Author: Public Affairs

UCSC Anthropologist Kicks Off Lecture Series With Talk About Qigong SANTA CRUZ, CA–Qigong, an ancient Chinese healing practice that integrates movement and breathing, made headlines last summer when the Chinese government publicly cracked down on practitioners of falun gong, a spinoff that combines qigong exercises with Buddhist and Taoist cultivation practices. Qigong, pronounced "chee-gong," is…

World-renowned Musician Ali Akbar Khan Accepts Teaching Post At UC Santa Cruz October 15 Concert Planned In Celebration Of Khan’s Appointment SANTA CRUZ, CA–Sarode master Ali Akbar Khan, considered to be one of the world’s greatest living musicians, has been named Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Music at the University of California, Santa Cruz. A "national…

Science Book Club Will Discuss The Fates Of Human Societies At Next Meeting In October SANTA CRUZ, CA–The Science Matters Book Club, which meets each month at the Central Branch of the Santa Cruz Public Library, holds its meeting for next month on Sunday, October 17, from 2 to 4 p.m. Mike Dalbey, a lecturer…

Hear The Latest About Farmland Preservation Efforts October 7 SANTA CRUZ, CA–Throughout the state of California, farmland is being gobbled up to make way for new housing and commercial developments. In Pajaro Valley, farmland preservationists have actively opposed efforts to annex nearly 300 acres of prime farmland that the city of Watsonville is eager to…

UC Santa Cruz And Quantum Release S.m.a.r.t. Software For Linux S.M.A.R.T. Technology Monitors The Performance Of Hard-disk Drives And Alerts Users When Hard Drive Failure Is Imminent SANTA CRUZ, CA–Free software enabling users of the Linux operating system to monitor their hard drives and detect predictable drive failures is available from the Concurrent Systems Laboratory…

Seventeen Documentary Films From New York’s Margaret Mead Film Festival In Santa Cruz SANTA CRUZ, CA–If you loved the movie Buena Vista Social Club, mark your calendar for October 15, when local audiences will have a chance to enjoy the poignant film Black Tears, a musical portrait of the octogenarian Cuban quintet La Vieja Trova…

Nine Students Receive $20,000 Scholarships To Transfer To Uc Santa Cruz SANTA CRUZ, CA–Nine talented students from regional community colleges have been awarded $20,000 scholarships to attend the University of California, Santa Cruz. Recipients receive $10,000 scholarships for each of two years, the support of a strong academic mentoring program, and assistance finding paid summer…

UCSC Researchers Obtain First Details Images Of A Complete Ribosome Knowing The Structure Of The Ribosome, A Molecular Machine Fundamental To All Life, May Lead To More Effective Antibiotics, New Insights Into The Origins Of Life, And Other Significant Advances. SANTA CRUZ, CA–Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have taken a huge step…

UCSC History Professor Appointed To National Endowment For The Humanities SANTA CRUZ, CA–A historian at the University of California, Santa Cruz, is one of five people to be named by President Clinton to serve on the 26-member board of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Pedro Castillo, an associate professor of history at UCSC, was…

Back-to-school Activities Begin September 16 At UC Santa Cruz First day of instruction is Thursday, September 23 SANTA CRUZ, CA–The first day of classes in the 1999-2000 school year at UC Santa Cruz is Thursday, September 23. Students, however, will be moving into on-campus housing at UCSC on Thursday, September 16, through Saturday, September 18.…

UC Santa Cruz Recognized As Having One Of America’s Best Landscapes Award Cites Integration Of Campus Architecture, Natural Landscape SANTA CRUZ, CA-What do UC Santa Cruz, Hearst Castle, and Disneyland have in common? Each is among the most beautifully landscaped spots in the country, according to the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). The ASLA…

Starbursts Triggered By Violent Collisions Lit Up Young Galaxies In The Early Universe SANTA CRUZ, CA–When the universe was about one-tenth of its current age, more than 10 billion years ago, the precursors of massive galaxies such as our own Milky Way were being built from smaller galaxies that collided and merged, triggering violent bursts…