Ocean Sciences News
Professor Margaret Delaney named interim Vice Chancellor, Planning and Budget (July 2009) (More)
U.S. research vessel enroute to Bering Sea for climate change investigations. A nine-week international marine research expedition to investigate the role of the Bering Sea in climate change will be led by co-chief scientists Christina Ravelo, professor of ocean sciences at UCSC, and Kozo Takahashi of Kyushu University, Japan. (July 2009) (More)
Video: Marine biologist Colleen Reichmuth discusses the variety of sounds walruses use to communicate. Her research on walruses and sea lions is featured in a NOVA ScienceNOW program to be broadcast on PBS July 21. (July 2009) (More)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0404/03.html
Research on algal toxins in coastal waters led by ocean scientist Raphael Kudela was featured on KTVU TV news and KGO Radio and in the San Jose Mercury News, Contra Costa Times, and Santa Cruz Sentinel. (June 2009) (More)
Pacific expedition to explore effects of climate change on ocean ... Murphy along with UCSC Professor of Ocean Sciences Peggy Delaney will depart from Honolulu Tuesday aboard the JOIDES Resolution (March 2009)
Full story: http://www.mercurynews.com/centralcoast/ci_11874232
Call of the ocean defines one professor's life journey. ... to sum up Professor Rozalind Jester’s life in one word, that word would be “water.” (Ocean Sciences Alumna now Professor at Edison State University in Florida) (Feb 2009) (More)
Study links seabird deaths to soap-like foam produced by red-tide algae. "... it was a surfactant that removed the water-repellent properties of the feathers," said Raphael Kudela, professor of ocean sciences. (Feb 2009) (More)
Three faculty honored with emeriti professorships. Jonathan Zehr, professor of ocean sciences, has been elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology ... (Feb 2009) (More)
Mysterious microbe may play important role in ocean ecology. An unusual microorganism discovered in the open ocean may force scientists to rethink their understanding of how carbon and nitrogen cycle through ocean ecosystems. (Nov 2008) (More)
UCSC professor to retire after career of adventure and discovery [Mary Silver].
The path Mary Silver, a spry, white-haired ocean scientist, has blazed is anything but ordinary, and after a life of science and adventure, the UC Santa Cruz professor is set to retire. (More) also: Focus on Faculty: Mary Silver, Professor of Ocean Sciences
in UCSC News & Events (Oct 2008) Unlocking the Mysteries of the Sea. UCSC Review Magazine interview with Mary Silver
Margaret Delaney is one of five faculty members discussing topics they believe should be priorities for the next U.S. president. (Fall 2008) Review Magazine Watch the video
Environmental Law Scholar Michael Wara [Ocean Sciences Ph.D. 2003] Joins Stanford Law School Faculty
STANFORD, Calif., September 2, 2008—Stanford Law School today announced the appointment of environmental scholar Michael Wara as Assistant Professor of Law. Trained as a lawyer and a scientist, Wara’s current research ... [Full Story]
Moore Foundation awards $3.7 million in additional funding for UCSC ocean scientist Jonathan Zehr
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has awarded a four-year, $3.7 million grant to Jonathan Zehr, professor of ocean sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The grant funds Zehr's ongoing research as a Moore Foundation investigator in marine science. (June 2008). [Full Story]
New study raises concerns about proposed mitigation strategy for marine bycatch. (June 2008) (More)
[Related story: Postdoctoral fellow Myra Finkelstein (former Ocean Sciences Graduate Student) and graduate student Bill Henry described how albatrosses are affected by plastic trash in the ocean on PBS's Newshour with Jim Lehrer.]
Watch the video (PBS.org) at the following site:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/video/module.html?mod=0&pkg=13112008&seg=3
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Moore Foundation renews support for marine microbiology research at UCSC (May 2008). [Full Story]
Ocean scientist Mary Silver to give Rachel Louise Carson Lecture at AGU meeting May (2008) [Full Story]
UCSC grad winning kudos for 'Overtreated', a health care system critique (April 2008). [Full Story]
UCSC collaborates in interdisciplinary center to study marine microbes (May 2007) [Full Story]
Expect more dead birds and sea lions to wash ashore (May 2007) [Full Story]
Causes and effects of unusual ocean conditions along coast traced (Nov. 2006) [Full Story]
Margaret Delaney receives Outstanding Faculty Award (Oct. 2006) [Full Story]
UCSC collaborates in interdisciplinary center to study marine microbes (Aug. 2006) [Full Story]
Lecture on Thursday, March 2, explores links between red tides and culinary traditions (Feb. 2006) [Full Story]
Delaney named editor of major Earth sciences journal (Nov. 2005) [Full Story]
Moore Foundation gives UCSC a $2.2 million grant for marine microbiology research facility (July 2005) [Full Story]
Scientists concerned about potentially harmful algae persisting in Monterey Bay (Feb. 2005) Full Story
UCSC oceanographer Kenneth Bruland honored by two major scientific organizations (Feb. 2005) Full Story in UCSC Currents
Ocean scientist Mary Silver to give annual Faculty Research Lecture at UCSC. (Feb. 2005) Full Story in UCSC News Release
Margaret
L. Delaney appointed Interim Campus Provost and Executive Vice
Chancellor effective April 1, 2004. Full
Story in UCSC News Release
Margaret
L. Delaney elected fellow of the American Geophysical Union. (Feb
2004) Full
Story in UCSC Currents
Kenneth
Bruland appointed to Ida Benson Lynn Endowed Chair in Ocean
Health. (Dec 2003) Full
Story in Currents
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