Social Sciences
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt will meet with reporters prior to his lecture at UCSC on October 5
In response to requests from reporters, former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt has agreed to be available to answer reporters’ questions in advance of his lecture at UC Santa Cruz on Tuesday, October 5. Who: Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior, 1993 to 2001 What: In response to requests from reporters, Bruce Babbitt has agreed to…
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STEPS Institute establishes graduate fellowships honoring M.R.C. Greenwood, Frans Lanting, and Christine Eckstrom
The STEPS Institute for Innovation in Environmental Research at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has established three new graduate fellowships for interdisciplinary environmental research, funded by an anonymous donor and named in honor of three individuals known for forging links between science and society: M.R.C. Greenwood, Frans Lanting, and Christine Eckstrom. UC Provost and…
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Former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt to speak at UCSC
Bruce Babbitt, who served for eight years as secretary of the interior during the Clinton administration, will give the inaugural Fred Keeley Lecture on Environmental Policy at the University of California, Santa Cruz, on Tuesday, October 5. The talk, titled “Environmental Policy for a New Century,” will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Music…
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$200,000 gift from UCSC Professor Jean Langenheim establishes graduate fellowship in plant ecology and evolution
Jean Langenheim, professor emerita of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has been studying plant ecology and evolution for 60 years. Now she is giving financial support to a new generation of graduate students in her field through an endowed fellowship fund. The Jean H. Langenheim Graduate Fellowship in Plant…
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USDA grant funds UC Santa Cruz research with organic farmers
With organic agriculture poised to represent 10 to 20 percent of California cropland by 2024, the federal government has tapped the University of California, Santa Cruz, to lead a research program that will give organic farmers the same kind of boost the university has given conventional farmers for decades. Strawberry and vegetable producers collaborate with…
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Air Pollution Reveals Privilege, Politics, and Priorities, Says Author
It’s been more than a century since women donned dark dresses to hide the black soot of coal fires and architects streamlined building designs because corrosive air pollution was eating away at ornately carved stone details. But those examples from Manchester, England, illustrate how people since the dawning of the industrial era have coped with…
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Emphasis on ‘culture’ in psychology fuels stereotypes, scholar says
In the current issue of the influential journal Human Development, a professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, challenges his colleagues to reconsider popular ideas about the role of culture in human development. Contemporary scholarship is rife with broad, distorted generalizations about “culture” that play into stereotypes and threaten to obscure the powerful influences…
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Growth study of wild chimpanzees challenges assumptions about early humans, anthropologists say
A new study of wild chimpanzee growth rates, published in the Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggests that early human evolution may have taken a different course than is widely believed. The results challenge the assumption that human evolution followed a path from a chimplike ancestor to a transitionary…
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Current problems of U.S. Senate rooted in history, says author
The electoral college isn’t the only outdated political system that should be overhauled, according to a political scientist who says the antiquated ways of the United States Senate contribute to Congressional gridlock and thwart American democracy. Expert on U.S. politics available to discuss the U.S. Senate, electoral politics, and the presidency; see contact information below.…
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From joy to heartache: New book explores the sister relationship
Sisters treat each other like best friends–and worst enemies. In the new book The Perfect Sister: What Draws Us Together, What Drives Us Apart (New York, NY: Harcourt, Inc., 2004) sociologist Marcia Millman explores the complicated sister relationship and the familial forces that shape it. From the adult sisters who make secret trips to the…
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UCSC ‘market cart’ opens for the season June 4
It’s easy to grab a bag of fresh organic salad mix or a bouquet of spring posies at the UCSC Farm & Garden market cart, which opens this year on Friday, June 4. Located at the base of campus by the main entrance to UC Santa Cruz, the popular produce and flower stand brings the…
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CANCELLED: Supervising producer of Fahrenheit 911 and Bowling for Columbine speaks at UC Santa Cruz June 3
Documentary filmmaker Tia Lessin, supervising producer of Michael Moore’s new documentary Fahrenheit 911, will give a free public lecture on Thursday, June 3, at UC Santa Cruz. Lessin’s talk, “Documentary Film & Human Rights,” will take place at 7:30 p.m. in Room 240 at College Eight. UPDATE: This event has been cancelled. An accomplished filmmaker…