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SANTA CRUZ, CA–Differences among students in communication styles, preparation levels, and financial resources are just a few of the challenges that educators must contend with when teaching in today’s university. Seeking ways to understand these differences is the impetus behind the second annual Winter Convocation on Teaching at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–If you’re interested in alternative agriculture and enjoy working with people, now is the time to consider volunteering as a docent at the 25-acre Farm at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Applications are available now for the five-week docent training program, which begins March 14. During the training, docents will learn about…

State Of The Ocean Address: The Sverdrup Lecture Monday, February 12, 1:30 P.m. Speaker: Margaret Delaney Levels of carbon dioxide in the air. Temperatures of the tropical sea surface. "Conveyor belts" in the ocean linking high and low latitudes. These, says Margaret Delaney, are some of the challenges facing the burgeoning field of paleoceanography. The…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Work is under way on the second of two major planning efforts to define the future of the University of California’s innovative MBEST Center–the Monterey Bay Education, Science, and Technology Center at the former Fort Ord military reservation. A consulting team headed by Economic & Planning Systems, a land-economics firm based in Berkeley,…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Business ethics will be the subject of a half-day seminar with best-selling author and motivational speaker James Melton on Thursday, March 7, at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The workshop, titled "Challenge the Limits: Ethics, Values, and High Performance Team Leadership," will cover topics such as how to create a personal awareness…

For release in conjunction with the session on Ocean Science and Engineering at the 1996 meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The session runs from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. EST on Friday, February 9, in room 321 of the Baltimore Convention Center. BALTIMORE, MD–Monterey Bay, one of the most beautiful notches…

For release in conjunction with the session on Ocean Science and Engineering at the 1996 meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The session runs from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. EST on Friday, February 9, in room 321 of the Baltimore Convention Center. BALTIMORE, MD–If the manned space program marked the first…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Mathematician Edward M. Landesman of the University of California, Santa Cruz, is one of three professors to earn a leading national award in recognition of distinguished teaching in mathematics. Landesman received the 1996 Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics at a recent meeting of the…

National Center Based At UCSC Will Address Primary Risk Factors Of Language, Race, Poverty, And Geographic Location Facing Students From Preschool Through College SANTA CRUZ, CA–The University of California, Santa Cruz, has been selected by the federal Department of Education to coordinate a five-year, $20 million effort designed to help students whose education is at…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The Board of Regents of the University of California has named Sandra M. Faber, professor of astronomy and astrophysics at UC Santa Cruz and one of the world’s foremost astronomers, to the small circle of leading scholars and educators known as "university professors." The honor is the highest that UC bestows to recognize…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–From earthquakes to roiling thunderstorms, the patterns of nature often seem random. However, these events follow the same simple physical laws that govern the gentle arc of a pendulum’s swing or the sweeping orbits of planets. Michael Nauenberg, professor emeritus of physics at UC Santa Cruz, will discuss the reasons behind this orderly…

Marine Biology: Early ATOC transmissions show no obvious harm to marine animals During the first five transmission cycles from the California sound source in the Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate (ATOC) project, biologists observed no dramatic changes in the behavior of marine mammals that would have required them to stop the broadcasts. Oceanographers hope to…