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  • UC Santa Cruz chancellor hosted by Korean consul general

    Chancellor Denice D. Denton underscored her value for UCSC’s international perspective at a recent dinner hosted by the Korean Consul General in San Jose. Designed to brief the Korean media and business community about the upcoming Pacific Rim Music Festival at UCSC in May, the event was part of an ongoing effort to promote cultural…

  • Journalists Amy Goodman and Naomi Klein to speak at UC Santa Cruz

    Amy Goodman, host of Pacifica Radio’s Democracy Now! program, and Naomi Klein, author of No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies, will each give a free public talk at UC Santa Cruz in February during two separate events hosted by College Ten. Goodman will appear at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, February 23, when she…

  • 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 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…

  • 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.…

  • New Teacher Center hosts annual symposium January 30-Feb. 1

    The New Teacher Center at the University of California, Santa Cruz, will host its seventh national symposium, Discover the Power of Teacher Induction, January 30-February 1 at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose. This year’s program includes three themes central to induction: Quality Mentoring, Professional Identity and Leadership, and Equitable Learning and Social Justice. The…

  • Award-winning author Jonathan Franzen to present lecture at Santa Cruz Public Library

    The Friends of the UCSC Library and the Friends of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries will present a lecture by renowned author Jonathan Franzen on Thursday, January 13, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Main Branch of the Santa Cruz Public Library (224 Church Street). Admission is free. Franzen won the National Book Award…

  • UC Regents will meet Tuesday to consider appointment of new chancellor of UCSC

    This is a Notice of a Special Meeting of the University of California Board of Regents on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2004, to consider the appointment and compensation for a new chancellor of the Santa Cruz campus. The meeting, scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. in closed session, will be held via teleconference. NOTICE OF MEETING…

  • Civil rights activist Joseph Lowery to speak at Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation Jan. 10

    The Rev. Joseph Lowery, who helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with Martin Luther King in 1957 and led the organization for 20 years, will be the keynote speaker at UCSC’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Convocation on January 10. Lowery will speak at 7 p.m. in the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium. The…

  • Marine biologist John Pearse to give Emeriti Faculty Lecture at UCSC on Tuesday, Nov. 23

    John Pearse, professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology, will give the Emeriti Faculty Lecture at UC Santa Cruz on Tuesday, November 23. His talk, “Reproduction in Freezing Oceans: Paradigm Shifts in the 20th Century,” will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the UCSC Media Theater. This event is free and open to the public. Pearse…

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