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March 2006

  • Husband of outed CIA operative Valerie Plame to headline teach-in at UC Santa Cruz

    Former U.S. ambassador to Iraq Joseph Wilson-the husband of outed CIA operative Valerie Plame-will be among the featured speakers at “The War on Terror: A Credible Threat,” a daylong teach-in that will take place on Monday, April 24, at UC Santa Cruz in the Quarry Amphitheater. The 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. public event will…

  • UCSC researchers receive $1.6 million grant for biosensor project

    Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have received major funding from the National Institutes of Health to develop new sensor technology for biomedical applications. The project builds on earlier advances by UCSC researchers in optical and electrical sensing technologies and involves a broad interdisciplinary group of collaborators at UCSC and Brigham Young University.…

  • Food activist Anna Lappé discusses her new book April 17 at UC Santa Cruz

    If Santa Cruz is the heart of the alternative foods movement, it will welcome one of its own on April 17 when author Anna Lappé comes to town. Lappé, daughter of “small planet” food guru Frances Moore Lappé, will give a free public talk on Monday, April 17, at 7 p.m. in Classroom Unit 2…

  • UCSC to host a public lecture and discussion on the ethics of stem cell research on Monday, April 17

    The ethical issues involved in stem cell research will be addressed in a free public lecture and discussion on Monday, April 17, at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Laurie Zoloth, professor of medical ethics and humanities and of religion at Northwestern University, will give a talk entitled “May We Make the World? Bioethics, Stem…

  • UCSC chemist explores the membranous origins of the first living cell

    Blowing bubbles is child’s play, showing how easily soap molecules can assemble into a sheet and curl around to form a bubble. To David Deamer, professor of chemistry and biochemistry and acting chair of biomolecular engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz, the formation of a soap bubble is no mere curiosity–it illustrates an…

  • UC Santa Cruz and San Jose State team up on $1.4 million effort to boost reading and writing among fourth graders

    Nearly 1,000 fourth graders in Santa Cruz and Santa Clara Counties will participate in a three-year, federally funded educational research project that aims to improve student performance in reading, writing, and language development. Judith A. Scott, an associate professor of education at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and chair of the doctoral program in…

  • UC Santa Cruz brings civil rights crusader Constance Rice to town April 20

    Over the years, civil rights attorney Connie Rice has tackled incendiary social problems, from urban police misconduct to inequitable patterns of school construction in Los Angeles. Along the way, she has won widespread acclaim for her work expanding opportunity and advancing multiracial democracy. On April 20, Rice will deliver a free public lecture titled “Pushing…

  • UCSC gene researcher Joshua Stuart awarded prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship

    The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has selected Joshua Stuart, an assistant professor of biomolecular engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz, as a Sloan Research Fellow. The prestigious two-year fellowship provides an award of $45,000 to support Stuart’s research, which focuses on the development of computational tools for studying how genes work and identifying…

  • Education forum April 5 explores links between schools, community

    Educators and parents seeking a model for education that’s rooted in community and civic engagement will want to attend a free public forum on Wednesday, April 5, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The forum will take place in the Merrill College Cultural Center at UC Santa Cruz. Participants will describe several projects in which students…

  • California prison shakeup reveals urgent need for reform, expert says

    The recent shakeup in the troubled California Department of Corrections reveals the resistance to a badly needed overhaul of the nation’s largest prison system, says a leading expert on prisons and the psychology of incarceration. The resignation of Corrections chief Roderick Hickman, hired two years ago by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to overhaul the dysfunctional system,…

  • Fred Keeley bequest will support UC Santa Cruz environmental policy institute

    Santa Cruz County Treasurer Fred Keeley has made a planned gift of $250,000 to the University of California, Santa Cruz, to support the campus’s STEPS Institute for Innovation in Environmental Research. Keeley, a former state assemblyman and a longtime supporter of UCSC, has included the STEPS Institute in his personal will because of his high…

  • UCSC recirculates portion of Draft LRDP EIR’s traffic section for public comment

    UC Santa Cruz is recirculating additional traffic analysis for public comment as part of the Draft Environmental Impact Report related to the campus’s proposed Long-Range Development Plan (LRDP). The recirculated analysis evaluates traffic conditions on sections of Highways 1 and 17, assuming full implementation of the LRDP. The additional traffic analysis is the only part…

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