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  • MEDIA ADVISORY: UC Santa Cruz experts available to discuss federal organic rules

    On Monday, October 21, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s organic seal will appear for the first time on produce and consumer products in the United States. The final step in implementation of the USDA’s National Organic Program, the seal will assure consumers that products meet new federal standards for organic production. The federal Organic Rule…

  • UC Santa Cruz hosts Oct. 24 public forum on regime change in Iraq

    Michael Hudson, a distinguished professor of Arab studies at Georgetown University, will be the featured speaker at a moderated panel discussion on regime change in Iraq on Thursday, October 24, at 7 p.m. in Classroom Unit 2 on the UC Santa Cruz campus. The event is free and open to the public. Hudson, the Seif…

  • Check out ‘Family Spooky Night’ Oct. 27 at the Seymour Center at Long Marine Lab–and other upcoming events

    Every year, a blast of warm weather followed by cool nights ushers in autumn on the central coast, where an array of seasonal events are planned at the Seymour Marine Discovery Center at Long Marine Lab. Kicking off the festivities will be “Family Spooky Night” on Friday, October 25, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Make…

  • Frank X. Barron, pioneer in the psychology of creativity, dies at 80

    Frank X. Barron, a World War II veteran and a professor emeritus of psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, died October 6 following complications from a fall. Barron was an internationally influential figure in the study of human personality for nearly half a century. He was 80 years old. Editor’s Note: This obituary…

  • UC Santa Cruz’s New Teacher Center hosts 300 new teachers at Children’s Discovery Museum October 21

    Several hundred new teachers will be the guests of honor Monday, October 21, when the UC Santa Cruz New Teacher Center teams up with the Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose to honor and encourage them at a festive reception at the museum. More than 450 new teachers are getting support from the Silicon Valley…

  • UCSC psychology professor honored for teaching

    Faye J. Crosby, a professor of psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has received the highest honor for excellence in teaching offered by the Division of Social Sciences. Crosby received the division’s 2001-02 Distinguished Teaching Award, also known as the “Golden Apple Award,” during the dean’s annual convocation October 2. Martin Chemers, dean…

  • Oct.12 Harvest Festival celebrates 35 years of UCSC leadership in organic farming and gardening

    The annual Harvest Festival at the UC Santa Cruz Farm draws hundreds of families who gather to enjoy music, good food, and the changing of the seasons. This year’s event on Saturday, October 12, will be especially festive as the Farm celebrates 35 years of leadership in organic farming and gardening. Highlights of this year’s…

  • UC Santa Cruz prof shares honor for book on life under Jim Crow

    Joining the ranks of Roots author Alex Haley and Cold Mountain author Charles Frazier, a professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has won the 2002 Lillian Smith Book Award for his work on a book of oral histories of blacks living in the segregated South. Paul Ortiz, an assistant professor of community studies…

  • UC Santa Cruz instructor honored for mediation work

    Donald T. Saposnek, a lecturer in psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a leader in the field of mediation, has been honored by his peers for his mediation work. Saposnek was named recipient of the 2002 John M. Haynes Distinguished Mediator Award, which is presented annually by the international Association for Conflict…

  • Three UCSC profs discuss post-9/11 world affairs on Sept. 26

    The public is invited to attend a free post-9/11 discussion with three experts on the Middle East on Thursday, September 26, from 7 to 9 p.m. in Classroom Unit 2 on the UC Santa Cruz campus. The forum, “The U.S., the Middle East, and the World Since 9/11: Critical Perspectives,” will feature three UCSC professors…

  • UCSC Farm’s Fall Plant Sale on Sept. 13-14 boosts year-round gardening

    Ignore the catalogs full of wool sweaters and fleece hats! It’s September in Santa Cruz, which means it’s time to enjoy one of the great privileges of life on the Central Coast: As gardeners around the country are bracing for winter, their counterparts here are looking forward to the bounty of another productive growing season.…

  • Education expert offers a sobering back-to-school message

    As the old Bob Dylan song goes, the times they are a-changin’, and educators need to do the same thing: Today’s world of rapid social, economic, and political change demands an overhaul of the goals of education. That’s the message of the new book Learning for the 21st Century (Oxford, U.K.: Blackwell Publishers Ltd., 2002),…

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