Events

Merrill College at the University of California, Santa Cruz, is hosting the Merrill American Indian Colloquium Series 2004 during the month of February, and the public is invited to attend a series of free events that highlight this year’s theme, “Service to Native American Communities.” Guest speakers will address ways to serve the needs of…

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…

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…

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…