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UCSC ranks sixth in number of graduates serving in Peace Corps

January 31, 2004

With 52 volunteers, UCSC has been ranked sixth among mid-sized institutions for the number of its former students serving in the Peace Corps. More and more college graduates are joining the Peace Corps, with top-ranking institutions having, on average, 15 percent more of their alumni become volunteers than last year. UCSC did twice that well,…
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UCSC to hold public hearing on draft EIR for long-term development of Long Marine Laboratory, adjoining property

January 30, 2004

The University of California, Santa Cruz, will hold a public meeting on February 19 to receive comments on a draft Environmental Impact Report that has been prepared related to future development at Long Marine Laboratory and adjoining property. The meeting will take place at the laboratory, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Seymour Marine…
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UCSC under contract to acquire Texas Instruments property

January 27, 2004

The University of California, Santa Cruz announced today (January 27) its intent to purchase the land and facilities formerly occupied by Texas Instruments. Located on Delaware Avenue, the property is currently in escrow. It is anticipated that the transaction will be completed within the next 90 days. Research and Administrative Functions Are Potential Uses for…
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700 educators to attend Sixth National New Teacher Symposium February 2-3 in San Jose

January 26, 2004

More than 700 educators will descend on the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose on February 2-3 to learn the latest about what new teachers need to be successful in their work. The Sixth National New Teacher Center Symposium on Teacher Induction, “Soaring to New Heights,” will focus on three themes central to teacher induction: quality…
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World of an anthropologist subject of Sigma Xi lecture on January 28

January 26, 2004

A public lecture on the UC Santa Cruz campus on Wednesday, January 28, will address some of the myths that have emerged about the profession of forensic anthropology. The UCSC Sigma Xi Lecture, which will begin at 8 p.m. in Classroom Unit 2, will feature Alison Galloway, of UCSC’s Anthropology Department and chair of the…
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Preventing Columbine: Psychologist Elliot Aronson delivers UCSC Faculty Emeritus Lecture February 11

January 22, 2004

Award-winning social psychologist Elliot Aronson will deliver a free public lecture entitled “The Elephant in the Parlor: How the Columbine High School Massacre Could Have Been Prevented,” on Wednesday, February 11, at 8:15 p.m. in the Media Theater at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Aronson, a professor emeritus of psychology at UCSC, is author…
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Psychologist Barbara Rogoff to deliver UC Santa Cruz faculty research lecture February 5

January 20, 2004

Barbara Rogoff, a leading developmental psychologist, will deliver the annual faculty research lecture at the University of California, Santa Cruz, on Thursday, February 5, at 8 p.m. in the Music Recital Hall. The event is free and open to the public. Rogoff, whose talk is entitled “Learning through Intent Participation in Cultural Activity,” has spent…
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UC Santa Cruz film professor’s revolutionary past to be featured in Berkeley Art Museum retrospective and new DVD

January 20, 2004

Years before he joined the faculty at UC Santa Cruz, Chip Lord was a member of the Ant Farm, a groundbreaking experimental art and architecture collective he founded in 1968 with fellow architect Doug Michels. Dedicated to finding alternatives to mainstream architectural practice, the Ant Farm combined video, performance, and sculpture–achieving widespread notoriety in the…
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Organic agriculture at a crossroads: Prof says goals of ecological sustainability and social justice may require subsidies

January 12, 2004

Thirty years after the birth of organic agriculture in California, the industry looks more than ever like the agribusiness model it set out to oppose. The early dream of producing food in ecologically sustainable ways has withered under multiple pressures, but an analysis by a geographer at the University of California, Santa Cruz, suggests that…
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UCSC offers new degree in applied physics

January 8, 2004

The University of California, Santa Cruz, is offering a new major leading to a B.S. degree in applied physics, designed to prepare students for careers in industry. The other option offered for undergraduates by the Department of Physics is a physics degree that focuses on preparing students for graduate study in physics. The department created…
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UC Santa Cruz to present 2004 ‘Thinking at the Edge’ Distinguished Lecture Series

January 8, 2004

Internationally renowned AIDS researcher Robert Gallo, award-winning social psychologist Elliot Aronson, and UC Berkeley astronomy professor and planet hunter Geoffrey Marcy are just a few of the diverse array of speakers set to appear at UC Santa Cruz in the coming year. It’s all part of UCSC’s 2004 “Thinking at the Edge” Distinguished Lecture Series,…
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Eldest child of Martin Luther King Jr. to speak at annual UCSC convocation

January 5, 2004

Actress and producer Yolanda King, eldest child of Martin Luther King, will speak January 20 at UCSC’s annual convocation honoring her father’s memory. Now in its 20th year, the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation will be at 7 p.m. in the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.…