City on a Hill Press: Why did you establish the Forest Ecology Research Plot (FERP)? Greg Gilbert: There were two reasons. I’ve been working on plots like this, like in Panama, since 1991. I have a long history of doing research. I knew the kinds of things that could be done. In the mid-2000s, I got [...]

The UCSC Farm is poised to lose 60 percent of its university funding due to system-wide budget cuts. Community and faculty express their concern over the decision.

Six UCSC students have been awarded the prestigious Fulbright scholarship this year, the most since eight Banana Slugs received the recognition in 2008.