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Gary Miles, professor of history, has been nominated for two national prizes for his book, Livy: Reconstructing Early Rome (Cornell University Press, 1995): the American Philological Association’s 1996 Charles J. Goodwin Award of Merit and the American Historical Association’s 1996 James Henry Breasted Prize. Anita Diaz, director of Student Health Services, has been selected by…

Oakes 104 isn’t your typical UCSC classroom, and the students who attend classes there aren’t typical university students. They’re not even college students–yet. Oakes 104 is the academic home of Delta School, a bold experiment in education that opened its doors in January 1995. Delta represents a second chance for high school students who have…

Q: Why does Long Marine Laboratory need a new Visitor Education Center? A: When UC Santa Cruz opened Long Marine Lab in 1978, its directors chose to focus on public education as well as groundbreaking research in the ocean sciences. This dual purpose makes Long Marine Lab unique among marine-research facilities in the state. Indeed,…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Compost piles can be magical or mystifying. When made correctly, they heat up and decompose into a dark, crumbly, woodsy-smelling soil amendment. But when they don’t work, you’re left with a heap of ingredients that refuse to break down. If you’ve ever tried and failed, or if you’d like to perfect your composting…

In January of this year, the Academic Senate Committee on Educational Policy (CEP) recommended that the campus consider changing the nomenclature employed at UCSC to denote departmental-like entities from the present "Board of Studies" to the more standard and universally recognized "Department". After consultation with the Committee on Planning and Budget, which endorsed the proposed…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Two assistant professors of environmental studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have been appointed co-chairs of the Pepper-Giberson Chair in Environmental Studies. Daniel Doak and Daniel Press have been selected to hold the chair for the next six years. Doak and Press are the first appointees to the chair, which was…

Dan Doak and Daniel Press, both assistant professors of environmental studies, have been appointed co-chairs of the new Pepper-Giberson Chair in Environmental Studies. Doak and Press will share the appointment for the next six years. Doak and Press are the first appointees to the chair, which was established just over a year ago by a…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Four professors in the Division of Social Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz, were honored today (Wednesday, October 9) for their excellence in teaching. The recipients of the Division of Social Sciences 1996 Distinguished Teaching Awards are: John Borrego, associate professor of community studies Mark Harmon, assistant professor of politics Avril…

Karen Holl comes to UCSC from Stanford, where she spent two years doing postdoctoral work in southern Costa Rica. Holl, who is interested in understanding how ecosystems function and applying that knowledge to public policy, studied the factors limiting the recovery of land that had been cleared for grazing, and she researched methods for restoring…

See’s candy bars will be for sale in campus offices again this fall to raise money for the Women at Work Retreat. Representatives are needed to manage sales in the various offices. This fund-raiser begins October 15 and replaces the usual fall crafts fair. UCSC’s Ph.D. program in earth sciences ranked 22nd in the country…

Gwendolyn Mink, professor of politics, received the Victoria Schuck Award from the American Political Science Association for her book The Wages of Motherhood: Inequality in the Welfare State, 1917-1942 (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1995). The Schuck Award recognizes the best book on women in politics published during the previous calendar year. It was presented…

Construction crews made good use of the summer months to push ahead on UCSC’s building projects. Several projects–providing additional performing arts facilities, disabled access, seismic safety, and new pathways and bike lanes–will be finished before the next quarter begins. The following is a list of the major projects planned or under way this year: Music…