2002

  • Film retrospective of acclaimed director fulfills deathbed promise

    Satyajit Ray’s movies to be shown in Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles A deathbed promise to the internationally acclaimed filmmaker Satyajit Ray has led to the first comprehensive American retrospective of Ray’s films. The Complete Satyajit Ray: Cinema Through the Inner Eye, which includes more than 35 feature films and documentaries produced from 1955 to…

  • New books on genetic engineering reveal troubling gaps in what we know

    The National Academy of Sciences published a major report today (February 21) on the environmental effects of genetically modified plants. Deborah Letourneau, a professor of environmental studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a leading authority on this controversial new technology, contributed to the NAS report and coedited another just-published volume on genetically…

  • New Center for Ocean Health at UCSC’s Long Marine Lab emphasizes integration of science and policy

    The University of California, Santa Cruz, will dedicate the Center for Ocean Health at the Joseph M. Long Marine Laboratory on Thursday, February 21. The 23,000-square-foot state-of-the-art research facility was completed last spring and has been occupied since June 2001. The Center for Ocean Health serves as a focal point for scientific research, education, and…

  • From fossils to forensics: UCSC hosts career conference for girls on Saturday, March 2

    Girls in grades 9 to 12 are invited to explore their interests in math, science, and engineering during an exciting career conference at the University of California, Santa Cruz, on Saturday, March 2. “Expanding Your Horizons in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering” is a daylong event featuring 30 workshops for young women designed to highlight career…

  • Genome scientist David Haussler to deliver Faculty Research Lecture at UCSC on Thursday, February 28

    David Haussler, professor of computer science at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has gained international recognition through his recent contributions to the Human Genome Project. Having helped to assemble a working draft of the human genome, he is now deeply involved in efforts to use the information encoded in the genome sequence to transform…

  • Editor’s Advisory: UCSC to dedicate the Center for Ocean Health at Long Marine Laboratory on Thursday, February 21

    MEDIA ADVISORY What: The University of California, Santa Cruz, will hold a dedication ceremony for the new Center for Ocean Health at the Joseph M. Long Marine Laboratory. When: Thursday, February 21 10:30 a.m. Dedication Ceremony, La Feliz Room, Seymour Marine Discovery Center 11:30 a.m. Ribbon Cutting, Center for Ocean Health 11:45 a.m. Reception and…

  • UCSC professor/UC Silicon Valley Center leader named provost at University of Illinois at Chicago

    Robert C. Miller appointed to fill position of interim director for UC Silicon Valley Center UC Santa Cruz professor and academic administrator R. Michael Tanner has accepted a position as provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), effective July 1, 2002. The appointment was announced today (February…

  • UCSC researchers help launch program to monitor coastal oceans

    The University of California, Santa Cruz, will soon be at the center of an extensive new program to monitor California’s coastal oceans. The Network for Environmental Observation of the Coastal Ocean (NEOCO) will funnel real-time data from seven UC research sites along the California coast to a database at UC Santa Cruz. Information in the…

  • UCSC scientists honored for top research paper in Science

    Harry Noller, the Sinsheimer Professor of Molecular Biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and his coauthors on a groundbreaking paper published last year have received a major award in recognition of their achievements. The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has awarded them the Newcomb Cleveland Prize, which is given annually…

  • Advanced instrument destined for Keck Telescope completed at UCSC; begins shipment to Mauna Kea, Hawaii

    The most advanced optical spectrograph in the world begins a two-week journey today from the University of California, Santa Cruz, where it was built, to the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii, where it will be installed at the W. M. Keck Observatory, home of the world’s largest optical and infrared telescopes. The $10 million…

  • Editor’s Advisory: UC Regents will visit UCSC on February 13-14

    Members of the University of California Board of Regents will visit the UC Santa Cruz campus on Wednesday, February 13, and Thursday, February 14. During their visit, the Regents will tour the campus and hear an overview of the campus’s programs and goals. The Regents periodically visit different campuses in the UC system. Such visits…

  • Milk: Nature’s perfect food or deadly poison?

    UC Santa Cruz sociologist’s new book reveals the forces that made milk a staple of the American diet Hollywood stars don milk mustaches to ask the ubiquitous question, “Got milk?,” while vegan activists decry cow’s milk as unhealthy and tainted by antibiotic residues, hormones, and genetically modified organisms. Like it or not, milk is a…

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