News

August 2002

  • UCSC professor emeritus ranked among top 100 psychologists of 20th century

    Elliot Aronson, professor emeritus of psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, was named one of the most eminent psychologists of the 20th century in a new study published in the Review of General Psychology. Aronson joins names like B. F. Skinner, who topped the list, Sigmund Freud, Jean Piaget, and Albert Bandura. With…

  • African liberation movement posters exhibited at UC Santa Cruz

    The exhibition could be summed up by one featured image: a larger-than-life-sized portrait of a young Nelson Mandela, on a blazing yellow background, under the headline “The struggle is my life.” “A Luta Continúa: African Liberation Movement Posters,” the current exhibition at the McHenry Library of the University of California, Santa Cruz, uses period posters…

  • Relationship of labor organization and dance explored in new book

    Consider this recent New York Times headline: “Radio City and the Rockettes Reach Labor Agreement.” While the juxtaposition of high kicks and labor actions might appear odd, a new book by Mark Franko, professor of theater arts at the University of California, Santa Cruz, shows the relationship has roots going back 70 years. In The…

  • UC Santa Cruz raises more than $13 million from private donors

    Environmental research, graduate student fellowships, and library improvements were among initiatives receiving strong support from private donors at the University of California, Santa Cruz, during the 2001-02 fiscal year. Overall, the campus received $13.1 million in private support. “This generous support for research and teaching at UCSC is particularly impressive in a time of economic…

  • ‘Virtual High School’ leaders to meet at UC Santa Cruz

    Leaders of “virtual high schools” in more than 25 states are gathering at UC Santa Cruz from August 15 to 17 to discuss common issues and consider forming a national organization. Representatives of pioneers in the field, including the Florida Virtual School, Illinois Virtual High School, Michigan Virtual High School, and Kentucky Virtual High School,…

  • UCSC names interim director of Center for Teaching Excellence

    Lynda Goff, vice provost and dean of undergraduate education at the University of California, Santa Cruz, announced today (Thursday, August 1) that Ruth Harris-Barnett has been appointed interim director of the campus’s Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE). Harris-Barnett’s appointment begins September 1. She replaces Eileen Tanner, the center’s founding director, who left the post in…

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