September 2002
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Scientists will meet at UC Santa Cruz to discuss plans for a fast, mobile drilling system for polar research
Since the 1960s, scientists have been drilling through the thick ice sheets that cover Antarctica and Greenland, pulling out ice cores that have yielded climate records covering the past 420,000 years of Earth’s history. Now researchers from a variety of disciplines want to deploy a new kind of drilling system that will enable them to…
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Media Availability/Photo Opportunity–Fatal attraction: Golden Eagles and Power Lines
Researchers with the UC Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group will handle three tame, approachable, and photogenic birds of prey (golden eagle, peregrine falcon, and great horned owl) as they discuss efforts to solve the problem of bird deaths caused by power lines and other electricity transmission structures. When: Thursday, September 26, at 11 a.m.…
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UC Santa Cruz and federal fisheries lab join forces in Center for Stock Assessment Research
Concerns about the sustainability of many West Coast fish populations have led to increasingly tight restrictions on the fishing industry, angering some fishers whose livelihoods are at stake and highlighting the importance of accurate assessments of commercial fish stocks. To help meet the demand for fishery scientists with expertise in the quantitative assessment of fish…
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UC Santa Cruz experts available to comment on ‘Banned Books Week’
This year’s national Banned Books Week, September 22-28, takes on a heightened importance as Americans debate how to balance national security issues and First Amendment rights. The theme for the 2002 Banned Books Week is “Let Freedom Read: Read a Banned Book.” The following University of California, Santa Cruz, faculty members are available to discuss…
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UC Santa Cruz receives $9.1 million grant to establish a Laboratory for Adaptive Optics to develop new tools for astronomers
The University of California, Santa Cruz, has received a grant of $9.1 million from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to establish a Laboratory for Adaptive Optics. The new laboratory strengthens UCSC’s position as an astronomy powerhouse and a national center for research on the exciting new technology of adaptive optics. The grant is the…
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UC Santa Cruz professor awarded $1 million grant for innovative approach to undergraduate science education
Manuel Ares, a professor of molecular, cell, and developmental biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, will use a $1 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) to pursue an innovative approach to teaching science to undergraduate students. Ares wants to give more students the opportunity to learn in a real research…
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Rockefeller Foundation gives UC Santa Cruz $325,000 humanities award
The Rockefeller Foundation has awarded a $325,000 Humanities Fellowship to the University of California, Santa Cruz. “This Humanities Fellowship is a very competitive program,” said Lynn A. Szwaja, deputy director of creativity and culture at the Rockefeller Foundation. “This year we received 46 applications and gave eight awards.” The UC Santa Cruz award supports a…
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UC Santa Cruz appoints director for intellectual property management
The University of California, Santa Cruz, has appointed Gerald Barnett as director of the campus’s new Office for the Management of Intellectual Property. Before coming to UCSC, Barnett was director of software and copyright ventures at the University of Washington, where he developed one of the leading university programs for software and information product management…
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Move-in starts September 12 at UCSC; classes begin September 18
The first day of classes in the 2002-03 school year at UCSC is Wednesday, September 18. Students are scheduled to move into university housing between Thursday, September 12, and Sunday, September 15. (See schedule, below, for photo opportunities.) Here are some facts and figures about this year’s student body, UCSC’s newest college, new academic programs…