Author: Guy Lasnier
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Cowell alum elected president of the California Psychological Association
Robert deMayo (Cowell, psychology, ’78) has been elected president of the California Psychological Association, one of the largest professional associations representing psychologists in the nation.
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Analytical advisor to NY Fed presents lecture on liquidity and leverage
Allan M. Malz, senior analytical advisor in the Markets Group at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, will give a free public lecture on “Liquidity, Leverage and the Financial Crisis” Wednesday, November 14th, from 4-5:30 p.m. at UCSC.
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Early Education Services wins funding to expand hours, services for students
A $165,000 grant to Early Education Services at UC Santa Cruz has enabled the program to extend childcare hours for students’ children and provide an observation room for developmental psychology research.
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Interdisciplinary conference focuses on development and climate change
Conflicts between development and climate change will bring together researchers and practitioners in both areas for an all-day conference at UC Santa Cruz on Saturday, October 27.
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Social Sciences division honors teaching, staff, and scholarship
Social Science faculty, staff, and students honored for outstanding achievement, teaching excellence, and scholarship.
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10th Practical Activism Conference coincides with College Ten’s 10th anniversary
Angela Davis, UC Santa Cruz distinguished professor emerita, will be the keynote speaker at the 10th Practical Activism Conference Saturday, October 20 at Colleges Nine and Ten on the UCSC campus.
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Triloki Pandey wins Gandhi medal for non-resident Indians
Triloki N. Pandey, a professor of anthropology at UC Santa Cruz, has been awarded the Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Medal by the NRI Welfare Society of India.
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Virtual anthropology uses digital copies to increase access for students
The trouble with working with bone fragments in an anthropology lab is they’re often fragile and always one of a kind. What if you could create identical copies, enough for each student?
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Memorials honoring Aaronette White set for October 3 and 18
Memorial celebrations of the life of Professor Aaronette White are scheduled for October 3 and 18 on the UC Santa Cruz campus.
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Education graduate student wins prestigious internship
Saúl I. Maldonado, a third-year doctoral student in the education department at UC Santa Cruz, has been awarded an internship with the American Evaluation Association’s Graduate Education Diversity Internship program.
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Founders Celebration highlights research and ideals of UC Santa Cruz
The sixth annual Founders Celebration Friday, October 12 will feature a free public lecture by Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal of the United Kingdom, followed by a gala dinner honoring Rees, Gordon and Betty Moore, George and Gail Michaelis-Ow, UCSC alumnae Shannon Brownlee, and UCSC distinguished professor Gail Hershatter.
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UCSC hosts ‘Genomics Gets Personal: Property, Persons, Privacy’ Sept. 27
UC Santa Cruz will convene a world-class panel of medical and legal experts September 27 at the UC San Francisco Mission Bay campus to discuss the fundamental ethical, social, and legal issues surrounding personal genomic research.