2004  All Activity Areas

An unusual RNA structure in the SARS virus offers a promising target for antiviral drugs

Award-winning author Jonathan Franzen to present lecture at Santa Cruz Public Library

New Teacher Center hosts annual symposium January 30-Feb. 1

Femtosecond laser technique opens new opportunities for research on nerve regeneration

$200,000 gift to UCSC establishes graduate fellowship in marine mammals

Washington engineering dean named chancellor at UC Santa Cruz

UC Santa Cruz professor reappointed to water quality board

UC Santa Cruz Foundation Board of Trustees welcomes new members

UC Regents will meet Tuesday to consider appointment of new chancellor of UCSC

UCSC engineers develop assistive technologies for the blind

Deep Down Things, a new book by physicist Bruce Schumm, explores the astonishing world of particle physics

Students, alumnus honored for helping police catch suspect

Computer analysis shows scientists could reconstruct the genome of the common ancestor of all placental mammals

Civil rights activist Joseph Lowery to speak at Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation Jan. 10

UC Santa Cruz scientist endorses nitrogen management efforts

Antibiotic rifampicin shows promise for fighting Parkinson's disease in laboratory tests

UC Santa Cruz Library receives half-million-dollar gift to benefit Special Collections photo archives

Unusual material that contracts when heated is giving up its secrets to physicists

New Engineering 2 Building receives design award

Marine biologist John Pearse to give Emeriti Faculty Lecture at UCSC on Tuesday, Nov. 23

First major study of organic farming in California yields surprises

A puzzle posed by black-headed ducks yields to persistent biologists

Order of Species Loss has Important Biodiversity Consequences, Grassland Study Reveals

UCSC scientists harness powerful new supercomputer at NASA Ames for research on cosmology and astrophysics

Scholarships Benefit Dinner raises $1 million to aid students

UCSC announces first campuswide fundraising campaign

Major gift from storage industry leader Kumar Malavalli establishes endowed chair in storage systems at UC Santa Cruz

UCSC Arboretum will hold Dried Flower and Succulent Wreath Sale on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 13 and 14

Seymour Center hosts sneak preview of 'Coastal Clash,' a KQED documentary on California's coastal conflicts, on November 11

New book examines changes to the food system in the United States

Monterey Institute of International Studies and UC Santa Cruz delay merger

ARCS Foundation contributions to UCSC pass $1 million with 2004-05 scholarships for seven top students

Tech industry pioneer Lee S. Ting will speak at UCSC Foundation Forum on Friday, November 5

MEDIA ADVISORY: Media tours and interviews available prior to dedication ceremonies for Engineering 2 Building

Two UCSC professors elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

UC Santa Cruz Jewish Studies Program to celebrate anniversary with concert featuring music of Kurt Weill

UCSC astrophysicist Stan Woosley awarded the American Physical Society's 2005 Hans A. Bethe Prize

Genome researchers publish analysis of finished human genome sequence, plan next steps to figure out what it all means

Gala Scholarships Benefit Dinner to honor former UCSC Chancellor M.R.C. Greenwood

Researchers guide light through liquids and gases on a chip, a major step forward for optical sensing technology

UCSC researchers join in new partnership to speed development of an 'artificial retina' to restore sight

UC Santa Cruz professor Bettina Aptheker receives California NOW Award for Excellence in Education

Laboratory test of evolutionary theory confirms the importance of connections between populations

UCSC to host only West Coast tribute to late actor, writer, and comedic monologuist Spalding Gray on Oct. 23

Public workshop on October 20 will focus on first draft of UCSC's next LRDP

Two UC Santa Cruz professors honored for teaching

UC Santa Cruz completes first draft of updated LRDP

New 'Shock and Awe' book explores political meaning of words

UC Santa Cruz hosts international economics conference October 15-16

ATTENTION POLITICAL EDITORS: Experts available for election commentary

$1.5 million funds UC Santa Cruz research on math education for Latinos

Fourth annual Sidhartha Maitra Memorial Lecture/Film Screening set for October 17 at UC Santa Cruz

UCSC Arboretum, now in its 40th year, holds annual fall plant sale on Saturday, October 9

UCSC students collaborate with Museum of Art and History to create innovative gallery exhibit

Annual Harvest Festival at UC Santa Cruz on Saturday, October 9

Seymour Center lecture series focuses on women in marine science

MEDIA ADVISORY: Former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt will meet with reporters prior to his lecture at UCSC on October 5

Supervising producer of Fahrenheit 9/11 speaks at UC Santa Cruz October 6

UC Santa Cruz finalizes purchase of Texas Instruments site

UCSC builds on landmark NASA contract to expand UC presence in Silicon Valley

Alumnus Joseph DeRisi wins coveted MacArthur Fellowship

UCSC astronomer Claire Max receives 2004 E. O. Lawrence Award in Physics

Campus raises record $32.2 million in private gifts during 2003-04 year

Fourteen new 'blue light' emergency phones installed

Fourteen new "blue light" emergency phones were installed on campus this summer, primarily in four large parking lots.

Acclaimed New Yorker magazine staff writer and UCSC alumnus to return for speaking engagement at Cowell College

NIH training grants provide more than $1.5 million to support graduate students at UCSC

EDITOR'S ADVISORY: New academic year brings new students, academic offerings, housing, other facilities

STEPS Institute establishes graduate fellowships honoring M.R.C. Greenwood, Frans Lanting, and Christine Eckstrom

Former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt to speak at UCSC

$200,000 gift from UCSC Professor Jean Langenheim establishes graduate fellowship in plant ecology and evolution

Gary Lease named interim dean of humanities at UC Santa Cruz

Cajun/New Orleans jazz extravaganza to kick off new Arts & Lectures season at UC Santa Cruz

UCSC researchers to test new technologies for monitoring harmful algal blooms in California coastal waters

USDA grant funds UC Santa Cruz research with organic farmers

Biodiversity 'SWAT Team' conducts an unprecedented survey of intertidal life on the West Coast

EDITOR'S ADVISORY: You are invited to cover a tour of new apartments for 651 students on the UC Santa Cruz campus

Astronomers discover first Neptune-sized planets outside our solar system

Two UCSC graduate students receive grant for marine ecology research

UCSC physicist receives award to develop technology for neuroscience

Air Pollution Reveals Privilege, Politics, and Priorities, Says Author

$2.4 million grant supports research on coastal ecosystems at UCSC and other Monterey Bay institutions

The Getty Awards Campus Heritage Grant to UC Santa Cruz

Emphasis on 'culture' in psychology fuels stereotypes, scholar says

UCSC scientist Jonathan Zehr receives major award from Moore Foundation for marine microbiology research

New elephant seal sculpture at the Seymour Marine Discovery Center honors Long Marine Lab volunteers

Emerita psychology professor contributes major planned gift to support history research at UC Santa Cruz library

UC Santa Cruz acting chancellor leads $1.5 million federal study of math, science programs

UCSC seismologist Karen McNally receives University Medal from the National University of Costa Rica

Growth study of wild chimpanzees challenges assumptions about early humans, anthropologists say

Current problems of U.S. Senate rooted in history, says author

UC Santa Cruz to become first UC campus offering new doctorate degree in music composition

UCSC dedicates new W. M. Keck Isotope Laboratory with a symposium on isotope analysis

Awards honor 'excellence through diversity'

UCSC scientist leads expedition to establish seafloor observatories

High-profile film industry guests visit UC Santa Cruz

Six faculty members named to provost positions at UC Santa Cruz

Alumnus Kent Nagano selects new transcription by UC Santa Cruz arts dean to open annual Ojai Music Festival

MEDIA ADVISORY: Bio industry group from Russia and U.S. State Department will visit UC Santa Cruz on Thursday, June 10

Long Marine Lab's annual 'Whale of an Auction' set for Friday, June 18

Adobe CEO Bruce Chizen to address 2004 graduates at UCSC's Baskin School of Engineering commencement; other UCSC celebrations begin on Thursday

From joy to heartache: New book explores the sister relationship

Excellence in Teaching Award winners announced

Fourth in a series of LRDP public workshops planned for June 9

Undergrad's research finds striking similarity between Vietnam War and Iraq conflict

Scientists will discuss marine animals and human noise in a free lecture at Seymour Center

Class of 2004's commencement exercises begin Friday, June 11

NASA Ames research director G. Scott Hubbard to speak at UCSC

UCSC 'market cart' opens for the season June 4

CANCELLED: Supervising producer of Fahrenheit 911 and Bowling for Columbine speaks at UC Santa Cruz June 3

Governor's Office on Volunteerism honors 51 UCSC students

Enrollment procedures changing for continuing students

Russians get the blues: new book chronicles rise of the blues in postcommunist Russia

Governor's 'May revision' restores some funding to UC, adds Cal Grant money to cover fee increases

Grateful Dead foundations help preserve UC Santa Cruz archive of renowned composer Lou Harrison

Surprising 'ultra-conserved' regions discovered in human genome

Biologist Terrie Williams will read from her book, The Hunter's Breath, at the Seymour Center on Thursday, May 13

Renowned planet hunter Geoffrey Marcy to speak at UCSC

New master's program in social documentation at UC Santa Cruz

UC Santa Cruz celebrates 25th anniversary of Chautauqua student theater festival

Dutch drug policies do not increase marijuana use, first rigorous comparative study finds

MEDIA ADVISORY: UC Santa Cruz and community colleges will launch new program for engineering students with a reception at NASA Ames on May 5

Understanding the UC undergraduate experience: UCSC students asked to complete online survey to improve academic, cultural life

Haussler honored by computer science group as an innovator who changed the scientific world

UC President Dynes names search committee for new UC Santa Cruz chancellor

UC Santa Cruz to co-host conference on Mark Twain with Stanford University on May 14-15

UCSC student forum on LRDP planned for May 11; student representatives also plan meeting on Friday, April 30

National Public Radio's European correspondent Sylvia Poggioli to give free public lecture in Santa Cruz

$2 million grant funds joint effort by UCSC and Silicon Valley community colleges to support engineering students

UCSC biologist tells a story of adventure and discovery in Antarctica in her new book, The Hunter's Breath

UC Santa Cruz Humanities Division launches new Distinguished Professors program; five faculty honored

UC Santa Cruz fall 2004 freshman admissions: Campus becomes more competitive as 'admit' rate declines dramatically

MEDIA ADVISORY: UCSC scientists are available to comment on new report from the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy

Harry Beevers, eminent plant physiologist, dies at 80

Sweet limes, apple trees, and salad bowls debut at UCSC Plant Sale May 1-2

EDITOR'S ADVISORY: Journalists invited to attend April 30 meeting on global outsourcing

Noted social critic and UCSC alum Victor Davis Hanson to speak May 3 on 'Warfare and Democracy in the Middle East'

Third public workshop planned on April 21 concerning LRDP update; student representatives also plan April 16 meeting

UCSC student earns prestigious Goldwater Scholarship

Meeting coordinated by student representatives on the LRDP Committee

Climate study shows disappearing Arctic sea ice could reduce water availability in western U.S.

Dedication of newly remodeled UCSC Communications Building set for April 17

UCSC Arboretum will hold annual Spring Plant Sale on Saturday, April 17

$2 million grant to UC Santa Cruz researchers supports efforts to prevent bird and bat deaths caused by power lines and wind turbines

UC Santa Cruz music faculty travel to Asia over spring break for Korean premiere of professor's first opera

April 13 speaker pursues social justice through community organizing

Major grant supports UC Santa Cruz foster youth program

Major grant supports research on next-generation Internet technology

Century Project challenges stereotypes of the female body

Sesnon Gallery spring exhibit to feature innovative works from three UC Santa Cruz art faculty

Optical glucose sensor developed at UCSC holds promise for diabetics and intensive care patients

Global Oceans Awards to be presented to two students at Long Marine Lab's annual Gourmet Dinner benefit

A spectacular new image showcases the Hubble Space Telescope's unique capabilities

Margaret L. Delaney appointed interim campus provost and executive vice chancellor at UC Santa Cruz

Research on cholera bacteria focuses on biofilm formation

'Student Involvement' meeting planned for 2005-2020 LRDP

Martin M. Chemers named acting chancellor of UC Santa Cruz

UC Santa Cruz faculty collaborate for innovative, multimedia classical guitar concert

UCSC ocean scientist Margaret Delaney elected fellow of the American Geophysical Union

Pioneering AIDS researcher Robert Gallo to speak at UCSC on Thursday, March 4

UC Santa Cruz Chancellor Appointed Provost of UC System

UCSC forms new Department of Biomolecular Engineering

UC Santa Cruz hosts American Indian Colloquium Series in February

UCSC to hold public hearing on draft EIR for faculty-staff housing project

UC Santa Cruz professor hopes to promote musical connection with Monterey through concert at Carmel Mission

UCSC holds second public workshop as part of effort to update its Long Range Development Plan; meeting to take place February 25

UCSC ranks sixth in number of graduates serving in Peace Corps

UCSC to hold public hearing on draft EIR for long-term development of Long Marine Laboratory, adjoining property

UCSC under contract to acquire Texas Instruments property

700 educators to attend Sixth National New Teacher Symposium February 2-3 in San Jose

World of an anthropologist subject of Sigma Xi lecture on January 28

Preventing Columbine: Psychologist Elliot Aronson delivers UCSC Faculty Emeritus Lecture February 11

Psychologist Barbara Rogoff to deliver UC Santa Cruz faculty research lecture February 5

UC Santa Cruz film professor's revolutionary past to be featured in Berkeley Art Museum retrospective and new DVD

Organic agriculture at a crossroads: Prof says goals of ecological sustainability and social justice may require subsidies

UCSC offers new degree in applied physics

UC Santa Cruz to present 2004 'Thinking at the Edge' Distinguished Lecture Series

Eldest child of Martin Luther King Jr. to speak at annual UCSC convocation