Author: Jennifer McNulty

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MEDIA ADVISORY: Memorial service for UC Santa Cruz Chancellor Denice D. Denton on Thursday, June 29

June 27, 2006

A public memorial service honoring Chancellor Denice D. Denton of the University of California, Santa Cruz, will be held Thursday, June 29, in the Music Center Recital Hall at UCSC. You are invited to cover this event. WHEN: 10 a.m., Thursday, June 29 WHAT: Memorial service honoring Chancellor Denice D. Denton WHERE: Music Center Recital…
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Chancellor Denton was a tireless champion of diversity and excellence

June 25, 2006

Throughout her brief tenure as chancellor of UC Santa Cruz, Denice D. Denton was a tireless champion of diversity and excellence, proud to be part of the University of California and eager to help it become an even stronger institution by reaching out to women and minorities. “The University of California leads the United States…
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Professor contributes to Katrina report documenting environmental inequities in rescue

May 19, 2006

As the next hurricane season quickly approaches, the Gulf Coast’s low-income communities of color are still left behind. For them, “days of hurt and loss are likely to become years of grief, dislocation, and displacement,” said Manuel Pastor, codirector of the Center for Justice, Tolerance, and Community at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Pastor…
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SF Federal Reserve President and CEO Janet Yellen to deliver keynote address May 27

May 15, 2006

Janet Yellen, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, will deliver the keynote address on Saturday, May 27, during the upcoming conference of the Santa Cruz Center for International Economics (SCCIE) at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Yellen’s talk, “Monetary Policy in a Global Environment,” will begin at 9 p.m.…
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$1.8 million NSF grant funds UCSC prof’s research on science learning in museums

April 18, 2006

For many parents, taking the kids to the aquarium or a hands-on science museum combines fun and learning. Like parents, education researcher Doris Ash sees facilities like the Exploratorium, Seymour Marine Discovery Center, and the Monterey Bay Aquarium as pathways that help all cross sections of the community learn about science while having a good…
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UCSC Farm’s annual plant sale May 6-7 features “Granny’s favorites!”: Hard-to-find flowers and vegetables

April 11, 2006

Garden favorites, like fashion trends, tend to come and go, so the flowers and vegetables your grandmother loved may now be hard to find. But don’t despair–this year’s UCSC Farm & Garden Annual Spring Plant Sale features a range of hard-to-find organic annuals, perennials, and vegetable starts. The theme of this year’s sale is “Granny’s…
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UC Santa Cruz brings Chicana author Sandra Cisneros to Mello Center on April 30

April 10, 2006

Acclaimed Chicana author Sandra Cisneros, whose book The House on Mango Street is required reading in classrooms across the country, will give a public reading at 5 p.m. on Sunday, April 30, at the Mello Center for the Performing Arts in Watsonville. Cisneros will be accepting the first annual Gloria E. Anzaldúa Distinguished Lecture Award,…
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Food activist Anna Lappé discusses her new book April 17 at UC Santa Cruz

March 28, 2006

If Santa Cruz is the heart of the alternative foods movement, it will welcome one of its own on April 17 when author Anna Lappé comes to town. Lappé, daughter of “small planet” food guru Frances Moore Lappé, will give a free public talk on Monday, April 17, at 7 p.m. in Classroom Unit 2…
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UC Santa Cruz and San Jose State team up on $1.4 million effort to boost reading and writing among fourth graders

March 27, 2006

Nearly 1,000 fourth graders in Santa Cruz and Santa Clara Counties will participate in a three-year, federally funded educational research project that aims to improve student performance in reading, writing, and language development. Judith A. Scott, an associate professor of education at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and chair of the doctoral program in…
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UC Santa Cruz brings civil rights crusader Constance Rice to town April 20

March 27, 2006

Over the years, civil rights attorney Connie Rice has tackled incendiary social problems, from urban police misconduct to inequitable patterns of school construction in Los Angeles. Along the way, she has won widespread acclaim for her work expanding opportunity and advancing multiracial democracy. On April 20, Rice will deliver a free public lecture titled “Pushing…
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Education forum April 5 explores links between schools, community

March 22, 2006

Educators and parents seeking a model for education that’s rooted in community and civic engagement will want to attend a free public forum on Wednesday, April 5, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The forum will take place in the Merrill College Cultural Center at UC Santa Cruz. Participants will describe several projects in which students…
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California prison shakeup reveals urgent need for reform, expert says

March 20, 2006

The recent shakeup in the troubled California Department of Corrections reveals the resistance to a badly needed overhaul of the nation’s largest prison system, says a leading expert on prisons and the psychology of incarceration. The resignation of Corrections chief Roderick Hickman, hired two years ago by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to overhaul the dysfunctional system,…