Social Sciences
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Puma tracking in Santa Cruz Mountains reveals impact of habitat fragmentation
In the first published results of more than three years of tracking mountain lions in the Santa Cruz Mountains, UC Santa Cruz researchers document how human development affects the predators’ habits.
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Gabe Zimmerman Room formally dedicated at U.S. Capitol ceremony
A conference room at the U.S. Capitol named for the late congressional staffer Gabriel Zimmerman (Stevenson, ’02, sociology) was formally dedicated Tuesday (April 16) in a ceremony attended by Vice President Joe Biden, House Speaker John Boehner, and other political luminaries.
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Signs installed, cabin restored in Cowell Lime Works Historic District
Friends of the Cowell Lime Works Historic District celebrated installation of six new interpretive signs Friday and phase one of the restoration of one of the remaining lime workers cabins.
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Boogie-woogie sea lion goes viral
The American people are going ga-ga for Ronan the beat-keeping sea lion, who has been featured on “Weekend Edition Saturday” on National Public Radio, and as the answer to a question on the NPR news quiz show “Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me.”
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Domhoff’s power structure research featured in urban affairs session
A plenary session is devoted to the groundbreaking research into urban power structures by UC Santa Cruz Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Research Professor of Sociology G. William Domhoff when the Urban Affairs Association holds its 43rd annual conference this week in San Francisco.
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Sea lion defies theory and keeps the beat
Scientists trained a sea lion to bob her head in time with rhythmic sounds, the first example of beat keeping in a non-human mammal.
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Scholarship program wins archaeology society’s president’s award
UCSC professor Diane Gifford-Gonzalez’s effort to create a scholarship fund for students from underrepresented groups has won the President’s Recognition Award from the Society for American Archaeology.
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UCSC workshop March 30 reveals the fine points of composting
Learn what it takes to make quality compost happen at the “Compost for the Home Garden and Orchard” workshop Saturday, March 30, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Alan Chadwick Garden on the UC Santa Cruz campus.
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Alumni Weekend: Reliving memories, making new ones
Excitement is building for UCSC’s premiere alumni event, April 26-28, which is packed with reunions, celebrations, receptions, and opportunities.
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Historic Hay Barn to be reinvented as environmental center
Thanks to a $5 million gift, the historic Cowell Ranch Hay Barn at UC Santa Cruz will be reinvented as the centerpiece of a revived campus entrance and new home for many of UCSC’s innovative environmental sustainability programs.
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Restaurant worker advocate visits Santa Cruz for reading, book signing
Saru Jayaraman, author of Behind the Kitchen Door, will speak and sign copies of her book Thursday, March 21, 7-9 p.m. at the Live Oak Grange, 1900 17th Ave., Santa Cruz in an event co-sponsored by the UCSC Center for Labor Studies, Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, and Friends of the UCSC Farm…