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New health sciences major at UC Santa Cruz includes community service and Spanish language requirements
The University of California, Santa Cruz, has established a new health sciences major designed for students interested in medical careers. Students majoring in health sciences at UCSC will be required to become proficient in Spanish and to do an internship…
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Acclaimed author/journalist to speak at UC Santa Cruz
Award-winning author and journalist Barbara Ehrenreich will present a free public lecture, Thursday, February 13, at 4 p.m. in Kresge Town Hall on the UC Santa Cruz campus. Ehrenreich will address themes raised in her recent best-selling book, Nickel and…
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Actress/professor to direct award-winning Mexican play at UC Santa Cruz
Between Pancho Villa and a Naked Woman, a play by one of Mexico’s most vital modern playwrights, has been a huge success story for Mexican theater. Its premiere production earned seven awards from the Mexican Critics Association in 1994, including…
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Scientists explain formation of stone circles and other strange patterns in northern regions by simple feedback mechanisms and self-organization
Perfect circles of stones cover the ground in parts of Alaska and the Norwegian islands of Spitsbergen. Elsewhere in the far north, stones form other striking patterns on the ground: polygons, stripes, islands, and labyrinths. No, pranksters are not at…
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UC Santa Cruz art exhibition to feature distinctive works by new faculty
The Sesnon Art Gallery at UC Santa Cruz will kick off the new year with Faculty Works: 2003, an exhibition featuring the distinctive work of three new members of the art faculty. This diverse show, running January 15 through February…
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UC Santa Cruz engineering school establishes program with Korean telecommunications firm
Representatives of a major Korean telecommunications company, Korea Telecom, visited the University of California, Santa Cruz, in December to establish a cooperative program that will bring company managers to the UCSC campus to study English, engineering, and economics. The program…
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Activist James Lawson Jr. to address King convocation
The Rev. James M. Lawson Jr., a longtime crusader for civil rights and nonviolent solutions throughout the world, will be the keynote speaker at UCSC’s annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Convocation at 7 p.m. on January 21 at…
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Astronomers detect a faint debris trail in the Andromeda galaxy, more evidence of galactic cannibalism
The discovery of a faint trail of stars in the nearby Andromeda galaxy offers new evidence that large spiral galaxies have grown by gobbling up smaller satellite galaxies. The new findings are being presented on Monday, January 6, by astronomers…
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UC Santa Cruz library receives $1 million donation of photos from renowned California photographer Pirkle Jones
The University of California, Santa Cruz, has received a donation of photographs from renowned California photographer Pirkle Jones and his late wife Ruth-Marion Baruch valued at more than $1 million. The collection includes their landmark documentary series of photos of…
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Mercury in California rainwater traced to industrial emissions in Asia
Industrial emissions in Asia are a major source of mercury in rainwater that falls along the California coast, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The researchers reported their findings in a paper…
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Banana slug inspires new children’s book dedicated to UC Santa Cruz campus mascot
A chance encounter with a banana slug on a rainy-day visit to UC Santa Cruz has inspired the plot of a brand-new children’s book dedicated to the campus mascot. Sally Slug, written by Anne Neufeld Levin and illustrated by Patricia…
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Researchers observe electronic dynamics of strongly interacting gold nanoparticles using ultrafast laser spectroscopy
Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have reported the first observations of ultrafast electronic dynamics in a system of strongly interacting gold nanoparticles. The observations are an important advance in nanoparticle research, because the development of practical devices…
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Mouse genome sequence published with first comparative analysis of mouse and human genomes
Researchers in the Center for Biomolecular Science and Engineering (CBSE) at the University of California, Santa Cruz, made significant contributions to the analysis of the mouse genome sequence announced this week by the international Mouse Genome Sequencing Consortium. The consortium…
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New book by UC Santa Cruz professor attacks character issue
Does the issue of character matter? Should it influence which political candidate we vote for, whom we hire, or what we teach our children in school? A new book by John M. Doris, associate professor of philosophy at the University…
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Founding member of Free Speech Movement warns of impending loss of Constitutional rights in war against terrorism
U.S. citizens should be less complacent and trusting of a government that has a long record of abuse of power, warns a founding member of the Berkeley Free Speech Movement in 1964 who is now professor and chair of the…
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Raymond Carver correspondence donated to UC Santa Cruz Library
A collection of letters from renowned American short story writer and poet Raymond Carver has been donated to the library at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Valued at $23,650, the donation consists of 26 letters, notes, and cards written…
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Jingle Shells Holiday Art and Book Festival takes place Saturday, December 7, at the Seymour Marine Discovery Center
The Seymour Center at Long Marine Laboratory is celebrating the holidays with its annual Jingle Shells Art and Book Festival on Saturday, December 7, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Do your holiday shopping in a festive atmosphere, with live…