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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…

Freshly baked pumpkin, apple, southern pecan, and apple-cranberry pies can be purchased from the College Eight/Oakes bakery. Pie sampling will take place Tuesday and Wednesday, November 19 and 20, in the lobbies of Applied Sciences, Social Sciences 2, Earth and Marine Sciences, and Sinsheimer Labs and at the Food Services Central Office in the Housing…

Viktor Ginzburg Assistant Professor of Mathematics Viktor Ginzburg’s broad research interests are in classical global analysis. He studies mathematical models of physical processes that display symmetries, periodic motions, or initial conditions that might lead to periodic motions, such as the orbits of celestial bodies or the motions of charges in a magnetic field. Ginzburg earned…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–From Bittersweet Bistro to The Shadowbrook, recipes from some of the finest restaurants in Santa Cruz County are featured in a new cookbook, Recipes from the Great Chefs of Santa Cruz County. Whatever local specialties make your mouth water–whether it’s appetizers like poached trout and wild mushrooms with watercress and radishes, or desserts…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–It’s hard to imagine a more intriguing riddle in science than the one a machine at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) will begin to investigate in 1999: Why do we exist? More specifically, the new machine, called the "B Factory," will explore why the universe is dominated by matter–the stuff that composes…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–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 UC Santa Cruz. The grant will allow educators to augment "Windows to Discovery," the popular program that debuted at Long Marine Lab…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) recognized the research efforts of three UC Santa Cruz undergraduate students at its recent national conference, held October 24-27 in Los Angeles. Dynela Garcia, a senior in biochemistry, was one of three recipients of the $1,250 SACNAS-Eli Lilly Scholarship, awarded…

Sandra A. Clark has been appointed to the position of Silicon Valley and Central Coast corporate training director for UCSC Extension. Clark will be working with high-tech companies and businesses of all sizes and types to provide training programs tailored to their needs. She has worked with corporate clients at UC Berkeley Extension for more…

Elections make news, and UCSC folks helped provide context and commentary for reporters. KSBW-TV tapped Anthony Pratkanis of psychology and Bob Meister of politics for help with their live analysis of election returns. The _Santa Cruz County Sentinel _also turned to Pratkanis for insight into the campaign-financing woes of local city council candidate Eleanor Eisenberg…

Kirsten Silva Gruesz Assistant Professor of Literature Kirsten Gruesz’s areas of interest are nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature of the Americas, including Latino culture. Her research explores the way that literature was used to unite communities in the early American republics, and particularly in the Spanish-speaking borderlands. She is currently working on a book entitled "Ambassadors…