Author: Public Affairs

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Balancing the demands of work and family is always a struggle, even for seals and penguins. Daniel Costa, a marine biologist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, will examine some of these marine family values in a free public lecture at 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 7, in the UCSC Concert Hall. Costa’s…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Steven Vogt, a professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and an astronomer at UCO/Lick Observatory, has received the Maria and Eric Muhlmann Award for 1995 from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. The award honors major results in astronomy made possible by innovative advances in instrumentation. In…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–"Challenges for the Monterey Bay Region," a series of conferences for researchers and interested citizens, gets under way at UC Santa Cruz on Saturday, May 20, with a critical look at the complex relationship between fisheries and climate change. The symposium, entitled "Climate and Fisheries: Biological and Social Issues," runs from 1 to…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–A panel discussion titled, "Testing the Limits: From the Artist’s Book to the Book as Art," will take place on Saturday, May 20, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Art Museum of Santa Cruz County, 705 Front Street, Santa Cruz. General admission is $3, student and member admission is $2. The panel…

Contest Expands This Year To Include Local High School Students SANTA CRUZ–Winners of the 29th Annual Book Collection Contest at the University of California, Santa Cruz, were announced at an awards ceremony held on Thursday, April 20, at McHenry Library. The annual contest, which is sponsored by the Friends of the UCSC Library, was expanded…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Sociologist Nancy Stoller will present a slide show and talk titled, "Racial Prescriptions and Sexual Permissions: When AIDS Educators Send Us to Bed" at 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 9, in the Performing Arts Concert Hall at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The talk is free and open to the public. Stoller is…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The designers of the Earth and Marine Sciences Building at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have received a Merit Award in the 1995 awards program of the American Institute of Architects, California Council. Judges recognized two architectural firms for their work on the building: Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership of Los Angeles (design…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–In recent years, there has been a growing recognition in many institutions of the value in promoting ethnic, gender, and other forms of diversity. But diversity is more than a recent concern for sociologist Herman Blake, who has devoted much of his 30-year career to fostering and advancing diversity in higher education. Blake…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The theory that RNA was the central molecule in the origin of life has received a major boost from a clever test-tube experiment, in which researchers demonstrated that RNA can execute a type of chemical reaction that is basic to all living cells. Starting with 500 trillion bits of random RNA, molecular biologists…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–A free demonstration of on-farm composting techniques will take place at the Herbert Ranch in Hollister on Wednesday, May 3, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The demonstration is tied to a two-year effort to reduce the volume of organic materials going into increasingly overloaded landfills. Cities and counties are working with farmers…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–For a quarter century, Nancy Wexler has chased the shadow that Huntington’s disease casts upon the lives of 30,000 Americans. The hereditary disorder, which gradually robs its victims of all muscle control, puts another 150,000 people in this country at risk–including Wexler herself, whose mother, three uncles, and maternal grandfather all died from…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Shoppers will see more variety and more plants than ever at the annual Spring Plant Sale at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The sale takes place May 6 and 7 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. More than 7,000 organically produced plants will be offered for sale this year, representing 200 different…