Author: Public Affairs

A community tribute is planned for arts advocate and former UCSC employee Gail Rich at 2 p.m. on Sunday, December 8, in the Performing Arts Theater. Several local artists (many of whom were friends and associates of Gail’s) will perform musical and spoken word selections–pieces that Gail enjoyed in her life. A reception follows. "Cheers…

Paul Nauert Assistant Professor of Music Composer and theorist Paul Nauert focuses his research on mathematical and computer models of strategies used by listeners, performers, and composers to organize musical rhythms. His research informs his own computer-assisted compositions. Nauert is associate editor of Current Musicology. He earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in music theory from…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Family, friends, and academic colleagues of UC Santa Cruz graduate student Mei Wang, who died today (November 22) from injuries suffered in a car accident, will hold a memorial service for her at 2 p.m. Sunday, November 24, at the Cowell College Provost’s House on the UCSC campus. The service is open to…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Beginning this fall, college-bound students seeking information about UC Santa Cruz can use the World Wide Web to create their own personal "Success Team"–a group of UCSC professionals dedicated to providing each student with guidance on everything from deadlines to housing options. Success Teams build a bridge to personal contact by using the…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Judy Yung, associate professor of American studies at UC Santa Cruz, is the featured speaker in this month’s Humanities Lecture Series, presented jointly by UCSC’s Humanities Division and the Museum of Art and History. Yung’s talk, "Unbound Feet: Reclaiming Chinese American Women’s History," takes place from 7 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, December…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Scientists have exposed for the first time the precise interactions between a common class of antibiotics and the vital machinery in bacteria that they disable, setting the stage for targeted efforts by researchers to design new and more effective drugs. A team led by biochemist Joseph Puglisi of the University of California, Santa…

Cliff Harris, Ph.D. candidate in chemistry and biochemistry at UC Santa Cruz, calls himself "The Kid’s Chemist." That nickname is well deserved, Harris proved recently, as he held hundreds of kids in thrall with chemistry demonstrations at the Children’s Discovery Museum in San Jose. Harris conducted his innovative, funny, and visually striking educational programs for…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Carter Wilson, a professor of community studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has won the 1996 Ruth Benedict Prize for his book Hidden in the Blood: A Personal Investigation of AIDS in the Yucatan (New York: Columbia University Press, 1995). The prize recognizes the best monograph on a gay or lesbian…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Gastronomes, lovers of marine science, and especially people who fit both categories won’t want to miss "Cheers at the Crow’s Nest," a holiday celebration to benefit public education programs at Long Marine Laboratory. This year’s festivities are scheduled for Thursday, December 5, at the Crow’s Nest Restaurant, 2218 East Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz.…

Margaret Delaney, professor of ocean sciences, was named a distinguished lecturer for 1997-98 by the Joint Oceanographic Institutions/U.S. Science Advisory Committee. Each year, JOI/USSAC selects six scientists to give academic talks around the country on research related to ocean drilling. Assistant professor of earth sciences Andrew Fisher holds the same prestigious lectureship this year; associate…

The Hubble Space Telescope has unveiled more evidence for "walls" of galaxies at great distances from earth. Astronomer David Koo, part of a UCSC team that will use the Keck Telescope for a multiyear survey of 15,000 galaxies, provided perspective on the latest research in the pages of Science. And astronomer Jerry Nelson, designer of…

A $50,000 grant from the William Randolph Hearst Foundation of San Francisco will strengthen public education programs at the Joseph M. Long Marine Laboratory, a research and education facility operated by UCSC. The grant will allow educators to augment "Windows to Discovery," the popular program that debuted at Long Marine Lab in 1994. Windows to…