News

April 2006

  • UC Santa Cruz to present Digital Arts and New Media Festival, May 4-7

    UCSC’s Digital Arts and New Media program (DANM) will present “DANM Festival 2006,” a four-day series of events that includes exhibitions, performances, symposia, and film screenings from May 4-7. It will include work by national and international artists, expert speakers, and students from the M.F.A. program. Events will take place on campus and at the…

  • Two UCSC faculty members elected to National Academy of Sciences

    Two faculty members at the University of California, Santa Cruz, were elected to the National Academy of Sciences on Tuesday in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. David Haussler, professor of biomolecular engineering, and Stan Woosley, professor of astronomy and astrophysics, are among 72 new members of the academy elected this…

  • Three UCSC professors elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

    Three faculty members at the University of California, Santa Cruz, are among the newly elected fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. They are Harry Berger, Jr., professor emeritus of English literature and history of art and visual culture; David Haussler, professor of biomolecular engineering; and Harold Widom, professor emeritus of mathematics. The…

  • Stem cell expert Irving Weissman to speak at UCSC on Thursday, May 11

    Irving Weissman, director of the Institute of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine at Stanford University, will give the 2006 Sinsheimer Lecture in Biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, on Thursday, May 11. “Stem Cells: Units in Regeneration, Cancer, and Natural Selection” is the title of Weissman’s talk, which will take place at…

  • Global warming expert to speak at UCSC on Wednesday, May 10

    Michael Mann, director of the Earth System Science Center at Pennsylvania State University, will give a lecture on global climate change on Wednesday, May 10, at UC Santa Cruz. His talk–“Global Climate Change: Past and Future”–will take place at 7 p.m. at the Seymour Center at UCSC’s Long Marine Laboratory. The event is free and…

  • MEDIA ADVISORY: Former U.S. ambassador Joseph Wilson to headline daylong April 24 teach-in

    Reporters are invited to attend “The War on Terror: A Credible Threat,” a daylong teach-in at UC Santa Cruz. Speakers will be accessible for interviews, and a press room will be made available. Press parking will also be provided. When: Monday, April 24 (10 a.m to 8 p.m.) What: A daylong campus teach-in on April…

  • $1.8 million NSF grant funds UCSC prof’s research on science learning in museums

    For many parents, taking the kids to the aquarium or a hands-on science museum combines fun and learning. Like parents, education researcher Doris Ash sees facilities like the Exploratorium, Seymour Marine Discovery Center, and the Monterey Bay Aquarium as pathways that help all cross sections of the community learn about science while having a good…

  • Original seismographic record of 1906 San Francisco earthquake found and put on display at UC’s Lick Observatory

    On April 18, 1906, the seismographic station at the University of California’s Lick Observatory on Mt. Hamilton obtained the only good record of local strong ground motion from the great earthquake that devastated San Francisco that day. Astronomers at Lick Observatory recently discovered what appears to be the original tracing of the 1906 earthquake from…

  • UCSC to hold 16th annual Alumni Vintners Wine Tasting on Saturday, April 22

    The UCSC Alumni Association’s popular annual Alumni Vintners Wine Tasting will be held this Saturday, April 22, and the public is invited. The evening event, showcasing select wines, gourmet food, and music by UCSC chefs, vintners, and musicians, will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Multipurpose Room at College Nine and College…

  • Insects that produce males from unfertilized eggs reveal a surprising cellular feat

    Scientists have long known that the social insects in the order Hymenoptera–which includes ants, bees, and wasps–have an unusual mechanism for sex determination: Unfertilized eggs develop into males, while fertilized eggs become females. But the development of an unfertilized egg into an adult (called parthenogenesis) remains a mysterious process. One mystery has been the origin…

  • Regents’ professors and lecturers nominations requested

    Nominations for Regents’ professors and lecturers are now being sought, with screening to begin with applications received by May 11. The Regents’ lecturers and professors program is designed to bring distinguished individuals, ordinarily from nonacademic careers, to the university. Regents’ lecturers serve for less than a quarter but more than two weeks, and Regents’ professors…

  • Regents’ professors and lecturers nominations requested

    Nominations for Regents’ professors and lecturers are now being sought, with screening to begin with applications received by May 11.

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