2008  Events

UCSC Wind Ensemble to perform at Carnegie Hall

The UC Santa Cruz Wind Ensemble is set to perform at New York City's Carnegie Hall on February 15, 2009.

November 14 symposium marks a productive first year for UCSC's Chemical Screening Center

In its first year of operation, the UCSC Chemical Screening Center has enabled researchers to identify a variety of potentially useful compounds, including promising leads for the development of new drugs to treat infections, cancer, and neglected disease

Expert on origins of life to give free public lecture November 13 at UCSC

Biochemist David Deamer will discuss the origins of life in a free public lecture on Thursday, November 13, at UCSC.

Anthropologist Melissa Caldwell to address Nov. 8-9 international conference on global food security

Food policy expert Melissa Caldwell will discuss the global food crisis during an international conference sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Alumnus John Rickford explains how linguists are working to solve the black/white achievement gap in American schools

More than 100 people filled the Stevenson Fireside Lounge on October 22 to hear Stanford linguistics professor and UCSC alum John Rickford discuss his research on the persistent achievement gap between black and white students in reading and the language

Next president must scrutinize counterterrorism initiatives, says alumna Dana Priest

Alumna Dana Priest discussed national security issues before a capacity crowd in the Namaste Lounge on Friday.

Baskin School of Engineering will showcase faculty research on Friday, October 17

Advances in sustainable energy, information systems, DNA sequencing, and video-game design are among the highlighted topics in a day of UCSC engineering faculty presentations.

Defusing the nuclear threat will be topic of 2008 Maitra Lecture on Saturday, October 18

Martin Hellman, an eminent engineer whose latest project focuses on reducing the risk of nuclear war, will give the eighth annual Sidhartha Maitra Memorial Lecture on Saturday, October 18.

UCSC art professor presents exhibit in subways and galleries of Japan

"Are We There Yet?" is the title of UCSC assistant art professor Dee Hibbert-Jones' new public artwork and interactive sound installation--on exhibit in Japan throughout September.

Linguistics grad program at UCSC celebrates outstanding 22 years

This fall, UCSC's Ph.D. program in Linguistics enters its 22nd year of education, research and scholarship. In celebration of that milestone, the campus will host the "UC Santa Cruz Linguistics Alumni Conference" on September 12-13.

Educational Partnership Center offers array of summer programs

This summer, many middle and high school students took advantage of a wide variety of academic enrichment programs offered by the UCSC Educational Partnership Center.

UC Santa Cruz Arts & Lectures announces 2008-09 season

Dream lecture to air on Community TV

Research professor G. William Domhoff's recent campuswide lecture about dreaming will be broadcast on Community TV of Santa Cruz County several times in July and August.

Sale of fresh organic produce begins June 3

Berry lovers will celebrate the opening on Tuesday, June 3, of the UCSC Farm's Market Cart at the base of campus.

UCSC grad students contribute 'Bureau of Disruptions' exhibit to San Jose global digital arts festival

Renee Tajima-Peña's film wins documentary prize at film festival, premieres May 4

Renee Tajima-Peña's film <i>Calavera Highway</i>, named the best television documentary by the San Francisco International Film Festival, will premiere during the festival on Sunday, May 4, at the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas.

Films by four UC Santa Cruz students featured during Reel Work Film Festival

Films about the immigrant experience and last fall's writers' strike are among the works by four UC Santa Cruz students that will be screened during the seventh annual Reel Work May Day Labor Film Festival, which takes place April 25-May 11.

Anthropologist Erin Vogel featured on Animal Planet May 6

Field work in Borneo can be hot, sweaty work. Just ask the <i>Animal Planet</i> crew that filmed anthropology's Erin Vogel for a program scheduled to air Tuesday, May 6.

UCSC celebrates feminist scholarship with DVD release of lectures by Bettina Aptheker

Campus hosts Black Brown Roundtable

Activists from within and outside the university came together April 19 to discuss relations among African Americans and Latinos.

Ecological landscaping workshop April 17

Join three graduates of UCSC's Apprenticeship in Ecological Horticulture on April 17 for a free public workshop on ecological landscaping.

UCSC alumna Dana Priest wins Pulitzer Prize for Walter Reed exposé

Dana Priest, the <i>Washington Post</i> reporter who won a Pulitzer Prize in 2006 for her work exposing the government's secret 'black site' prisons, has won journalism's highest honor again, this time for her exposé of the mistreatment of wounded veteran

Social psychologist Thomas Pettigrew receives faculty award from Division of Social Sciences

Social psychologist Thomas Pettigrew's pathbreaking research on racism has earned him international honors as well as the admiration of his peers at UC Santa Cruz, who have named him the recipient of the 2008 Distinguished Social Sciences Emeriti Faculty

UC Santa Cruz honors Joseph Berney with Distinguished Social Sciences Alumni Award

Innovative educator and social justice advocate Joseph Berney has received the 2008 Distinguished Social Sciences Alumni Award from the Division of Social Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Become a docent at the UCSC Farm & Garden

Do you enjoy gardening, learning about food and farming issues, and sharing your enthusiasm and knowledge with others? If the answer is "yes!," then consider becoming a tour guide at two of Santa Cruz's most beautiful locations.

Award-winning journalist Alexander Stille to be keynote speaker at statewide Italian Studies conference hosted by UCSC

Award-winning author and journalist Alexander Stille will be the keynote speaker at a statewide conference presented by the California Interdisciplinary Consortium for Italian Studies at UC Santa Cruz, February 29-March 1.

EOP launches textbook drive to benefit low-income students

In an effort to help low-income students achieve academic success, the Educational Opportunity Programs Office is launching a textbook drive to provide books to students who can't afford to buy them.

Max M. Levin, former psychology instructor and Crown preceptor, dies at 91

Max M. Levin, a lecturer emeritus of psychology whose ties to the campus go back to 1967, died on Saturday, February 16, in Portland, Oregon. He was 91.

Animated tutors help remedial readers, language learners, autistic children

Tools developed by researchers exploring language and speech comprehension can become powerful aids for remedial readers, children with language challenges, and anyone learning a second language, according to psychology professor Dominic Massaro of the Un