Environmental Studies
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Kamieniecki receives book award for Corporate America and Environmental Policy
Sheldon Kamieniecki, dean of the Division of Social Sciences at UC Santa Cruz, has received the 2007 Lynton Keith Caldwell Award for his book Corporate America and Environmental Policy: How Often Does Business Get Its Way?
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UC Santa Cruz celebrates 40 years of leadership in sustainable agriculture and organic farming
Decades before Wal-Mart began selling organic food, a charismatic Englishman and a group of students transformed a brush-covered hillside at the University of California, Santa Cruz, into a lush garden where vegetables and flowers were grown without chemi
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Daniel Press named first holder of Griswold endowed chair
Daniel Press, professor and chair of environmental studies, has been named the inaugural holder of the Olga T. Griswold Chair in Environmental Studies. Established by a gift of $350,000 from Craig Griswold in honor of his mother, Olga, the endowed chair was funded to support the work of an environmental studies professor whose interests focus…
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Art meets science in campus Earth Day mural project
Ten UCSC art students spent Earth Day weekend creating a mural project at the Thimann Laboratories Greenhouse. The project was organized by Christine Bors, a senior art student and the educational outreach coordinator for the Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery. “We had a team of volunteers painting a nature and scientific-themed mural to welcome the…
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Varieties galore at this year’s UC Santa Cruz Farm Spring Plant Sale May 5-6
Just as gourmets appreciate fine wine, gardeners in Santa Cruz seek out unusual varieties of flowers, vegetables, and herbs. At this year’s UC Santa Cruz Spring Plant Sale, gardeners will delight in the array of varieties available, including 12 varieties
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Climate change could usher in “boom and bust” population cycles and make species prone to extinction, says UC Santa Cruz conservation biologist
Climate change could trigger “boom and bust” population cycles that make animal species more vulnerable to extinction, according to Christopher C. Wilmers, an assistant professor of environmental studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
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Wildlife photographer Kennan Ward branches out with feature-length documentary about grizzly cubs
Kennan Ward, who earned a B.A. in environmental studies and wildlife biology from UC Santa Cruz in 1980, has spent three decades crisscrossing the globe to photograph animals in the wild.
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First systematic test finds plant pathogens spread to distant relatives far more readily than thought
SANTA CRUZ, CA–The first systematic test of how widely pathogens can spread among distantly related plants reveals far greater range than conventional wisdom would suggest, raising questions about the adequacy of current regulatory approaches for plant q
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City Folk reunion concert March 28 at The Attic will benefit the Friends of the UCSC Farm & Garden
The popular trio City Folk is coming together Wednesday, March 28, for a reunion concert at The Attic with special guest Alisa Fineman. The concert, a fundraiser for the Friends of the UCSC Farm & Garden, will begin at 8 p.m. Tickets are available at The