2006  All Activity Areas

Violence in the Workplace

Carl Walsh appointed as interim leader for UC-Santa Cruz Extension

UCSC biologist Harry Noller honored by Paul Ehrlich Foundation

The Paul Ehrlich Foundation of Germany has announced that it will award the 2007 Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize to Harry Noller, Sinsheimer Professor of Molecular Biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and Ada Yonath of the Weizm

New instrument reveals raindrop formation in warm clouds

ITS Holiday Closure Information

UCSC biochemist Olof Einarsdottir honored by American Association for the Advancement of Science

Jingle Shells Art and Book Festival at the Seymour Center on Saturday, December 9

Seismologists measure heat flow from Earth's molten core into the lower mantle

UC researchers lead USDA-funded study of farm-to-institution programs

Supercomputer study shows Milky Way's halo of dark matter in unprecedented detail

UC Santa Cruz literature professor Nathaniel Mackey wins National Book Award

Scientists helped shape policy in proposed plan for California marine reserves

UCSC Professor Emeritus Elliot Aronson receives lifetime achievement award from the Association for Psychological Science

New statistical approach could improve hospital care for sick newborns

Scientists investigate unusual ocean conditions along the U.S. West Coast

Rare bilingual Latino literature conference at UCSC on Nov. 10-11

Astronomer Joseph Miller receives Berkeley Medal and UC Citation of Excellence

UC appoints Michael Bolte director of UC Observatories/Lick Observatory

Physicist Stanley Flatté to give UCSC Emeriti Faculty Lecture on Thursday, November 2

Arts & Lectures season opener brings famed world music tour to UCSC

'Stunning new memoir' from UC Santa Cruz professor Bettina Aptheker

Free public forum on Persian Gulf crisis Nov. 2 at Veterans Memorial Hall in Santa Cruz

Visit to UCSC by UC Regents

ARCS Foundation scholarships support ten UCSC graduate students

Planet hunters wanted to help astronomers in the search for new worlds

Editor's Advisory: UC Regents host two public comment sessions during visit to UC Santa Cruz on Oct. 18-19

New book explores culture's fascination with body modifications

UCSC astronomer Constance Rockosi wins prestigious Packard Fellowship

'Living Writers Series' begins October 4 at UC Santa Cruz

Major gift funds UC Santa Cruz endowed chair in environmental studies

UCSC Arboretum features a wide variety of plants at the annual Fall Plant Sale on Saturday, October 14

UC Santa Cruz anthropologist receives social sciences teaching award

NIH award supports research on nanopore DNA sequencer

Scientists offer guidelines for coping with climate change in Alaska

Digital divide leaving immigrants further behind, UC Santa Cruz study finds

Business influence over environmental policy and regulation is targeted, says author of new book

Fall lecture series at the Seymour Center will focus on global climate change

UC Regents approve Long-Range Development Plan

$20,000 scholarships help regional community college students transfer to UCSC

New book looks at Santa Cruz coast 'then and now'

California Academy of Sciences honors UCSC botanist Jean Langenheim

LRDP message from George Blumenthal

UCSC swim team prepares for 12-hour swim across Monterey Bay on Sept. 30

UC Santa Cruz's new year getting under way

Astronomers trace the evolution of the first galaxies in the universe

UCSC students mentor youth in new science/math after-school program

Annual Fall Harvest Festival takes place Oct. 7 at UC Santa Cruz

UCSC leads astrophysics research consortium

UC Santa Cruz grad students develop new model curriculum for U.S. history

Nobel laureate Amartya Sen to present annual Maitra Lecture at UC Santa Cruz

Researchers tackle problem of data storage for next-generation supercomputers

UC Santa Cruz chancellor will recommend lower enrollment in Final LRDP

UCSC Extension launches new program in Knowledge Services and Enterprise Management

Study confirms ammunition as main source of lead poisoning in condors

UCSC appoints Bruce Margon as vice chancellor of research

UCSC's Regional History Project publishes oral histories of Loma Prieta earthquake and University Library

Newly discovered gene may hold clues to evolution of human brain capacity

Woody Allen to headline UC Santa Cruz Arts & Lectures 2006-07 season

UCSC posts record growth in research funding in 2005-06

Study documents the marathon migrations of sooty shearwaters

Staff and Academic Reduction in Time (START) Program Update

AIDS vaccine expert Phillip Berman to head UCSC Biomolecular Engineering Department

Sign language study reveals key finding about short-term memory

UCSC collaborating in interdisciplinary center to study marine microbes

A simple survey yields a cosmic conundrum

Atomic-resolution structure of a ribozyme yields insights into RNA catalysis and the origins of life

Alison Galloway named vice provost of academic affairs at UC Santa Cruz

UCSC physicists explore a boundary of their discipline in new book, Quantum Enigma

Acting Chancellor George Blumenthal thanks campus on first day

Lessons of Japan's economic downturn offered in new book

UC President Appoints George Blumenthal Acting Chancellor of UC Santa Cruz

UCSC scientists to discuss life on Earth in conjunction with world premiere of Frans Lanting's Life: A Journey through Time

UCSC researchers use new technology to study Cape fur seals in South Africa

UCSC creates new major in computer game design

Mix of age groups, nationalities drawn to summer programs at UC Santa Cruz

Denice Denton's life remembered in UC Santa Cruz memorial ceremony

Increased flow of groundwater after earthquakes suggests oil extraction applications

MEDIA ADVISORY: Memorial service for UC Santa Cruz Chancellor Denice D. Denton on Thursday, June 29

Obituary: Denice D. Denton--UC Santa Cruz chancellor; trailblazing woman in engineering, science and higher education

Chancellor Denton was a tireless champion of diversity and excellence

UC Santa Cruz summer session has special option for those over 55

Astronomer Sandra Faber awarded Harvard Centennial Medal

Study shows earthquake shaking triggers aftershocks

Academic Senate announces 2005-06 Excellence in Teaching Awards

Individual UCSC student volunteers, organizations honored for service

Long Marine Lab's annual Whale of an Auction set for Friday, June 23

UC Santa Cruz honored for providing transportation alternatives

UCSC receives $1 million gift of photographs by acclaimed American photographer Brett Weston

Student Achievement Week offers array of performances, art, awards

Saturn's moon Enceladus may have rolled over to put a hot spot at the pole

Forum to explore key questions: Where did we come from and how did we get here?

Class of 2006's commencement exercises take place June 16-18

Two geographic sites in Antarctica named in honor of UCSC biologists

UC Santa Cruz receives $75,000 gift to fund Hindi/Urdu language program

Professor contributes to Katrina report documenting environmental inequities in rescue

Stephen Thorsett named dean of physical and biological sciences at UCSC

Seismologists detect a sunken slab of ocean floor deep in the Earth

Chancellor Denton wins the 2006 Maria Mitchell Women in Science Award

SF Federal Reserve President and CEO Janet Yellen to deliver keynote address May 27

Hubble surveys find gamma-ray bursts and supernovae in different environments

New capture scenario explains origin of Neptune's oddball moon Triton

Renowned author and ethicist Peter Singer to speak at UCSC on May 11

Greenbeards have blue throats in a breakthrough study of the evolution of altruistic behavior

Two UCSC faculty members elected to National Academy of Sciences

UC Santa Cruz to present Digital Arts and New Media Festival, May 4-7

Three UCSC professors elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Global warming expert to speak at UCSC on Wednesday, May 10

Stem cell expert Irving Weissman to speak at UCSC on Thursday, May 11

MEDIA ADVISORY: Former U.S. ambassador Joseph Wilson to headline daylong April 24 teach-in

$1.8 million NSF grant funds UCSC prof's research on science learning in museums

Original seismographic record of 1906 San Francisco earthquake found and put on display at UC's Lick Observatory

Insects that produce males from unfertilized eggs reveal a surprising cellular feat

UCSC to hold 16th annual Alumni Vintners Wine Tasting on Saturday, April 22

Regents' professors and lecturers nominations requested

Regents' professors and lecturers nominations requested

Regents' professors and lecturers nominations requested

Nominations for Regents' professors and lecturers are now being sought, with screening to begin with applications received by May 11.

UCSC students, community members plan 'clean up day' on Earth Day

Seymour Center unveils new exhibit on fisheries research

UCSC physicist Michael Dine awarded Guggenheim Fellowship

UCSC Farm's annual plant sale May 6-7 features "Granny's favorites!": Hard-to-find flowers and vegetables

UCSC receives funding for training grants from stem cell institute

UC Santa Cruz brings Chicana author Sandra Cisneros to Mello Center on April 30

Peregrine falcons educate and entertain their fans in San Francisco, on the web, and at UCSC's Long Marine Lab

Banana Slug Spring Fair drawing UC Santa Cruz alums back

Albatross study shows regional differences in ocean contamination

Husband of outed CIA operative Valerie Plame to headline teach-in at UC Santa Cruz

UCSC researchers receive $1.6 million grant for biosensor project

UCSC to host a public lecture and discussion on the ethics of stem cell research on Monday, April 17

Food activist Anna Lappé discusses her new book April 17 at UC Santa Cruz

UCSC chemist explores the membranous origins of the first living cell

UC Santa Cruz and San Jose State team up on $1.4 million effort to boost reading and writing among fourth graders

UC Santa Cruz brings civil rights crusader Constance Rice to town April 20

UCSC gene researcher Joshua Stuart awarded prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship

Education forum April 5 explores links between schools, community

California prison shakeup reveals urgent need for reform, expert says

Fred Keeley bequest will support UC Santa Cruz environmental policy institute

New book explores dramatic political life of black activist

UCSC recirculates portion of Draft LRDP EIR's traffic section for public comment

April lecture series marks centennial of 1906 San Francisco earthquake

Friends of Long Marine Lab will honor Secretary of State Bruce McPherson with Global Oceans Award

Student research focus of weekend symposium hosted by UCSC

UCSC presents free public lecture on 1906 San Francisco earthquake on Wednesday, March 15

MEDIA ADVISORY: You are invited to cover King Convocation, film screenings

UC Santa Cruz receives $100,000 gift to create California History Room

Philanthropist Jack Baskin inducted into Silicon Valley Engineering Hall of Fame

UC Santa Cruz psychology prof develops language aids for hearing-impaired and autistic children

Authors of The View from the Center of the Universe will discuss our place in the cosmos in a free public lecture on Thursday, March 9

Studies of ancient climates suggest Earth is now on a fast track to global warming

High-tech tags on marine animals yield valuable data for biologists and oceanographers

Top Hollywood script supervisor visits UC Santa Cruz

Journalist who broke CIA prison story speaks March 6 at UC Santa Cruz

Stanford biologist Paul Ehrlich to speak at UCSC on Thursday, March 2

UC Santa Cruz protest no longer on Pentagon's 'credible threat' list

New book on startling Confederate policy during Civil War

UC Santa Cruz appoints seasoned advancement professional as new vice chancellor of University Relations

California Teach Program launched to boost numbers of highly qualified math and science teachers

Eileen Brooks, assistant professor of economics at UC Santa Cruz, dies at 33

Documentary director, activist to address King Convocation Feb. 28

Library ceremony honors UCSC faculty and the books that influenced them

Nathaniel Mackey to deliver annual UCSC Faculty Research Lecture

2006 Visiting Professor program under way at UC Santa Cruz

UCSC conference to reflect on New Orleans after Katrina

History professor finds powerful women's labor movement in Latin America

New study highlights role of hit-and-run collisions in the formation of planets, asteroids, and meteorites

Essays about Hurricane Katrina by Wynton Marsalis and others appear in new book

Large survey of galaxies yields new findings on star formation

Universal Pictures to offer free sneak preview of alumna's new film at UCSC on January 15

New University Librarian describes vision for expanded McHenry Library at UC Santa Cruz