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Colorful clumps and chains of galaxies zoom past as the viewer flies through a chunk of the cosmos. The latest sci-fi epic from Hollywood? No, it’s serious scientific research, which the country’s top astrophysics journal soon will publish in video form. The video displays simulations of the evolution of galactic structure in the universe, carried…

SEARCH COMMITTEE, Vice Chancellor, University Relations R. Michael Tanner, Executive Vice Chancellor (chair) Julia Armstrong-Zwart, Assistant Chancellor – Human Resources Murray Baumgarten, Professor, English & Comparative Literature Donald Brenneis, Professor and Chair, Anthropology Janice Corriden, Dean, University Extension and Summer Sessions James Gill, Associate Vice Chancellor – Research M.R.C. Greenwood, Chancellor (ex officio) Edward Houghton,…

EXECUTIVE VICE CHANCELLOR SENIOR MANAGEMENT GROUP JOB # 97-11-54 FULL TIME/CAREER SALARY COMMENSURATE WITH QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE The University of California, Santa Cruz invites applications and nominations for the position of Executive Vice Chancellor. The Executive Vice Chancellor is the chief academic and budget officer of the campus and acts for the Chancellor in the…

SEARCH COMMITTEE, Executive Vice Chancellor: Barbara Rogoff, Professor, Psychology (chair) David Anthony, Provost, Oakes College/Professor, History Martin Chemers, Dean, Division of Social Sciences James Clifford, Professor, History of Consciousness Kathleen Dettman, Principal Administrative Analyst, Office of Planning & Budget J.J. Garcia-Luna, Associate Professor, Computer Engineering M.R.C.Greenwood, Chancellor (ex officio) Francisco Hernandez, Vice Chancellor-Student Affairs Leta…

If you were watching the night skies last week, you probably noticed the extraordinary lineup of eight neighboring planets that put on a beautiful show. Astronomer Frank Drake took a moment to interpret the show for readers of the Santa Cruz County Sentinel. Psychologist Nameera Akhtar was interviewed by Parenting magazine recently for a story…

Jie Qing Assistant Professor of Mathematics Jie Qing (pronounced "Jay Ching") joins the faculty following a postdoctoral appointment at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, and three years as an assistant professor at Columbia University. He earned his B.S. and M.S. from Peking University and his Ph.D. from UCLA, all in mathematics.…

Economics professor Dan Friedman has been awarded the Royal Economic Society Prize for the best paper published in 1996 in the Economic Journal. The paper, titled "Equilibrium in Evolutionary Games: Some Experimental Results," appeared the the January 1996 issue (106:434, 1-25). The Economic Journal is one of the leading general-purpose academic economics journals outside the…

In addition to the scheduled 1997-98 holidays (December 25, 26, and 31 and January 1) and weekend days (December 27 and 28 and January 3 and 4) much of the campus will be shut down on December 29 and 30 and January 2. For safety reasons, police and fire units will be on duty throughout…

The University of California Board of Regents has adopted a budget plan for 1998-99 that would restore faculty salaries to competitive levels, accommodate an additional 2,000 students, and continue to provide students with the classes they need to graduate in a timely fashion. In addition, UC budget director Larry Hershman said the university will seek…

Currents online welcomes submissions of opinion pieces from faculty and staff. To submit an opinion piece, see policies and submittal procedure. The economies of East Asia have been buffeted in recent months by bouts of speculative currency attacks, stock and real estate price declines, and banking problems. Media attention has focused on Thailand, Indonesia, Korea,…

Changhua Rich credits her academic success in part to her background, which includes working in what she calls "the real world" until she was 32 years old. "I have a strong sense of how people in the real world are going to respond," she said. "And I always ask myself 100 times how something is…

UCSC’s Role Will Center On The Construction Of Two Giant Particle Detectors SANTA CRUZ, CA–About a dozen physicists, engineers, and technicians from the University of California, Santa Cruz, are among those who will participate in an international scientific collaboration to build a new high- energy particle accelerator and associated detectors near Geneva, Switzerland. Officials with…