.ly/42cycyu

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Baskin Engineering at UC Santa Cruz @baskinengineering.bsky.social · 15d

A team of #BaskinEngineering researchers at @ucsantacruz.bsky.social is using #AI and #bioelectronics to speed up wound healing! Their #WearableTech device tracks healing stages and delivers personalized treatment—speeding healing by ~25% in preclinical trials! 🤯

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Ali Shariati @ali-shariati.bsky.social · 15d

Together with the Rubin lab @ucsantacruz.bsky.social , we found a surprise: E2F1 drives cells from G0 through the full cell cycle by activating many genes without altering chromatin accessibility! Brilliant work by first author Gerrald Lodewijk, now on the faculty job market,an exceptional scientist

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Greg O’Malley @gogogomalley.bsky.social · 14d

Finishing a Ph.D. on slavery in early American or Atlantic history this year? Consider applying for the University of California's President's Postdoc program. I'd love to sponsor at applicant if working with me @ucsantacruz.bsky.social might be a good fit!
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How to apply

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UC Irvine Environmental Law Program @ucilawenvironment.bsky.social · 13d

Gregg Macey @ucirvinelaw.bsky.social
to speak at the Campo-Sano Climate Action Conference @ucsantacruz.bsky.social on October 4, 2025. Program: farmworkerhealth.ucsc.edu/events/2025/...

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UC Santa Cruz @ucsantacruz.bsky.social · 14d

One advantage of this work is that it employs a new technique to measure the alignment of magnetic minerals in heated rock, which helps interpret temperature changes, says Heather Savage, an earthquake researcher.

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Most of an Earthquake’s Energy Is Released as Heat, Not Shaking

Up to 98 percent of the energy of an earthquake goes into flash heating rocks, not shaking the ground, new research shows. The finding could help yield better earthquake forecasts

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