With California preparing to slash $3 billion from its University of California and California State University systems, the future seemed grim for UCSC. There was some good news yesterday though, when it was announced that the school won $6.3 million dollars from the UC system, to be used in four research major research projects.
With California preparing to slash $3 billion from its University of California and California State University systems, the future seemed grim for UCSC. There was some good news yesterday though, when it was announced that the school won $6.3 million dollars from the UC system, to be used in four research major research projects. The grants will go to the High Performance AstroComputing Center for research in computational astrophysics; the Pacific Rim Research Program, which will investigate economics, migration, and public health in that region; and the Mediterranean Studies Multi-Campus Research Project, which will study the pivotal role that the region played in history, religion, and literature.
The fourth program to receive a grant is Collaborative Research for an Equitable California, headed by professors Rodney Ogawa and Ronald Glass of the Education Department. This study aims to bring together researchers and policy makers in order to investigate the intersection between education, health care, housing, and economic development in the state. Sam Storey, CEO of Community Bridges, explained the importance of the project especially in light of proposed cuts to social services in California’s new budget: “With nonprofits being threatened, in terms of nutrition, literacy and housing programs, it’s an opportunity to reaffirm the importance of those services.” Glass echoed this sentiment, saying: “It’s not an accident that kids who don’t eat well and don’t have good health care don’t do very well in school.”
All together, 28 grants were given to schools in the UC system. UC Santa Barbara received the most, with five. Read more at the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
