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SANTA CRUZ, CA–Do crabs bleed when they lose an arm? Can an octopus live out of water? Do sea stars have a brain? These and other challenging questions are regularly fielded by the interpretive guides at Long Marine Laboratory. With training from scientists and staff at UC Santa Cruz, the volunteer guides introduce visitors to…

Long Marine Lab Trains Volunteers For New Marine Center SANTA CRUZ, CA–Do crabs bleed when they lose an arm? Can an octopus live out of water? Do sea stars have a brain? These and other challenging questions are regularly fielded by the interpretive guides at Long Marine Laboratory. With training from scientists and staff at…

SANTA CRUZ–A campus memorial for UC Santa Cruz student Natasha Wakida will take place at 8:30 p.m. on Monday, January 11, in UCSC’s West Field House. Wakida, a 21-year-old College Eight junior, died in an automobile accident in Maryland on Christmas Day. Wakida was the person behind UCSC’s new mascot, Sammy the Slug. In that…

Noted Author, Commentator, And Professor Michael Eric Dyson Will Deliver The Keynote Speech On January 28 SANTA CRUZ, CA-Michael Eric Dyson has been called a "hip-hop intellectual" and a "street fighter in a suit and tie." Also a noted author, commentator, professor, and ordained Baptist minister, Dyson will be the featured speaker at the 15th…

UCSC Astronomers Describe Two Newly Discovered Dwarf Galaxies AUSTIN, TX–Astronomers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have characterized two nearby dwarf galaxies discovered in 1998, identifying them as members of the Local Group of galaxies that includes the Milky Way. Eva Grebel, a Hubble postdoctoral fellow, and Raja Guhathakurta, an associate professor of astronomy…

UCSC Professor Named To National Scientific Advisory Board SANTA CRUZ, CA–Marc Mangel, a professor in the Environmental Studies Department and the Institute of Marine Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has been appointed to the Scientific Advisory Board of the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) in Santa Barbara. Mangel will…

UCSC To Participate In Research Center On Chip Design SANTA CRUZ, CA–The University of California, Santa Cruz, will take part in a new national research network funded by the U.S. semiconductor industry and the federal government to address core issues in technology development. The network, known as the Focus Center Research Program, will eventually provide…

Ucsc Dickens Project Expands Web Site In Collaboration With Bbc SANTA CRUZ, CA–The work of Charles Dickens has always been versatile, appearing first in serial magazine installments, later as full novels and on the stage, and eventually, on radio, television, and the big screen. It’s not surprising then, that Dickens’s works have also adapted well…

Anti-immigration Policies Threaten Democratic Principles SANTA CRUZ, CA–Having seized the initiative in the debate over immigration, the political Right in the United States has for years steadily eroded the rights of both legal and undocumented immigrants to this country. A new book, however, brings the voice of progressives to the table: Immigration: A Civil Rights…

December 10 Lecture Examines Tensions In Environmentalism SANTA CRUZ, CA–In the last several decades, environmental conflicts have arisen around the world over such concerns as the logging of old-growth redwood forests. At the heart of these conflicts is a fundamental difference in perception over the intrinsic value of nonhuman life. Daniel Guevara, an associate professor…

Lick Observatory Video Wins Joey Award As Best Documentary SANTA CRUZ, CA–A documentary video about the University of California’s Lick Observatory won awards for best documentary and best camera work at the 16th annual Joey Awards banquet, held November 14 at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose. The video, Lick Observatory: Over 100 Years of…

UC Santa Cruz Seismologists Find Hawaii’s Volcanic Origin SANTA CRUZ, CA–A massive plume of hot rock rising through the Earth and erupting through the ocean floor has been building islands in the central Pacific, including those of Hawaii, for at least 80 million years. Now scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, may have…