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  • Researchers gather clues to the disappearance of northern fur seals from California a thousand years ago

    Today, northern fur seals are primarily native to Alaska and Siberia and are rarely seen on the Central Coast of California. But up until 1,000 years ago, these animals bred abundantly on the beaches of Monterey Bay and elsewhere in California. That discovery initially surprised researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, who are…

  • UCSC professor honored as ‘civic entrepreneur’

    Manuel Pastor, a professor of Latin American and Latino studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has been named the volunteer Civic Entrepreneur of the Year by the California Center for Regional Leadership. Pastor, director of UCSC’s Center for Justice, Tolerance, and Community, is a leader of the movement to forge regional solutions to…

  • Milk: Nature’s perfect food or deadly poison?

    UC Santa Cruz sociologist’s new book reveals the forces that made milk a staple of the American diet Hollywood stars don milk mustaches to ask the ubiquitous question, “Got milk?,” while vegan activists decry cow’s milk as unhealthy and tainted by antibiotic residues, hormones, and genetically modified organisms. Like it or not, milk is a…

  • Editor’s Advisory: Researchers will present findings on coastal ecosystems in public symposium on March 10

    What: The Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans (PISCO) is hosting a Public Symposium to present findings from three years of research on coastal ecosystems. Researchers, managers, ocean enthusiasts, and the general public are invited to join scientists from this West Coast research consortium to learn about recent progress. PISCO involves researchers from four…

  • UCSC computer engineer receives National Science Foundation grant for research on embedded software design

    Luca de Alfaro, an assistant professor of computer engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has received a prestigious award from the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program. De Alfaro will use the grant of $430,000 over five years to develop new methods and tools for designing embedded software. Embedded software…

  • EPA attorney to discuss tribal sovereignty of Native Americans on Feb. 5

    An attorney for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will discuss “Tribal Sovereignty Now and in the Future,” on Tuesday, February 5, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Baobab Lounge at Merrill College on the UC Santa Cruz campus. The event is free and open to the public. Raho Ortiz, an Acoma Pueblo attorney, was…

  • New supercomputer at UCSC provides high-speed platform for research in planetary physics and astrophysics

    Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have installed a new supercomputer that ranks among the 100 fastest computers in the world. The computer will be used for research in planetary physics and astrophysics by scientists in the Departments of Earth Sciences, Physics, and Astronomy and Astrophysics. Research in these fields often involves computer…

  • Laurie Anderson’s ‘Happiness’ scheduled for March 10

    UC SANTA CRUZ ARTS & LECTURES presents LAURIE ANDERSON “HAPPINESS” Anderson’s “work captures an essential ‘Americanness’ of American Art.” -The New York Times DETAILS » Sunday, March 10, 2002 at 8pm » Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, 307 Church Street, Santa Cruz » Tickets: Adult $25; Senior or Student $20; UCSC Student with ID $14 NOTE:…

  • The spirit of jazz, past, present and future, comes alive with Marcus Roberts on February 16

    UC SANTA CRUZ ARTS & LECTURES presents MARCUS ROBERTS TRIO The spirit of jazz, past, present and future, comes alive with Marcus Roberts. DETAILS » Saturday, February 16th, 2002 at 8pm (pre-performance discussion begins at 7:30pm) » UCSC Music Center Recital Hall » Tickets:Adult $23; Senior or Student $19; UCSC Student $13 Tickets may be…

  • Noted historian to give public talk about democracy in America on February 6

    Noted historian Lawrence Goodwyn will give a free public talk about democracy in America on Wednesday, February 6, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the College Eight Red Room at the University of California, Santa Cruz. During his talk, entitled “Reorganizing Democracy in America,” Goodwyn will outline his vision of what’s needed to create a…

  • Editor’s Advisory: Reporters invited to cover kickoff of new science education center

    What: The launch of the new Center for Informal Learning and Schools (CILS), an international collaboration to improve science education by integrating the best of the informal learning that takes place in zoos, aquaria, natural history museums, and “hands-on” science centers with the formal learning that takes place in schools. Keynote speaker and former astronaut…

  • Mary Holmes, beloved UC Santa Cruz art historian, dead at 91

    Mary A. Holmes, a founding member of the faculty of the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a beloved artist and art historian, died in a Santa Cruz hospital on January 21 after a brief illness. She was 91. Holmes, who grew up in various towns in the West, and in Chicago, began her career…

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