Social Sciences
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Nobel laureate Amartya Sen to present annual Maitra Lecture at UC Santa Cruz
Nobel Prize laureate Amartya Sen will deliver the sixth annual Sidhartha Maitra Memorial Lecture at UC Santa Cruz on Saturday, October 7, at the Music Center Recital Hall. He will speak on the topic: “The Tyranny of Identity.” The lecture will begin at 5:30 p.m., followed by a screening of renowned Indian director Satyajit Ray’s…
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UCSC appoints Bruce Margon as vice chancellor of research
The University of California, Santa Cruz, has appointed Bruce Margon to serve as vice chancellor of research. Margon, currently associate director for science at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, will assume his position at UCSC on October 16. He replaces Robert C. Miller, who is resigning his successful tenure as vice chancellor…
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UCSC posts record growth in research funding in 2005-06
Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, attracted a record $128.5 million in external grants and contracts to the campus in the 2005-06 fiscal year. The increase continues an upward trend in research funding at UCSC that has brought in almost half a billion dollars over the past five years. “UCSC’s grants and contracts…
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Sign language study reveals key finding about short-term memory
For decades, researchers have misunderstood a key aspect of short-term memory because of shortcomings in the way they compare the memory capacity of deaf people who use American Sign Language (ASL) and hearing people, according to a new study by a psychology professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Previous studies suggested that ASL…
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Regional equity movement is the civil rights issue of the 21st century, say authors of Ford Foundation report
Across the country, many urban neighborhoods and entire regions are segregated as surely as if there were “whites only” signs posted. But leaders of the new “regional equity” movement are organizing to break down the divisions of race, income, education, and employment that cut off opportunity and polarize Americans. A new Ford Foundation report outlines…
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Alison Galloway named vice provost of academic affairs at UC Santa Cruz
Alison Galloway, a professor of anthropology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has been named vice provost of academic affairs at the Santa Cruz campus. Her appointment, approved by the UC Board of Regents in closed session on Wednesday, July 19, is effective immediately. Alison Galloway In the post, which Galloway has held on…
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Lessons of Japan’s economic downturn offered in new book
The stagnation that plagued the Japanese economy throughout the 1990s lasted twice as long as it should have, according to the coeditor of a new book that says Japan was hobbled by weak monetary policy and its own dysfunctional financial institutions. Michael Hutchison, a leading authority on international finance and the Japanese economy, coedited Japan’s…
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Academic Senate announces 2005-06 Excellence in Teaching Awards
Seven faculty members and 10 teaching assistants have been honored with 2005-06 Excellence in Teaching Awards for their exemplary and inspiring teaching. Selected by the UCSC Academic Senate Committee on Teaching and the Graduate Council, the winners of the 2005-06 Excellence in Teaching Awards awards were recognized by Chancellor Denice D. Denton and Committee on…
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Forum to explore key questions: Where did we come from and how did we get here?
Three noted UC Santa Cruz faculty members will explore two eternal questions on June 8: Where did we come from and how did we get here? The occasion is the UC Santa Cruz Foundation Forum, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in the Colleges Nine and Ten Multipurpose Room. Faculty members George Blumenthal, Bruce Bridgeman, and…
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Class of 2006’s commencement exercises take place June 16-18
A former NASA astronaut, the cofounder of Apple Computer, and a member of the California Assembly will be among the featured speakers when the Class of 2006’s commencement exercises take place at the University of California, Santa Cruz on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, June 16-18. Parking for graduation ceremonies: allow extra time UCSC alumnus Steven…
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Professor contributes to Katrina report documenting environmental inequities in rescue
As the next hurricane season quickly approaches, the Gulf Coast’s low-income communities of color are still left behind. For them, “days of hurt and loss are likely to become years of grief, dislocation, and displacement,” said Manuel Pastor, codirector of the Center for Justice, Tolerance, and Community at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Pastor…
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SF Federal Reserve President and CEO Janet Yellen to deliver keynote address May 27
Janet Yellen, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, will deliver the keynote address on Saturday, May 27, during the upcoming conference of the Santa Cruz Center for International Economics (SCCIE) at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Yellen’s talk, “Monetary Policy in a Global Environment,” will begin at 9 p.m.…