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  • Professor Alan Richards to discuss Mideast at Foundation Forum June 2

    UC Santa Cruz professor Alan Richards, who in late 2004 briefed the American military’s Central Command on the Middle East, will address the UC Santa Cruz Foundation Forum on June 2. Richards will speak on “American Thinking About Violence in the Middle East” at the 4 p.m. lecture in the College Nine/College Ten Multipurpose Room.…

  • UC College Prep Online expands to operate online charter schools

    Building on the success of its online college-prep programs, the University of California is gearing up to establish a UC Online Academy with three online charter schools slated to open in the fall of 2006. UC College Prep Online (UCCP), based at UC Santa Cruz, recently received a three-year $550,000 grant from the California Department…

  • African Americans making their mark in music and the arts but equality remains elusive, sociologist reports

    Over the past decade, African Americans have become more visible on the cultural landscape of the United States: Jazz trumpet virtuoso Wynton Marsalis is the artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center; African Americans are widely seen on network television; and African Americans represent the nation at the highest levels of power. In the new…

  • Former chancellor, environmentalist are elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

    Two scholars affiliated with UC Santa Cruz have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS), one of the most prestigious honors bestowed upon the world’s leading scientists, academics, artists, businesspeople, and public leaders. Former chancellor M.R.C. Greenwood and Michael Soulé, professor emeritus of environmental studies, were among the 213 new fellows…

  • UC Santa Cruz New Teacher Center gets $300,000 from Goldman Sachs Foundation

    The pace of growth and expansion at the UC Santa Cruz New Teacher Center will accelerate thanks to a $300,000 grant from the Goldman Sachs Foundation. The funding will bolster the center’s organizational infrastructure and support the rapid growth of the New Teacher Center (NTC), which leads the nation in the development of support programs…

  • Raspberries, beans, and peas headline this year’s UCSC Farm Spring Plant Sale April 30-May 1

    For the first time, the UCSC Farm will offer more than 100 organically grown raspberry starts at the annual Spring Plant Sale April 30-May 1. Beans and peas will also be featured at this year’s sale, in addition to the stunning array of high-quality, organically raised vegetables, annual flowers, perennials, and herbs. The sale will…

  • $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…

  • Ecologist Erika Zavaleta receives prestigious Mellon Foundation grant

    Erika Zavaleta, an assistant professor of environmental studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has received a prestigious grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to investigate the ecological impacts of the loss of plant species in California ecosystems. Through a program that supports the research projects of outstanding junior faculty, Zavaleta has been…

  • Harlem activist Geoffrey Canada to speak at UCSC on April 12

    A tireless community activist, Geoffrey Canada has been described as “the brother who never left the ‘hood because he keeps looking into the faces of the children and seeing himself there.” Canada will discuss his work on behalf of at-risk children and families during a free public lecture entitled “It Takes a ‘Hood: Community Revitalization,…

  • New Teacher Center wins $1.5 million contract to participate in federal study of support programs

    The highly regarded New Teacher Center at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has been awarded a $1.5 million contract to participate in the federal government’s first major evaluation of programs that school districts offer novice teachers. The U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences (IES) selected Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., to carry out…

  • New book documents first statewide civil rights movement in Florida

    Decades before the Montgomery bus boycott, African Americans in Jacksonville, Florida, organized streetcar boycotts that forced the city to abandon efforts to segregate the system. That little-known act of rebellion is one of many instances of African Americans organizing against white supremacy that historian Paul Ortiz, an assistant professor of community studies at the University…

  • Memory research sheds light on why older adults ‘accentuate the positive’

    Age-related differences appear to affect the way adults make and remember their choices in life, suggesting that older adults “accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative in their memories,” according to research published in the current issue of the Journal of Experimental Psychology. Age-related changes appear to influence decision making in ways that focus on…

Last modified: Mar 18, 2025