Posts Tagged: UC Santa Cruz

Amidst morale ‘crisis,’ CA stem cell agency could take months to find new president

The Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research building at University of California Irvine, a CIRM major facility. Photo courtesy of CIRM

by DAVID JENSEN posted 11.29.2023

California’s $12 billion stem cell and gene therapy program could be treading water for the next 12 months in the view of at least one of its leaders as it searches for a new president of the 19-year-old enterprise. Past presidential searches have been burdened by a legal, dual executive arrangement that has been described by a former board member as a “dog’s breakfast.”

CA must harness creative energy of youth to beat climate change

Image by Jacob Lund

by FRED SMOLLER & MICHAEL A. MOODIAN posted 11.08.2023

OPINION – The Orange County Sustainability Decathlon  (OCSD) is a new state-sponsored competition, courtesy State Senator Dave Min, which challenges college students to build housing units that address the climate crisis (as well as workforce development, homelessness, and affordable housing).

California flooding, sea-level rise linked

A condominium complex being undermined by rising ocean levels at a Monterey beach. (Photo: Steve Smith)

by SOPHIA BOLLAG posted 11.15.2017

As officials in Washington try to repair the nation’s flood insurance program, scientists in California are grappling with a looming threat that will complicate flooding hazards in the state: sea-level rise. Creeping ocean waters are already flooding coastal areas more frequently and eroding sea cliffs more rapidly. They’re also worsening damage from extreme weather events like high tides and torrential rains.