Author: Public Affairs
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DDT And Other Contaminants Persist In Peregrines And Marine Mammals
SANTA CRUZ, CA–Two decades after the U.S. government banned its use, the toxic pesticide DDT lingers tenaciously in the environment. It is borne on the wind, floats in the ocean, and concentrates in the tissues of predators from peregrine falcons to California sea lions. Walter Jarman and his team of chemical detectives are hot on…
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Photo Release: Bizarre Virus-like Particles Found In Marine Organisms
Editor’s note: The accompanying slide appeared in the November 1993 issue of Marine Ecology Progress Series and the February 3, 1994, issue of Nature. If you reproduce the image, please use this credit line: Marcia Gowing, UC Santa Cruz. The following text serves as caption information. SANTA CRUZ, CA–When Marcia Gowing first noticed the strange…
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History Of Lick Observatory Is Topic Of Phi Beta Kappa Lecture
SANTA CRUZ, CA–For more than a century, astronomers have cast their eyes on the sky through telescopes at Lick Observatory, which overlooks San Jose from atop Mount Hamilton. For most of that time, the observatory was an isolated University of California research station. Only in 1966 did the observatory’s headquarters find a more down-to-earth home,…
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Psychologists Use Jackie Robinson Story To Make A Pitch For Affirmative Action In The Workplace
SANTA CRUZ, CA–How do you pitch the importance of affirmative action to employers who see such policies as glorified quota systems? Psychology professor Anthony Pratkanis found the answer on the baseball field. In 1947, Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team and became the first black player to compete in major league baseball in…
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Nobel Prize Winner To Speak On “Information Science” At UCSC
SANTA CRUZ, CA–Technology and information are flooding society, bringing both power and problems. Much of today’s technology is at odds with its human users, nature, and itself. Even so, dramatic changes in the way people work are just around the corner. For instance, paperwork as we know it seems doomed to become obsolete. This may…
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Scrubbing Out Poison Hemlock Helps Restore Coastal Scrub
SANTA CRUZ, CA–Its flowers bloom in dainty white clusters, but smell like rodent urine. Its soft leaves curve like delicate ferns, but contain a poison deadly to animals, birds, insects, and neighboring plants. For decades, the invasive poison hemlock, legendary killer of Socrates, has squeezed out native plants and reduced the habitat of native species…
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New Ultrafast Laser Probes Secrets Of Solar Cells
SANTA CRUZ, CA–The contents of a new laboratory at the University of California, Santa Cruz, are so sensitive that they require specially designed heating, air-conditioning, electrical-wiring, and water systems. Inside the lab, on top of tables that dampen all vibrations, underneath air filters that suck up all dust, and surrounded by thick black curtains that…
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Honors program commended in White House ceremony
UC Santa Cruz Honors Program Recognized In White House Ceremony SANTA CRUZ, CA–The Academic Excellence (ACE) Honors Program at the University of California, Santa Cruz, was among 15 organizations and individuals honored by the White House today for their efforts to encourage minorities, women, and persons with disabilities to earn degrees in science, mathematics, and…
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Honors program commended in White House ceremony
UC Santa Cruz Honors Program Recognized In White House Ceremony SANTA CRUZ, CA–The Academic Excellence (ACE) Honors Program at the University of California, Santa Cruz, was among 15 organizations and individuals honored by the White House today for their efforts to encourage minorities, women, and persons with disabilities to earn degrees in science, mathematics, and…
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Honors program commended in White House ceremony
UC Santa Cruz Honors Program Recognized In White House Ceremony SANTA CRUZ, CA–The Academic Excellence (ACE) Honors Program at the University of California, Santa Cruz, was among 15 organizations and individuals honored by the White House today for their efforts to encourage minorities, women, and persons with disabilities to earn degrees in science, mathematics, and…
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New aquarium and education center to open
UC Santa Cruz’s New Public Aquarium And Education Center To Open In March 2000 SANTA CRUZ, CA–A spectacular new aquarium and education center overlooking the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary will open to the public in March 2000, offering visitors a unique view into the workings of a world-class marine research laboratory. The Seymour Marine…
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Honors program commended in White House ceremony
UC Santa Cruz Honors Program Recognized In White House Ceremony SANTA CRUZ, CA–The Academic Excellence (ACE) Honors Program at the University of California, Santa Cruz, was among 15 organizations and individuals honored by the White House today for their efforts to encourage minorities, women, and persons with disabilities to earn degrees in science, mathematics, and…