Samuel Rapp and fellow students develop BlueWaltzBio to make eDNA more accessible for research applications My name is Sam Rapp, I was a CAMINO intern in the Raimondi Carr Lab two summers ago! I am in my final year as an Ecology and Evolutionary Biology undergraduate. Over the past 9 months, I co-founded and have…Continue Reading Samuel Rapp & fellow students develop BlueWaltzBio
An open letter from UCSC DDCSP Founder and Faculty Director Dr. Erika Zavaleta I stand with you in solidarity and sadness at the brutality and anti-Black racism that have rocked the country. They are not new; they are the latest in a 528-year history of racial violence on this continent. But the events of the…Continue Reading An Open Letter from Erika Zavaleta
This exciting blog post is from a high school student involved in oak research. This student volunteer helps plant sites for a former and current Zavaleta Lab graduate student. My name is Valentina Evans, and I am a new volunteer at the UC Hopland Research and Extension Center. My partners Benjamin Evans, and Zane Petersen have…Continue Reading UC Hopland Research and Extension Center Volunteers Support Oak Research
Paulo Quadri Awarded Best Talk on Natural History in the Age of Climate Change UCSC’s Paulo Quadri, a Graduate Student of Environmental Studies, just won an award for best talk on Natural History in the Age of Climate Change at the American Museum of Natural History’s Student Conference on Conservation Science. Congratulations!…Continue Reading Paulo Quadri Awarded Best Talk on Natural History
This exciting blog post is from a high school student involved in oak research. This student volunteer helps plant sites for a former and current Zavaleta Lab graduate student. Hopland REC Author: Valentina EvansPublished on: January 17, 2019 My name is Valentina Evans, and I am a new volunteer at the UC Hopland Research and Extension Center….Continue Reading HREC Volunteers Support Oak Research
We are thrilled to announce the 2018 EE 30 Under 30 awardees! This year’s awardees work across five continents and are champions of energy, water, climate resilience, the Arctic, environmental health issues, and more. Through a wide variety of approaches including journalism, music, and gardening, they are working to create change in their communities and…Continue Reading Kyle Reid Selected For NAAEE’s EE 30 Under 30 Award
Two UCSC biologists receive Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor awards With funding from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), biologists at UC Santa Cruz will be using biodiversity surveys and field research to get more students engaged in science. Beth Shapiro and Erika Zavaleta, both professors of ecology and evolutionary biology, are among a select…Continue Reading UCSC biologists receive Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor awards
