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October 2002

  • Check out ‘Family Spooky Night’ Oct. 27 at the Seymour Center at Long Marine Lab–and other upcoming events

    Every year, a blast of warm weather followed by cool nights ushers in autumn on the central coast, where an array of seasonal events are planned at the Seymour Marine Discovery Center at Long Marine Lab. Kicking off the festivities will be “Family Spooky Night” on Friday, October 25, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Make…

  • Frank X. Barron, pioneer in the psychology of creativity, dies at 80

    Frank X. Barron, a World War II veteran and a professor emeritus of psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, died October 6 following complications from a fall. Barron was an internationally influential figure in the study of human personality for nearly half a century. He was 80 years old. Editor’s Note: This obituary…

  • UC Santa Cruz’s New Teacher Center hosts 300 new teachers at Children’s Discovery Museum October 21

    Several hundred new teachers will be the guests of honor Monday, October 21, when the UC Santa Cruz New Teacher Center teams up with the Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose to honor and encourage them at a festive reception at the museum. More than 450 new teachers are getting support from the Silicon Valley…

  • UCSC psychology professor honored for teaching

    Faye J. Crosby, a professor of psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has received the highest honor for excellence in teaching offered by the Division of Social Sciences. Crosby received the division’s 2001-02 Distinguished Teaching Award, also known as the “Golden Apple Award,” during the dean’s annual convocation October 2. Martin Chemers, dean…

  • Renowned scholar and author Norman O. Brown dies at age 89

    Norman O. Brown, professor emeritus of humanities at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and author of Life Against Death and Love’s Body, died October 2 at his residence in Santa Cruz, California. He was 89. Brown’s influential scholarship and teaching encompassed the classics, theology, history, psychology, sociology, and literature, among other disciplines. “He was…

  • ‘Reality’ in art explored in UCSC lecture and film screening

    The explosion of “reality” shows during the last few years might make the viewing public think realism is a concept recently invented by television networks. But in “200 Years of Reality Shows,” a talk by University of California, Santa Cruz, dean of humanities, Wlad Godzich, true realism in the arts is revealed as something far…

  • 30 years of book arts and printmaking in UC Santa Cruz exhibit

    The discovery of an old printing press led to 30 years of fine-press printing now celebrated in a new exhibition at the University of California, Santa Cruz. “Interpreting the Words,” an exhibit of student work created on the Cowell Press at UC Santa Cruz, will be on display at the McHenry Library from October 2…

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