Author: Public Affairs

NEW YORK–Producing recycled paper is dramatically cleaner for the environment than making paper products from virgin-wood fiber, according to a study reported today (September 1) by an environmental policy analyst from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Assistant professor of environmental studies Daniel Press found that relative to mills that use virgin wood, recycled-paper mills…

Astronomy Keck and HIRES take the temperature of a much younger universe The Keck Telescope and its main observing tool, the high- resolution spectrograph (HIRES), are proving their power with precise measurements of astronomical objects previously beyond reach. The latest coup: a reading of the universe’s temperature when it was only about one-fourth of its…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–In a demonstration project funded by the California Integrated Waste Management Board, local cities and counties are teaming up with farmers to help reduce the amount of garbage that ends up in landfills. The two-year project, which will be administered by Marc Buchanan, an assistant professor of environmental studies at the University of…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Come celebrate the changing seasons at the first- ever Harvest Festival at the 25-acre Farm at the University of California, Santa Cruz, on Saturday, September 24, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The festivities will include an apple tasting, a pie crust- making demonstration, talks on gardening topics, Farm tours, and activities for…

University Of Natal Professor Martin Prozesky Has Been Active In The Formation Of Constitutional And Governmental Policies Defining The Role Of Religion In The New Order SANTA CRUZ, CA–Throughout its history, the conservative government of South Africa often cited the Bible as the basis of its system of apartheid. Now that the fledgling democratic government…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The executive committee of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) has selected astronomer Robert P. Kraft, former director of the UC Observatories/Lick Observatory and professor emeritus at UC Santa Cruz, as the new president-elect of the IAU. Committee members announced their decision today (August 24) at the IAU’s general assembly in The Hague, Netherlands.…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Two professors at the University of California, Santa Cruz, were among those named to receive the prestigious National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grants, which were announced today (Monday, August 22). Edmund Burke III, a professor of history, received a grant of $197,000 in support of an institute titled, "Rethinking Europe/Rethinking World History,…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The Latin American studies program at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has been renamed Latin American and Latino studies in a change that reflects the integration of the study of Chicano and Latino populations within the United States. The new name is part of a reorganization designed to encompass the study of…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The U.S. Department of Education has awarded two grants totaling $520,146 to the University of California, Santa Cruz, to support 22 graduate students, especially women and minorities, in the fields of biology and physics. The grants are part of a Department of Education program called Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need, or…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Ocean waters at the border between California and Mexico contained far less lead in the late 1980s than in the mid 1970s despite substantial increases in population and sewage disposal, according to new research by scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Geochemists Sergio Sanudo-Wilhelmy and Russell Flegal found three times less…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Mark Cioc, associate professor of history, has been named provost of Stevenson College at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Cioc’s appointment, which took effect July 1, was announced this week by Executive Vice Chancellor R. Michael Tanner. "Stevenson College and its students will benefit from Professor Cioc’s dedication to undergraduate education and…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–For the third time in three years, researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have unearthed evidence that the world’s deepest quakes rupture the planet in a markedly different way than their shallow and more damaging cousins. For their latest study, seismologists Heidi Houston and John Vidale examined how deep earthquakes release…