SIP Graduate Student Mentors in the News
- Tuguldur Sukhbold distributes telescopes to 7% of rural Mongolian schools.
- Katherine Ennis receives Alumni Association Award at 11th Annual Graduate Research Symposium.
- Justine Smith’s study about how the nearby presence of humans affects puma hunting behavior.
- Sarah Kienle receives NOAA grant for her research on elephant seals.
- Jessica Perez-Cunningham earns life sciences fellowship.
- Chris Law, Spencer Castro, and Katherine McElroy receive NSF grants.
- David Fryxell’s research about the gendered ecological impact of mosquitofish.
- Caroline Morley on the starless molten metal planet PSO J318.5-22.
- Veronica Yovovich‘s work on the Santa Cruz Puma Project is cited in National Geographic.
SIP Intern-hosting Labs and Faculty in the News
- Camilla Forsberg receives Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers for stem cell research.
- Rita Mehta organizes Women in Science Summit.
- Faculty Supervisor Jonathan Fortney part of NASA coalition leading search for life on distant worlds.
- Three articles regarding the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute:
- California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine funds UC Santa Cruz pediatric cancer project
- UC Santa Cruz pediatric cancer project receives $250,000 to fight high-risk neuroblastoma
- A visionary, a genius, and the human genome
- Jonathan Fortney quoted in Space Magazine article regarding Saturn’s rings.
- Joel Primack receives award from American Physical Society.