2002 Press Releases

Dec 19, 2002
UC Santa Cruz library receives $1 million donation of photos from renowned California photographer Pirkle Jones
Dec 18, 2002
Mercury in California rainwater traced to industrial emissions in Asia
Dec 11, 2002
Banana slug inspires new children's book dedicated to UC Santa Cruz campus mascot
Dec 05, 2002
Researchers observe electronic dynamics of strongly interacting gold nanoparticles using ultrafast laser spectroscopy
Dec 04, 2002
Mouse genome sequence published with first comparative analysis of mouse and human genomes
Dec 03, 2002
New book by UC Santa Cruz professor attacks character issue
Nov 25, 2002
Raymond Carver correspondence donated to UC Santa Cruz Library
Nov 25, 2002
Founding member of Free Speech Movement warns of impending loss of Constitutional rights in war against terrorism
Nov 24, 2002
Fresno High grad reaches out to students at her alma mater
Nov 21, 2002
Jingle Shells Holiday Art and Book Festival takes place Saturday, December 7, at the Seymour Marine Discovery Center
Nov 19, 2002
Lick Observatory honored by National Weather Service
Nov 17, 2002
UCSC professor receives national honor
Nov 13, 2002
Two UCSC faculty members receive Fulbright Scholar Awards
Nov 13, 2002
UCSC Wind Ensemble to perform in Australia at Sydney Opera House
Nov 13, 2002
UC Santa Cruz workshop on climate change and water resources brings together scientists and water agencies
Nov 12, 2002
$2 million grant to UC Santa Cruz funds research on Monterey Bay ecosystem
Nov 06, 2002
Author Ruben Martinez discusses migration in the global context on Nov. 12 in Santa Cruz
Nov 06, 2002
New book by UC Santa Cruz librarians captures visual history of Santa Cruz
Nov 05, 2002
Environmental visionary Raymond F. Dasmann dies at 83
Oct 30, 2002
UCSC Theater Arts Instructor responds to arts funding cuts in community school with innovative teaching program
Oct 29, 2002
UCSC Arboretum will hold Dried Flower and Succulent Wreath Sale on Saturday and Sunday, November 9 and 10
Oct 28, 2002
Enjoy fine dining and benefit the UCSC Friends of the Farm & Garden on November 12
Oct 24, 2002
UCSC research professor receives top award in social psychology
Oct 23, 2002
Three UCSC professors elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Oct 17, 2002
New report cites value of virtual education
Oct 15, 2002
First UC Santa Cruz course offered entirely online emphasizes student involvement
Oct 14, 2002
New Teacher Center at UC Santa Cruz picked for $7.5 million NSF project to improve science education
Oct 11, 2002
MEDIA ADVISORY: UC Santa Cruz experts available to discuss federal organic rules
Oct 11, 2002
UC Santa Cruz hosts Oct. 24 public forum on regime change in Iraq
Oct 11, 2002
MEDIA ADVISORY: 'Marine Protected Areas: Scientific Realities and Public Perceptions'...Informational briefing for reporters scheduled for Tuesday, November 19
Oct 10, 2002
Check out 'Family Spooky Night' Oct. 27 at the Seymour Center at Long Marine Lab--and other upcoming events
Oct 10, 2002
Discover magazine names three UC Santa Cruz professors among the top 50 women in science
Oct 09, 2002
UC Santa Cruz's New Teacher Center hosts 300 new teachers at Children's Discovery Museum October 21
Oct 09, 2002
Frank X. Barron, pioneer in the psychology of creativity, dies at 80
Oct 04, 2002
UCSC psychology professor honored for teaching
Oct 03, 2002
Renowned scholar and author Norman O. Brown dies at age 89
Oct 02, 2002
'Reality' in art explored in UCSC lecture and film screening
Oct 01, 2002
30 years of book arts and printmaking in UC Santa Cruz exhibit
Sep 26, 2002
Scientists will meet at UC Santa Cruz to discuss plans for a fast, mobile drilling system for polar research
Sep 25, 2002
Oct.12 Harvest Festival celebrates 35 years of UCSC leadership in organic farming and gardening
Sep 24, 2002
Media Availability/Photo Opportunity--Fatal attraction: Golden Eagles and Power Lines
Sep 24, 2002
UC Santa Cruz and federal fisheries lab join forces in Center for Stock Assessment Research
Sep 23, 2002
UC Santa Cruz prof shares honor for book on life under Jim Crow
Sep 18, 2002
UC Santa Cruz receives $9.1 million grant to establish a Laboratory for Adaptive Optics to develop new tools for astronomers
Sep 18, 2002
UC Santa Cruz professor awarded $1 million grant for innovative approach to undergraduate science education
Sep 18, 2002
UC Santa Cruz experts available to comment on 'Banned Books Week'
Sep 17, 2002
Rockefeller Foundation gives UC Santa Cruz $325,000 humanities award
Sep 16, 2002
UC Santa Cruz appoints director for intellectual property management
Sep 13, 2002
UC Santa Cruz instructor honored for mediation work
Sep 12, 2002
Move-in starts September 12 at UCSC; classes begin September 18
Sep 10, 2002
Three UCSC profs discuss post-9/11 world affairs on Sept. 26
Sep 09, 2002
UC Santa Cruz professor travels country on teaching 'gig'
Sep 06, 2002
UCSC Farm's Fall Plant Sale on Sept. 13-14 boosts year-round gardening
Sep 06, 2002
UCSC Arboretum's Fall Plant Sale set for Saturday, October 12
Sep 05, 2002
Education expert offers a sobering back-to-school message
Sep 03, 2002
Seymour Center lecture series 'Voices from the Sea' celebrates marine sanctuary's 10th anniversary
Sep 03, 2002
Chemical weapons and U.S./Middle East policy experts among those available at UC Santa Cruz
Aug 30, 2002
UCSC professor emeritus ranked among top 100 psychologists of 20th century
Aug 28, 2002
African liberation movement posters exhibited at UC Santa Cruz
Aug 27, 2002
Relationship of labor organization and dance explored in new book
Aug 14, 2002
UC Santa Cruz raises more than $13 million from private donors
Aug 12, 2002
'Virtual High School' leaders to meet at UC Santa Cruz
Aug 01, 2002
UCSC names interim director of Center for Teaching Excellence
Jul 30, 2002
UCSC chancellor emeritus honored for educational outreach
Jul 24, 2002
UC Santa Cruz publishes biography of longtime local resident Hal Hyde
Jul 23, 2002
UCSC to hold public workshop on Long Marine Laboratory plan on August 15
Jul 22, 2002
New technique shows how cells interpret genetic information
Jul 22, 2002
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Jane Smiley to speak at UC Santa Cruz
Jul 22, 2002
UC Santa Cruz increases outreach to industry
Jul 19, 2002
UC Santa Cruz student work chosen for international arts festival Healing from September 11 explored through dance in "Bodies in Crisis"
Jul 17, 2002
UC Santa Cruz engineering dean Steve Kang elected to head Silicon Valley Engineering Council
Jul 17, 2002
MEDIA ADVISORY: UCSC commencement for new teachers on July 19
Jul 16, 2002
UC Santa Cruz trio teams up to publish children's book about time
Jul 08, 2002
Local businessman's $300,000 gift funds graduate student fellowship and building project at UCSC
Jul 03, 2002
UC Santa Cruz campus plays host to all ages during the summer
Jul 03, 2002
UC Santa Cruz facilities switch to summer hours
Jun 24, 2002
Ecologist's memoir Called by the Wild traces birth of environmentalism
Jun 24, 2002
Physicists gather at UC Santa Cruz to plan new linear collider project; public invited to lecture on the science of particle physics
Jun 20, 2002
Fifty Pajaro Valley students awarded $2,000 scholarships for college
Jun 19, 2002
MEDIA ADVISORY: Ham radio operators at UCSC will be 'talking to the world' June 22-23
Jun 17, 2002
NSF Director Rita Colwell to speak at UC Santa Cruz at the dedication of the Center for Adaptive Optics on Friday, June 21
Jun 17, 2002
Background, Center for AO dedication: Adaptive optics ushers in a new era in ground-based astronomy
Jun 17, 2002
Background, Center for AO dedication: Adaptive optics technology provides powerful tools for eye doctors
Jun 12, 2002
A wildflower, a moth, and a diverse landscape: Shifting relationships offer a rare view of how species interactions evolve
Jun 04, 2002
Class of 2002's commencement exercises begin Friday, June 7
Jun 04, 2002
Early film theory book features ongoing debates
Jun 03, 2002
UCSC names teaching award winners for 2001-02
Jun 03, 2002
New climate study shows California's vulnerability to global warming
Jun 03, 2002
MEDIA ADVISORY: NSF Director Rita Colwell to speak at UCSC on June 21 at dedication of Center for Adaptive Optics
May 30, 2002
Free poetry reading at UCSC's Alan Chadwick Garden June 15
May 30, 2002
Researchers find clues to the normal function of prion proteins
May 29, 2002
UC Santa Cruz awards $20,000 scholarships to twelve regional transfer students
May 29, 2002
UC Santa Cruz grieves death of sociologist Lionel Cantú Jr., 36
May 28, 2002
Long Marine Lab's annual 'Whale of an Auction' set for June 14
May 28, 2002
Intertidal monitoring program provides information for the sanctuary as well as science education for high school students
May 28, 2002
Undergraduates honored at UCSC Achievement Awards ceremony
May 24, 2002
Longtime UCSC historian named provost of UCSC's Oakes College
May 23, 2002
Photo archive donated to UC Santa Cruz
May 20, 2002
California Energy Commission enlists UC Santa Cruz research group in effort to prevent bird deaths caused by power lines
May 17, 2002
George Somero, director of Hopkins Marine Station, to give Sinsheimer Lecture at UC Santa Cruz on Friday, May 24
May 17, 2002
Celebration reading highlights the work of young writers
May 17, 2002
Classics event features newly discovered third century B.C. poems
May 16, 2002
Rare Satyajit Ray films to screen in Santa Cruz
May 13, 2002
Researchers shed light on bacterial infection linked to ulcers and stomach cancer
May 13, 2002
Art in the Arboretum events at UC Santa Cruz
May 09, 2002
UC Santa Cruz computer scientist wins National Science Foundation grant for research on software engineering
May 08, 2002
Two UC Santa Cruz astronomers elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
May 06, 2002
Innovative theater and film free at UC Santa Cruz
May 06, 2002
UC Santa Cruz alumnus wins Mellon fellowship in humanistic studies
May 06, 2002
Life Lab unveils new Garden Classroom at grand opening June 1
May 02, 2002
Local author James D. Houston to speak at UC Santa Cruz library event
Apr 30, 2002
UC Santa Cruz scientist honored for communicating physics
Apr 29, 2002
Elizabeth Penaat, former vice chancellor of UCSC, dies at 68
Apr 29, 2002
Olga Nájera-Ramírez named codirector of UCSC Chicano/Latino Research Center
Apr 23, 2002
Expert on chemical and biological weapons to give a public lecture on biosecurity at UC Santa Cruz on Tuesday, April 30
Apr 22, 2002
MEDIA ADVISORY: Bugs and birds and bones, oh my! 'Illustrating Nature' exhibit returns to Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History
Apr 22, 2002
Distinctive color patterns in coral reef fish are not necessarily associated with different species, according to genetic studies
Apr 18, 2002
UC Santa Cruz researchers featured in PBS documentary series on fishing crisis
Apr 17, 2002
MEDIA ADVISORY: Change in schedule for center dedication
Apr 17, 2002
Monumental new English grammar helps debunk grammar 'rules'
Apr 16, 2002
Donation puts wind in UCSC's sails
Apr 15, 2002
Civil and gay rights activist Urvashi Vaid speaks April 29
Apr 15, 2002
Space-based missile defense systems could jeopardize astronomical research and space exploration
Apr 12, 2002
Heirloom varieties featured at UCSC Farm's annual spring plant sale May 4-5
Apr 11, 2002
UC Santa Cruz Arboretum will hold annual spring plant sale on Saturday, April 20
Apr 11, 2002
Economists featured during social justice lecture series at UCSC
Apr 10, 2002
UCSC expanding university housing with purchase of adjoining apartment complex
Apr 09, 2002
UC Santa Cruz hosts forum for diversity in graduate education April 13
Apr 09, 2002
UC Santa Cruz math professor wins prestigious Pólya Prize
Apr 08, 2002
UC Santa Cruz Chancellor M.R.C. Greenwood addresses Washington policy colloquium on the risky business of research universities
Apr 04, 2002
Major gift from alumnus Gordon Ringold will support new environmental research institute at UC Santa Cruz
Apr 02, 2002
UC Santa Cruz student wins top honors in statewide poetry contests
Apr 01, 2002
Albert Whitford, eminent astronomer and former director of Lick Observatory, dies at 96
Mar 31, 2002
National Science Foundation director Rita Colwell to visit UC Santa Cruz for dedication of the Center for Adaptive Optics on April 26
Mar 28, 2002
UCSC Ranks eighth in nation in number of graduates serving in Peace Corps
Mar 24, 2002
UC Santa Cruz scientists star in PBS documentary The Shape of Life
Mar 20, 2002
UC Santa Cruz marine biologist Mary Silver honored by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Mar 20, 2002
New book reveals conflicted racial identity among white youth
Mar 18, 2002
Encore event: Second gopher control workshop scheduled for April 6
Mar 17, 2002
Hyperspectral imaging tracks local and global impacts on environment
Mar 14, 2002
Two UCSC students to be honored at UC Day in Sacramento
Mar 13, 2002
New findings support 'Out of Asia' hypothesis for origin of key groups of modern mammals
Mar 06, 2002
Calling all kids: Spring break fun on tap at the Seymour Center
Mar 05, 2002
The hilarious, touching and always captivating body-theater of Peru's Teatro Hugo & Ines
Mar 03, 2002
African American musicians reflect on what is this thing called jazz?
Mar 03, 2002
Learn how to control gophers, on March 16 at the UCSC Farm
Mar 03, 2002
Statewide MESA program and UCSC MESA director honored for innovative education programs
Feb 28, 2002
Author explores 'bridge of migrations' between Japan and Brazil
Feb 28, 2002
Local children featured in 'listening to the earth' performance
Feb 25, 2002
The beautiful and spiritual Tantric chanting of the Gyuto Monks of Tibet
Feb 25, 2002
The remarkable theatrical work of Collective: Unconscious in their award-winning Charlie, Victor, Romeo
Feb 25, 2002
A Traveling Jewish Theatre presents 'God's Donkey: A Play on Moses'
Feb 25, 2002
UCSC astronomer wins Herzberg Memorial Prize
Feb 25, 2002
Marine scientists will hold a public symposium on coastal ecosystems on Sunday, March 10
Feb 24, 2002
Learn the art and fun of herbal tea blending on March 2
Feb 24, 2002
UCSC hosts lecture March 5 by renowned basketweaver
Feb 21, 2002
Film retrospective of acclaimed director fulfills deathbed promise
Feb 20, 2002
New books on genetic engineering reveal troubling gaps in what we know
Feb 18, 2002
New Center for Ocean Health at UCSC's Long Marine Lab emphasizes integration of science and policy
Feb 14, 2002
From fossils to forensics: UCSC hosts career conference for girls on Saturday, March 2
Feb 13, 2002
Genome scientist David Haussler to deliver Faculty Research Lecture at UCSC on Thursday, February 28
Feb 11, 2002
UCSC professor/UC Silicon Valley Center leader named provost at University of Illinois at Chicago
Feb 11, 2002
Editor's Advisory: UCSC to dedicate the Center for Ocean Health at Long Marine Laboratory on Thursday, February 21
Feb 10, 2002
UCSC researchers help launch program to monitor coastal oceans
Feb 07, 2002
UCSC scientists honored for top research paper in Science
Feb 06, 2002
Advanced instrument destined for Keck Telescope completed at UCSC; begins shipment to Mauna Kea, Hawaii
Feb 05, 2002
Editor's Advisory: UC Regents will visit UCSC on February 13-14
Feb 04, 2002
Researchers gather clues to the disappearance of northern fur seals from California a thousand years ago
Feb 04, 2002
UCSC professor honored as 'civic entrepreneur'
Feb 04, 2002
Milk: Nature's perfect food or deadly poison?
Feb 03, 2002
Editor's Advisory: Researchers will present findings on coastal ecosystems in public symposium on March 10
Jan 31, 2002
UCSC computer engineer receives National Science Foundation grant for research on embedded software design
Jan 31, 2002
EPA attorney to discuss tribal sovereignty of Native Americans on Feb. 5
Jan 30, 2002
New supercomputer at UCSC provides high-speed platform for research in planetary physics and astrophysics
Jan 30, 2002
Laurie Anderson's 'Happiness' scheduled for March 10
Jan 30, 2002
The spirit of jazz, past, present and future, comes alive with Marcus Roberts on February 16
Jan 28, 2002
Noted historian to give public talk about democracy in America on February 6
Jan 27, 2002
Editor's Advisory: Reporters invited to cover kickoff of new science education center
Jan 22, 2002
Mary Holmes, beloved UC Santa Cruz art historian, dead at 91
Jan 21, 2002
Press forum on January 28: The crisis in schools
Jan 17, 2002
UCSC researchers receive grant to study toxin production in algal blooms
Jan 15, 2002
Fall 2002 freshman applications to UCSC up 6 percent
Jan 13, 2002
Botanists discover a new species of conifer in Vietnam
Jan 10, 2002
Editor's Advisory: Early morning fire destroys research lab at UCSC
Jan 09, 2002
Marvelous marine mammals get the spotlight at the Seymour Center
Jan 09, 2002
UCSC cancer survivor will carry the Olympic torch January 18
Jan 09, 2002
Pruning workshops January 26 and February 2 take the guesswork out of fruit-tree care
Jan 08, 2002
Earthquake expert will give a free public lecture at UCSC's Seymour Center on Wednesday, January 16
Jan 06, 2002
Analyzing a planetary system that closely resembles our solar system, astronomers find habitable worlds are unlikely
Jan 06, 2002
Oral history published of HerBooks founder Irene Reti
Jan 03, 2002
UCSC education prof shares prize from Modern Language Association
Jan 03, 2002
Mystified by fruit trees? Answers are free on January 12
Jan 01, 2002
White sharks migrate thousands of miles across the sea, new study finds