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  • Indonesian tsunami benefit set for Feb. 12 at UC Santa Cruz

    The UC Santa Cruz Theater Arts Department will present a special benefit performance for the tsunami relief effort in Indonesia on Saturday, February 12, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at UCSC’s Second Stage Theater. The event will feature a dance performance by visiting Indonesian choreographers Irawati Durban and Bulan Djelantik, plus Bay Area gamelan players…

  • UC Santa Cruz professor makes Broadway debut as lighting designer for comedian Billy Crystal’s hit show

    In February of 2003, David Cuthbert received a call from southern California’s La Jolla Playhouse to do the lighting design for a benefit performance by comedian/actor Billy Crystal. The benefit was only scheduled for two evenings, so Cuthbert promptly put together a quick design and moved on with his life. Shortly thereafter, he was hired…

  • Sustainability leader to speak Jan. 27 at UCSC Earth Summit

    Professor David Orr, the chair of environmental studies at Oberlin College and a leading figure in the campus sustainability movement, will be the keynote speaker at UC Santa Cruz’s annual Campus Earth Summit on Thursday, January 27. Sponsored by the Student Environmental Center, the summit will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., followed…

  • UCSC astronomer awarded top high-energy astronomy prize for work on supernovae and gamma-ray bursts

    Stan Woosley, professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has won this year’s Bruno Rossi Prize for his pioneering work on supernovae and gamma-ray bursts, the most violent explosions in the universe. The prize is awarded each year by the High Energy Astrophysics Division of the American Astronomical Society. Woosley,…

  • Consumers eager to know more about the environmental and social impacts of the food they buy, survey finds

    Here’s a heads-up for farmers and food retailers: Consumers have a strong desire to know more about the origins and safety of the food they buy, and they’d like to get the information when they make their purchases. That’s the word from researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, who surveyed consumers to find…

  • Oracle grant funds UCSC bird group’s education program

    The Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has received a $50,000 grant from Oracle Corporation to support the group’s education program. The grant provides funding to maintain and enhance the Oracle Peregrines Outreach Program, which includes presentations to school and community groups on birds of prey and conservation…

  • UC Santa Cruz community collaborations receive nearly $1 million from Kellogg Foundation

    Two of UC Santa Cruz’s most highly regarded community collaborations have received nearly $1 million from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation to support their work promoting educational achievement, economic equity, and environmental justice. UCSC’s Bridging Multiple Worlds Alliance (BMWA) and the Center for Justice, Tolerance, and Community (CJTC) will share a grant of $978,125 over…

  • UCSC to host public lecture on earthquakes, including discussion of the recent earthquake and tsunami in South Asia

    A public lecture on large earthquakes this month in Santa Cruz will provide a scientific perspective on the recent earthquake and tsunami in South Asia. Susan Hough, a U.S. Geological Survey seismologist, will speak on “The Very Long Reach of Very Large Earthquakes” on Wednesday, January 26, at 7 p.m. at the University Inn and…

  • UCSC Library’s Regional History Project announces completion of agricultural history series

    The UC Santa Cruz Library’s Regional History Project has just published seven oral histories to complete a series focusing on the ethnic and agricultural history of Santa Cruz County. All of the interviews were conducted in 1977 by oral historians Randall Jarrell and Meri Knaster, and were edited by Irene Reti, the current director of…

  • New view of distant colliding galaxies captured by Keck laser system

    For the first time, astronomers have been able to combine the deepest optical images of the universe, obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope, with equally sharp images in the near-infrared part of the spectrum using a sophisticated new laser guide star system for adaptive optics at the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii. The new…

  • UC Santa Cruz hosts American Indian colloquium series

    Merrill College at the University of California, Santa Cruz, is hosting the fourth annual American Indian Colloquium Series this winter, offering three public lectures about Native American health. Admission is free, and the public is invited to attend. This year’s theme is “Native Health: Approaches, Services, & Issues.” Topics and guest speakers are described below.…

  • UC Santa Cruz moves closer to fundraising goals with $1.4 million gift

    UCSC has received a $1.4 million gift-the largest single donation ever given by an alum–from Foundation trustee Kit Mura-smith. Mura-smith has designated an irrevocable charitable trust to be equally split between enhancing the university’s library facilities ($700,000) and providing scholarships for re-entry students ($700,000). She credited her time studying at UCSC as an important milestone…

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