Synergy: Explorations in Science & Society

The University Library is pleased to sponsor the lecture series, Synergy: Explorations in Science and Society. This exciting series focuses on UCSC research, as well as teaching and grants in science and engineering with a view towards their impact on society.

About

The creation of this lecture series is in keeping with goals outlined in the University Library ten-year plan:

The overarching goal of the University Library is to have the McHenry and Science & Engineering Libraries identified as the "Information Centers" of the campus. The libraries should be the "destinations of choice" for students, faculty, staff, and members of our greater community, integrating their research needs with intellectual interactions.

The Synergy lecture series is designed to provide a platform for exchanging ideas and showcasing the exciting research in science and engineering currently in progress at UCSC.

Past Lectures

Go to individual pages for podcasts and MP3 downloads:

• Brent Haddad - Not an Accident? Understanding Why One Billion People Worldwide Lack Reliable Drinking Water (April 27, 2004)
• Glen Millhauser - Mad Cow Disease: Why We All Have the Prion Protein and How It Can Go Wrong in Disease (Listen to this Lecture - MP3 File) (October 14, 2004)
• David Koo - What is our universe? How large is it? What was the universe like in the past? (Listen to this Lecture - MP3 File) (March 1, 2005)
• Lindsay Hinck - Wiring the nervous system from tip to toe: how do neurons go to and fro? (Listen to this Lecture - MP3 File) (May 3, 2005)
• Susan Schwartz - Great Earthquakes and Tsunamis: How, Why, and Where? (Listen to this Lecture - MP3 File) (October 19, 2005)
• Mary Silver - Red Tides, Shellfish, and Cultural Dietary Traditions (Listen to this Lecture - MP3 File) (March 2, 2006)
• Bruce Schumm - Deep Down Beauty: Particle Physics, Mathematics, and the World Around Us (May 2, 2006)
• David Haussler - Reconstructing 100 Million Years of Human Evolutionary History (Listen to this Lecture - MP3 File) (October 17, 2006)
• Karen Ottemann - Swimming in the Stomach: the ulcer-causing bacterium Heliobacter pylori and disease (Listen to this Lecture - MP3 File) (March 8, 2007)
• Mosaic-Synergy Collaberation:Gary Griggs and Deepika Shrestha Ross - Santa Cruz Coast: Then & Now (Listen to this Lecture - MP3 File) (April 17, 2007)
• Marc Mangel - Why We Age, What Makes Us Age, and What Can Be Done About It (Listen to this Lecture - MP3 File) (May 17, 2007)
• Pradip Mascharak - Treating Skin Cancer with Light? Not a Fallacy Anymore! (Listen to this Lecture - MP3 File) (October 18, 2007)
• Lisa C. Sloan - California's Future Climate: Likely Scenarios and Impacts (Listen to this Lecture - MP3 File) (October 29th, 2008)
• Michael Mateas - Serious Games  (Listen to this Lecture - MP3 File) (October 29, 2009)
• Sharon Stammerjohn - Polar amplification - What is it, and is it happening now? (October 21, 2010)

Contact Information

If you would like to participate as one of our upcoming speakers or would like to send us feedback regarding the lecture series, please contact Elizabeth Cowell, at 831-502-7366.