June 2003
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New book by UCSC lecturer reveals qualities shared by world’s most successful musicians
What makes the great musicians great? That’s the very first sentence and the premise of The Mastery of Music, a new book by UC Santa Cruz lecturer Barry Green. Drawing from more than 120 personal interviews with revered performers such as Dave Brubeck, Bobby McFerrin, Christopher Parkening, Doc Severinsen, and Joshua Bell, Green discusses 10…
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UCSC acquires new teaching tool for opera students
UC Santa Cruz opera students may find preparing for their roles a bit easier in the future thanks to a new teaching tool just donated to the campus library. Opera Practice Perfect is a comprehensive audio catalog of 209 CDs, including 20 operas in both complete versions and broken into operatic roles, and 15 discs…
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UCSC scientists part of team decoding gamma-ray burst mystery
Scientists have pieced together the key elements of a gamma-ray burst, from star death to dramatic black hole birth, thanks to a March 29 explosion considered the “Rosetta stone” of such bursts. The results are described in the June 19 issue of Nature, in an article coauthored by Stan Woosley, professor and chair of astronomy…
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Cooperation between unrelated male lizards adds a new wrinkle to evolutionary theory
Blue-throated lizards that help each other achieve reproductive success are also helping scientists understand how social cooperation evolved. Most examples of cooperative behavior in animals involve cooperation between genetically related individuals, which is explained by the theory of “kin selection.” Now, researchers have described an example of cooperation between genetically similar but unrelated members of…
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UC Santa Cruz revokes fraternity’s ‘recognition’ over fish incident
UC Santa Cruz announced today that it has “revoked recognition” of the Delta Omega Chi fraternity over an incident last month that resulted in the death of a campus koi fish. The revocation, which is permanent, means that the campus has severed all ties to the fraternity. Without UCSC affiliation, the fraternity will no longer…
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‘Deep Store’ project at UCSC attracts government and industry funding to address data storage problems
Computer scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, are developing a new approach to online “deep storage” of digital data that promises to have many advantages over traditional backup and archival storage methods. The UCSC Deep Store project has been awarded a $205,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, and has received significant gift…
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New UCSC library publications document agricultural history of Santa Cruz County
A trio of oral history volumes documenting two vastly different aspects of local agriculture in Santa Cruz County has just been published by the University Library’s Regional History Project. The Early History of UC Santa Cruz’s Farm and Garden takes a detailed look at the emergence of the organic gardening and farming movement in Santa…
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UCSC Academic Senate announces 2002-03 Excellence in Teaching Awards
Ten faculty members and 12 graduate students have received Excellence in Teaching Awards for 2002-03. Winners of the awards, for those who have demonstrated exemplary and inspiring teaching, were selected by the UCSC Academic Senate Committee on Teaching. Nominations for the annual honor are submitted by students, and the committee also reads a statement on…
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Long Marine Lab’s annual ‘Whale of an Auction’ set for June 20
The Friends of Long Marine Lab will hold a “Whale of an Auction,” the group’s popular annual fundraiser, on Friday, June 20. The event will take place in the Porter College Dining Hall on the UC Santa Cruz campus, starting at 6 p.m. A social and gastronomic occasion as well as an auction, the evening…