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SANTA CRUZ, CA–The University Library at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has received an award of 800,000 yen (approximately $8,000) from the Japan Foundation’s Library Support Program. The grant will be received in the form of an in- kind gift of more than 100 English-language titles in Japanese studies. The prestigious grant is given…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The University of California, Santa Cruz, announces the appointment of a new associate vice chancellor for undergraduate education and the appointments of new provosts at three of the campus’s eight residential colleges. Lynda Goff, professor of biology, has been named associate vice chancellor for undergraduate education; Judith Habicht-Mauche, associate professor of anthropology, has…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The prospects for cheetah cubs in East Africa’s Serengeti plains are grim: Only about 5 percent make it to adulthood, while most fall prey to lions and hyenas. Surprisingly, a careful analysis of cheetah population dynamics now suggests that in the long run, cheetah populations are affected far less by the deaths of…

UC Santa Cruz Offers New Classes On Healing Plants And Medicinal Herbs SANTA CRUZ, CA–New classes on healing plants and medicinal herbs will be offered this summer by the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The first class, Exploring Healing Plants of the UCSC Farm & Garden,…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Fetal surgery is being heralded by many as the latest medical miracle, but a new book by sociologist Monica J. Casper of the University of California, Santa Cruz, raises disturbing questions about the safety of fetal surgery and the risks it poses to both mother and fetus. In The Making of the Unborn…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–A new study coauthored by an economist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has found no statistical evidence that immigrants displace black-owned businesses in the United States. The study, by Robert W. Fairlie of UC Santa Cruz, and Bruce D. Meyer of Northwestern University, appears as a chapter in the new book…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Marc Mangel, a professor of conservation biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, is among a select group of researchers being honored by their peers in statistical ecology this summer at an international meeting in Florence, Italy. Mangel will receive the Distinguished Statistical Ecologist Award today (Monday, July 20, 1998) from the…

Lineup Includes An Update On Federal Standards, Video My Father’s Garden, And Strawberry Shortcake SANTA CRUZ, CA–The Central Coast is home to some of the nation’s leading organizations in sustainable agriculture. On August 1, members of several of those groups will attend a community reception and "dessert social" to help spread the word about their…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Mashed, baked, boiled, or fried, everyone loves a good potato. And nothing beats a homegrown spud. Come learn the secrets of growing potatoes at a free public talk on Saturday, July 25, from 10 a.m. to noon. Orin Martin, manager of the Alan Chadwick Garden at the University of California, Santa Cruz, will…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The Paleontological Society has bestowed the 1998 Charles Schuchert Award on paleontologist and geochemist Paul Koch, an assistant professor of earth sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The Schuchert Award is presented annually to a researcher whose work early in his or her career reflects excellence and quality in the science…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–A unique summer camp at UC Santa Cruz will give youngsters ages seven to eleven an opportunity to explore the UCSC Farm, local wilderness areas, and Natural Bridges State Park. Two four-day sessions are being offered this summer by the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems at the UCSC Farm. The sessions…

Biologist Douglas Kellogg, an assistant professor of biology, has been named a 1998 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences by the Pew Charitable Trusts. Kellogg, the first UCSC researcher to win this prestigious award, will receive a total of $200,000 to support his research over a four-year period. He is one of 20 junior faculty…