Author: Public Affairs

SANTA CRUZ, CA–A new study of flight performance in wandering albatrosses reveals significant differences between males and females and between adults and fledglings, and suggests that these differences influence where birds of different ages and sexes forage for food in the open sea. Few studies of flight performance in birds have looked at differences between…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The workings of a tiny molecular machine crucial to all forms of life are emerging from highly detailed new images obtained by researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz. In a paper published by the journal Science on March 30, the researchers describe the structure of the ribosome, a complex particle just…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The UC Santa Cruz Arboretum is holding its annual Spring Plant Sale in conjunction with the California Native Plant Society (CNPS) on Saturday, April 21, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The sale will take place at the Arboretum Eucalyptus Grove on High Street near the intersection with Western Drive. This annual event…

SANTA CRUZ–Current and prospective students, their families, and alumni are invited to campus on Saturday, April 21, for UCSC’s annual Banana Slug Spring Fair. An array of special events, including reunions for alumni and academic information fairs for prospective students, a student block party, dance performance, tours, and a nature walk, are on the schedule.…

UC Santa Cruz economist addresses worker anxiety about job loss SANTA CRUZ, CA–A wage insurance proposal coauthored by economist Lori Kletzer of the University of California, Santa Cruz, tackles the painful subject of U.S. worker dislocations caused by technology, trade liberalization, and downsizing. The proposal has attracted support from a broad spectrum of government policy…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The University of California, Santa Cruz, will host a public workshop on Thursday, April 5, to discuss a master plan that the campus has begun preparing in order to build faculty and staff housing on campus land near the main entrance to UCSC. The master plan will consider development options for 28 acres…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–A daylong Native American College Information Day at UC Santa Cruz on Friday, April 6, will be capped by a symposium and concert celebrating the lives and culture of contemporary Native American women. The concert and symposium, "Profiles in Courage: Native American Women Breaking Barriers," are being hosted by the UC Santa Cruz…

MEDIA ADVISORY With expertise in race and demographics, the individuals below will be available to provide media analysis of California Census 2000 data when it becomes available this week. Please contact the professors directly (phone numbers and e-mail addresses follow). Michael Brown, Professor of Politics [popcorn@cats.ucsc.edu][2] (831) 459-2052 Brown’s work focuses on American politics and…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have devised a method of analyzing DNA molecules that can rapidly discriminate between nearly identical DNA strands. The technique may someday find applications in clinical settings to test patients for certain genetic traits. But for now, the ability simply to distinguish individual DNA molecules in…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Professional women in math and science will strut their stuff at a conference for young women on Saturday, March 31, at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The conference, "Expanding Your Horizons in Math and Science: A Conference for Young Women," is part of a national effort to promote greater awareness of career…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The Regional History Project of the University Library at UC Santa Cruz has published the oral history of Karl S. Pister, chancellor of UCSC for five years in the early 1990s. Pister’s recollections of his tenure as UCSC’s sixth chancellor include his perspectives on a number of issues his administration faced: the recession-caused…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Prominent feminist scholar Anne Balsamo will give a free public lecture at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 5, at the Museum of Art and History in the McPherson Center, 705 Front Street, in downtown Santa Cruz. Balsamo, a senior research scientist at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) in San Jose, will…