News

May 2003

  • New book on Silicon Valley achievers refutes myth of Superwoman

    For the past three decades, women have been told that they can have it all–a high-powered professional career, loving family, and satisfying personal relationship–if only they learn how to properly organize their time. But a new book, coauthored by UC Santa Cruz lecturer Peggy Downes Baskin, reveals that the lives of successful female executives contradict…

  • UC Santa Cruz linguistics professor elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences

    UC Santa Cruz linguistics professor Geoffrey K. Pullum has joined Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, journalist Walter Cronkite, philanthropist William Gates Sr., Nobel Prize-winning physicist Donald Glaser, recording industry pioneer Ray Dolby, and Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, as a newly elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The 2003…

  • Spring celebration of the arts at UC Santa Cruz on May 18

    Jazz, opera, dance, sculpture, 3-D art, literary readings, Latin American songs, and Shakespearean theater will emanate from the tranquil gardens of the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum on Sunday, May 18, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. It’s all part of “Art in the Arboretum,” the annual spring celebration of creativity held on the university campus.…

  • Seafloor sediments hold clues to runaway global warming

    Scientists from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and other institutions around the world arrived in Rio de Janeiro yesterday after spending two months at sea on the research ship JOIDES Resolution near an ancient submarine mountain chain off Africa, known as the Walvis Ridge. There they studied evidence of a massive release of methane…

  • New role for brain chemical found in mammary glands, with implications for breast cancer research

    Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have discovered a new role for a molecule long associated with brain development: orchestrating the growth of mammary glands during puberty. The findings may have important implications for the development of breast cancer. The molecule, a signaling protein called netrin-1, has been intensively studied for its role…

  • Art history professor awarded Fulbright-Hays research grant to study in Africa

    Elisabeth L. Cameron, assistant professor of art history, has been honored with a Fulbright-Hays research grant to study African culture for the 2003-04 academic year. She is one of only 33 faculty nationwide to receive this prestigious award. Cameron will travel to Zambia in September to examine the visual culture, gender roles, and power relationships…

  • UCSC lecturer honored by state psychological assocation

    Donald Saposnek, a lecturer in psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, was honored by the California Psychological Association for making a “Distinguished Contribution to Psychology as a Profession.” The association presented Saposnek with the award during its recent annual convention in San Jose. Saposnek is a child psychologist and child-custody mediator. He was…

  • UCSC lecturer honored by state psychological association

    Donald Saposnek, a lecturer in psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, was honored by the California Psychological Association for making a “Distinguished Contribution to Psychology as a Profession.” The association presented Saposnek with the award during its recent annual convention in San Jose. Saposnek is a child psychologist and child-custody mediator. He was…

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