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  • UC Santa Cruz engineering school establishes program with Korean telecommunications firm

    Representatives of a major Korean telecommunications company, Korea Telecom, visited the University of California, Santa Cruz, in December to establish a cooperative program that will bring company managers to the UCSC campus to study English, engineering, and economics. The program is sponsored by UCSC’s Baskin School of Engineering in conjunction with UCSC Extension and the…

  • Against the odds, local forces unite to preserve open space in California

    Since the 1920s, residents of the Golden State have organized locally to preserve more than 1 million acres of open space–an amount that rivals the 1.3 million acquired during the same period by the California Department of Parks and Recreation. Total exceeds 1 million acres, rivaling that acquired by state parks Unlike the ubiquitous forces…

  • January 19 memorial service at UC Santa Cruz for Raymond Dasmann

    A public memorial service for Raymond F. Dasmann, professor emeritus of environmental studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has been scheduled for 2 p.m. on Sunday, January 19, in the College Eight Dining Hall at UCSC. Dasmann, a founder of international environmentalism, died November 5 of pneumonia at the age of 83. The…

  • Activist James Lawson Jr. to address King convocation

    The Rev. James M. Lawson Jr., a longtime crusader for civil rights and nonviolent solutions throughout the world, will be the keynote speaker at UCSC’s annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Convocation at 7 p.m. on January 21 at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. Lawson…

  • Astronomers detect a faint debris trail in the Andromeda galaxy, more evidence of galactic cannibalism

    The discovery of a faint trail of stars in the nearby Andromeda galaxy offers new evidence that large spiral galaxies have grown by gobbling up smaller satellite galaxies. The new findings are being presented on Monday, January 6, by astronomers Puragra (Raja) GuhaThakurta of the University of California, Santa Cruz, and David Reitzel of UCLA…

  • UC Santa Cruz library receives $1 million donation of photos from renowned California photographer Pirkle Jones

    The University of California, Santa Cruz, has received a donation of photographs from renowned California photographer Pirkle Jones and his late wife Ruth-Marion Baruch valued at more than $1 million. The collection includes their landmark documentary series of photos of members of the Black Panther party in 1968, just published in a new book by…

  • Mercury in California rainwater traced to industrial emissions in Asia

    Industrial emissions in Asia are a major source of mercury in rainwater that falls along the California coast, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The researchers reported their findings in a paper published online today by the Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres. (The paper will appear…

  • Banana slug inspires new children’s book dedicated to UC Santa Cruz campus mascot

    A chance encounter with a banana slug on a rainy-day visit to UC Santa Cruz has inspired the plot of a brand-new children’s book dedicated to the campus mascot. Sally Slug, written by Anne Neufeld Levin and illustrated by Patricia Rebele, explores a day in the life of a colorful banana slug family that lives…

  • Researchers observe electronic dynamics of strongly interacting gold nanoparticles using ultrafast laser spectroscopy

    Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have reported the first observations of ultrafast electronic dynamics in a system of strongly interacting gold nanoparticles. The observations are an important advance in nanoparticle research, because the development of practical devices using metal nanoparticles depends on understanding how they interact. Jin Zhang, an associate professor of…

  • Mouse genome sequence published with first comparative analysis of mouse and human genomes

    Researchers in the Center for Biomolecular Science and Engineering (CBSE) at the University of California, Santa Cruz, made significant contributions to the analysis of the mouse genome sequence announced this week by the international Mouse Genome Sequencing Consortium. The consortium published a high-quality draft sequence of the mouse genome–the genetic blueprint of a mouse–together with…

  • New book by UC Santa Cruz professor attacks character issue

    Does the issue of character matter? Should it influence which political candidate we vote for, whom we hire, or what we teach our children in school? A new book by John M. Doris, associate professor of philosophy at the University of California, Santa Cruz, argues that people often profoundly overestimate the behavioral impact of character…

  • Raymond Carver correspondence donated to UC Santa Cruz Library

    A collection of letters from renowned American short story writer and poet Raymond Carver has been donated to the library at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Valued at $23,650, the donation consists of 26 letters, notes, and cards written to UCSC professor of education and creative writing David Swanger between 1977 and 1984. The…

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