Wanted: Planet-hunters to help astronomers search for new worlds

UCSC astronomers are seeking the public's help to find and understand planets outside our solar system--and volunteers don't even need a telescope. (At right from the top are Mercury, Venus, Earth and Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Image courtesy of NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory.) More

Acting Chancellor Blumenthal delivers video message to campus

In the first in a series of video messages to the campus community, Acting Chancellor George Blumenthal expresses his thanks for the warm welcome he has received; discusses the legacy of the late chancellor, Denice Denton; talks about the recently adopted Long-Range Development Plan; and pledges to keep the campus on an "upward" path. More