News

2002

  • UC Santa Cruz instructor honored for mediation work

    Donald T. Saposnek, a lecturer in psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a leader in the field of mediation, has been honored by his peers for his mediation work. Saposnek was named recipient of the 2002 John M. Haynes Distinguished Mediator Award, which is presented annually by the international Association for Conflict…

  • 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…

  • Three UCSC profs discuss post-9/11 world affairs on Sept. 26

    The public is invited to attend a free post-9/11 discussion with three experts on the Middle East on Thursday, September 26, from 7 to 9 p.m. in Classroom Unit 2 on the UC Santa Cruz campus. The forum, “The U.S., the Middle East, and the World Since 9/11: Critical Perspectives,” will feature three UCSC professors…

  • UC Santa Cruz professor travels country on teaching ‘gig’

    For a man who jokes that he’s “out to pasture,” Harry Berger Jr. maintains a teaching and travel schedule that would fatigue a racehorse. The University of California, Santa Cruz, professor emeritus of literature and art history will be crisscrossing the country this year, teaching in two programs featuring distinguished scholars. “I used to be…

  • UCSC Farm’s Fall Plant Sale on Sept. 13-14 boosts year-round gardening

    Ignore the catalogs full of wool sweaters and fleece hats! It’s September in Santa Cruz, which means it’s time to enjoy one of the great privileges of life on the Central Coast: As gardeners around the country are bracing for winter, their counterparts here are looking forward to the bounty of another productive growing season.…

  • UCSC Arboretum’s Fall Plant Sale set for Saturday, October 12

    The UC Santa Cruz Arboretum is holding its annual Fall Plant Sale on Saturday, October 12, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. As in previous years, it is a joint sale with the California Native Plant Society (CNPS). For Arboretum and CNPS members only, the sale starts at 10 a.m. It will take place at…

  • Education expert offers a sobering back-to-school message

    As the old Bob Dylan song goes, the times they are a-changin’, and educators need to do the same thing: Today’s world of rapid social, economic, and political change demands an overhaul of the goals of education. That’s the message of the new book Learning for the 21st Century (Oxford, U.K.: Blackwell Publishers Ltd., 2002),…

  • Chemical weapons and U.S./Middle East policy experts among those available at UC Santa Cruz

    A frequent consultant to the U.S. government on Middle Eastern affairs and an expert on chemical weapons are among the faculty members at the University of California, Santa Cruz, available to field media queries as the one-year anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks approaches. If you have trouble reaching any of them, please call…

  • Seymour Center lecture series ‘Voices from the Sea’ celebrates marine sanctuary’s 10th anniversary

    The annual fall lecture series at the Seymour Center at Long Marine Laboratory marks the 10th anniversary of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary this year with a program called “Voices from the Sea: Three Evenings in Celebration of Monterey Bay and Beyond.” Speakers include sanctuary superintendent William Douros and UCSC professor of ocean sciences…

  • 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…

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