News

2003

  • Lecture promises ‘behind the headlines’ look at Keiko the whale

    Keiko the killer whale has been making headlines since the early 1990s, when he starred in the popular Free Willy movies. For a look behind the headlines at the effort to return Keiko to the wild, the public is invited to a talk at UCSC’s Long Marine Laboratory by Charles Vinick, executive vice president of…

  • UC Santa Cruz offers resources to students displaced by off-campus fire

    UC Santa Cruz officials are encouraging students displaced by a fire in an off-campus co-op on Sunday to use university resources to secure replacement housing. In addition, they are putting the word out to displaced students to attend a meeting that will take place Tuesday (February 4). An estimated 30 UCSC students were living in…

  • Volcanic seamounts siphon ocean water through the seafloor–researchers trace flow over long distances

    Researchers have discovered a pair of seamounts on the ocean floor that serve as inflow and outflow points for a vast plumbing system that circulates water through the seafloor. The seamounts are separated by more than 30 miles (52 kilometers). “One big underwater volcano is sucking in seawater, and the water flows north through the…

  • UC Santa Cruz dean honored by social psychologists

    Martin Chemers, a professor of psychology and dean of the Division of Social Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz, will be honored by the members of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) at their annual meeting on Feb. 6, 2003. Chemers is being recognized for his service to the 3,700-member organization,…

  • Anthropologist pens an artful natural history of the Amazon

    With his new book In Amazonia: A Natural History, anthropologist Hugh Raffles has set a new standard for the genre of natural history, artfully bringing to life the people, history, and science of this highly romanticized region. In engaging prose, Raffles traces the mystique of the Amazon back to 16th-century explorers and describes how it…

  • UC Santa Cruz biodiversity workshop focuses on Santa Lucia Mountains

    The Santa Lucia Range, rising steeply from California’s Big Sur coast, is one of the most environmentally complex and biologically rich areas of the state. An all-day workshop held last week at the University of California, Santa Cruz, brought together representatives of the many governmental and nongovernmental agencies, private groups, and university researchers studying this…

  • EDITOR’S ADVISORY: Parents may inhibit girls’ interest and performance in science, study says

    Parents are more likely to believe that science is less interesting and more difficult for their daughters than sons, and their beliefs appear to affect children’s interest and performance in science, according to research published in the January issue of Developmental Psychology. The study may help explain why women remain underrepresented in the science and…

  • UC Santa Cruz to present conference on ‘Desire’ in February

    What exactly is the nature of desire? Is it the same in every culture? Has it changed over time? The UC Santa Cruz Center for Cultural Studies will present “Desire: Past, Present, Future,” a two-day conference, February 21-22, at the UCSC campus, to explore these questions and discuss scholarly work that utilizes the concept of…

  • New restaurant coming soon to Quarry Plaza at UC Santa Cruz

    The search for a new restaurant for Quarry Plaza at UC Santa Cruz is over, and the winner is Joe’s Pizza and Subs. Owner Joe Hammana plans to open his UCSC operation within a month. The eclectic menu will range from pizza and hamburgers to vegan dishes and Middle Eastern specialties-and Hammana promises a few…

  • New health sciences major at UC Santa Cruz includes community service and Spanish language requirements

    The University of California, Santa Cruz, has established a new health sciences major designed for students interested in medical careers. Students majoring in health sciences at UCSC will be required to become proficient in Spanish and to do an internship in a community health care setting, in addition to taking the usual science courses required…

  • Carnegie grant expands reach of UCSC’s New Teacher Center

    The New Teacher Center at the University of California, Santa Cruz, will further expand its reach with a $750,000 grant from the Carnegie Corporation. The funds will enable the New Teacher Center (NTC) to partner with three or four college or university education departments to build a bridge of support for new teachers that reaches…

  • UC Santa Cruz prof named American Psychological Association fellow

    Margarita Azmitia, a professor of psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has been honored by her peers who have elected her a fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA). APA fellows are selected for their “exceptional and outstanding contributions to the research, teaching, or practice of psychology” and are recognized for the national…

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