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SANTA CRUZ, CA–The story of the "Negress Maria," who was on board a Spanish ship captured by Francis Drake in 1578-79, is one of the stories that is the focus of a lecture by Margo Hendricks, associate professor of literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Hendricks’s talk, "Portraits in Exile: Englishwomen and Travel…

An exhibit titled "Eureka!: A Look at Scientific Discoveries and Inventions as Seen through the Pages of Scientific American" is now on display in the foyer of the Science Library through December 31st. The exhibit compares the past state of science with the present and points those interested to other related resources in the Science…

Susan Chesley, media development librarian, and Jan Dickens, director of Media Services are coauthors of the article, "Distance Education: Resources to Improve Learning," which appeared in the Spring 1997 College and University Media Review (vol. 3, no. 2). Their bibliography was written as a resource for teaching faculty and support staff engaged in distance learning…

When Frank Trueba attended college in the late 1970s, he worked on some of the most rudimentary computers. "They had no monitor," said Trueba, ResNet and technology systems manager at Housing, Dining, and Child Care Services. "We had to type something and then run to the printer to see how it looked." Now Trueba, in…

Researcher Dennis Zaritsky Will Study The Evolution Of The Milky Way’s Nearest Neighbors In Space SANTA CRUZ, CA–For the fourth consecutive year, a researcher at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has captured one of the nation’s most prestigious honors for young faculty members: a David and Lucile Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering, worth…

Porter College’s Bob Giges has won top honors at the Canadian International Annual Film and Video Festival for his video documentary From Sleepy Lagoon to Zoot Suit: The Irreverent Path of Alice McGrath. In the half-hour video, Alice McGrath tells the story of the Sleepy Lagoon case, in which 22 young Mexican-American men, charged with…

Small-scale medical trials on cancer patients provide hope that gene therapy could become a potent weapon in the fight against certain ovarian cancers and breast cancers, an audience learned at UCSC on September 19. University of Washington medical geneticist Mary-Claire King spoke to about 200 people at the Music Center Recital Hall in a public…

Beginning this quarter, new UCSC undergraduates can accumulate a grade-point average, while new and continuing students may request letter grades in almost every class. In addition, graduate students are also eligible to request letter grades for the first time. The Academic Senate approved these changes last year on the recommendation of the Committee on Educational…

The Sacramento Bee and the San Jose Mercury News called on researcher Dave Garrison of the Institute of Marine Sciences for comment upon the oceanic algal blooms known as red tides. Warmer coastal water, triggered by El Nino, may make red tides more widespread this fall and winter, Garrison said. Biochemist Jody Puglisi, late of…

In his first year as chair of Latin American and Latino studies, Manuel Pastor and his colleagues in both his program and the Chicano-Latino Research Center brought in more major grant support than they had hoped to generate in three years. But getting the money only ensures that the real work is yet to come,…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–In a unique partnership with its business neighbors, the University of California, Santa Cruz, has created a new internship program subsidizing wages for students in the local workforce. A project of the university’s Career Center, the Professions Training Program matches companies with qualified students, pays part of the students’ wages, covers workers’ compensation,…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–University Police sergeant Nancy Carroll of the University of California, Santa Cruz, graduated September 12 from the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia. The 11-week academy offers advanced investigative, management, and fitness training to upper- and mid-level law enforcement managers around the world. It also provides an opportunity for the officers to share…