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MT. HAMILTON, CA–A cosmic art exhibit of paintings and prints by astronomical artist Lynette R. Cook will be on display at the Visitor Center at the University of California’s Lick Observatory through September 30. Lick Observatory, located atop Mt. Hamilton about 20 miles east of San Jose, is open to the public Monday through Friday…

Top Educators To Visit Unique Summer School That Links Science Learning And English Language Development What: Top educators from across the state will be visiting a unique summer school program in Salinas that combines science education and English language development. Visitors who are interested in replicating this successful program will observe students engaged in garden-based…

Conferences And Camps Keep UC Santa Cruz Busy This Summer SANTA CRUZ, CA-Some 15,000 visitors from more than 30 countries are expected to come to the University of California, Santa Cruz, this summer to participate in more than 100 conferences, academic institutes, camps, and outreach programs. The ten-week conference season started on June 18 and…

UC Santa Cruz Honors 13 Instructors For Excellence In Teaching Award-winners are nominated by their students SANTA CRUZ, CA–Each year, UC Santa Cruz’s Academic Senate honors a number of the campus’s most exemplary and inspiring teachers. Thirteen such professors and lecturers have been chosen this year for the 1999-2000 Excellence in Teaching Awards. The award…

UCSC Will Hold Community Workshop On Long Range Plans For Long Marine Laboratory Property On June 22 SANTA CRUZ, CA–The University of California, Santa Cruz, will hold a public workshop on Thursday, June 22, to discuss progress toward developing a Long Range Master Plan for Long Marine Laboratory and the adjacent 55-acre property purchased last…

UCSC Academic Senate Honors Professor Emeritus Joseph Bunnet With Dean Mchenry Award For Distinguished Leadership SANTA CRUZ, CA–The University of California, Santa Cruz, has honored Joseph Bunnett, professor emeritus of chemistry and biochemistry, with the Dean McHenry Award for Distinguished Leadership in the Academic Senate. In conjunction with this award, Bunnett was also nominated for…

UC Santa Cruz Economist Gives $50,000 To Fund Graduate Student Awards SANTA CRUZ, CA–David Kaun, a professor of economics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has worked with some very good graduate students over the years. But he was so impressed by two talented teaching assistants last fall that he has given the campus…

Educators Fund $5 Million Project To Get More Kids On Path To College SANTA CRUZ, CA–A $2.2 million grant funded by the state of California’s Academic Improvement and Achievement Act is giving a major boost to a collaborative effort by UC Santa Cruz and the Monterey County Office of Education, under the auspices of the…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, who performed the computer analysis to assemble a working draft of the human genome sequence have now posted their results on a UCSC web site [(http://genome.ucsc.edu).][2] Biomedical researchers throughout the world can now search the working draft for particular genes or DNA sequences of interest…

Long Marine Lab Holds 15th Annual ‘whale Of An Auction’ On June 16 To Benefit Public Education Programs SANTA CRUZ, CA–Special meals, flyfishing adventures, and Hawaiian vacations are among the items to be auctioned off at Long Marine Lab’s 15th annual Whale of an Auction. Enjoy a catered buffet and sample fine wines, champagne, and…

With New, High-speed Link, US Astronomers Won’t Have To Travel To Hawaii To Use The Keck Telescopes SANTA CRUZ, CA–A remote observing facility nearing completion at the University of California, Santa Cruz, will enable astronomers to operate the powerful Keck Telescopes atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii without leaving the mainland. The new facility will be…