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Author: Jennifer McNulty

  • Two UC Santa Cruz professors honored for teaching

    An expert on the psychological effects of incarceration and a political theorist were honored for their teaching today (Thursday, October 7) by the UC Santa Cruz Division of Social Sciences. Craig Haney, a professor of psychology who joined the UCSC faculty in 1977, and Vanita Seth, an assistant professor of politics who came to UCSC…

  • UC Santa Cruz hosts international economics conference October 15-16

    Leading economists will gather for the Seventh Annual International Economics Conference at UC Santa Cruz on October 15 and 16. Sponsored by the Santa Cruz Center for International Economics (SCCIE), the event will take place in the University Center. The conference brings together international economists for the presentation of research papers and the lively exchange…

  • ATTENTION POLITICAL EDITORS: Experts available for election commentary

    With the presidential campaign entering its final weeks, the following experts at the University of California, Santa Cruz, are available for media interviews on the following topics: Bush vs. Kerry Michael Brown, professor of politics, can compare and analyze the candidates’ positions on domestic policies, including taxes, the federal budget and the deficit, and Social…

  • $1.5 million funds UC Santa Cruz research on math education for Latinos

    In a sign that the federal government is tackling the persistent problem of low mathematics achievement among Latino schoolchildren, the National Science Foundation has funded an ambitious $10 million, five-year research center focused on improving student performance. Two faculty members from the University of California, Santa Cruz, will be participating in the four-campus collaboration, which…

  • Annual Harvest Festival at UC Santa Cruz on Saturday, October 9

    Whether you like yours fresh off the tree or baked in a tasty pie, apples will be a star attraction at the annual UC Santa Cruz Harvest Festival on Saturday, October 9, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The fall festival features live music, tasty food, and crafts for kids, as well as the ever-popular…

  • Supervising producer of Fahrenheit 9/11 speaks at UC Santa Cruz October 6

    Documentary filmmaker Tia Lessin, the supervising producer of Fahrenheit 9/11, will give a free public talk on Wednesday, October 6, at UC Santa Cruz. Lessin’s talk, “Documentary Film and Human Rights,” will take place from noon to 1:30 p.m. in Room 150 of the Communications Building. An accomplished filmmaker in her own right, Lessin has…

  • USDA grant funds UC Santa Cruz research with organic farmers

    With organic agriculture poised to represent 10 to 20 percent of California cropland by 2024, the federal government has tapped the University of California, Santa Cruz, to lead a research program that will give organic farmers the same kind of boost the university has given conventional farmers for decades. Strawberry and vegetable producers collaborate with…

  • Air Pollution Reveals Privilege, Politics, and Priorities, Says Author

    It’s been more than a century since women donned dark dresses to hide the black soot of coal fires and architects streamlined building designs because corrosive air pollution was eating away at ornately carved stone details. But those examples from Manchester, England, illustrate how people since the dawning of the industrial era have coped with…

  • Emphasis on ‘culture’ in psychology fuels stereotypes, scholar says

    In the current issue of the influential journal Human Development, a professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, challenges his colleagues to reconsider popular ideas about the role of culture in human development. Contemporary scholarship is rife with broad, distorted generalizations about “culture” that play into stereotypes and threaten to obscure the powerful influences…

  • UC Santa Cruz acting chancellor leads $1.5 million federal study of math, science programs

    Responding to a critical shortage of young people who are interested in math and science, the federal government is investing $1.5 million at the University of California, Santa Cruz, to identify the strengths of programs that encourage underrepresented minorities to pursue careers in biomedical research. The four-year project will be led by Acting Chancellor Martin…

  • Growth study of wild chimpanzees challenges assumptions about early humans, anthropologists say

    A new study of wild chimpanzee growth rates, published in the Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggests that early human evolution may have taken a different course than is widely believed. The results challenge the assumption that human evolution followed a path from a chimplike ancestor to a transitionary…

  • Current problems of U.S. Senate rooted in history, says author

    The electoral college isn’t the only outdated political system that should be overhauled, according to a political scientist who says the antiquated ways of the United States Senate contribute to Congressional gridlock and thwart American democracy. Expert on U.S. politics available to discuss the U.S. Senate, electoral politics, and the presidency; see contact information below.…

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