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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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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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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.…
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UC Santa Cruz offers pruning workshops January 10 and 31

December 19, 2003

Two UC Santa Cruz gardening experts will show you how to improve the health and productivity of your apple and pear trees at a three-hour pruning workshop on Saturday, January 10, from 9 a.m. to noon. The class takes place at the Louise Cain Gatehouse on the UC Santa Cruz Farm. UCSC garden managers Christof…
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Dickens holiday evening set for December 5 at UC Santa Cruz

November 18, 2003

The Friends of the UCSC Library and the UCSC Dickens Project will present the annual Dickens Holiday Evening on Friday, December 5, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at UCSC’s McHenry Library Foyer. Admission is free and everyone is welcome. The gathering will feature traditional Victorian entertainment and music, plus a reading from Dickens and sing-along…
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UCSC Alumni Association announces award winners for 2003-04

November 17, 2003

The UC Santa Cruz Alumni Association will give its highest honors in 2003-04 to a California assemblyman, an anthropologist, and a campus housing staff member. In ceremonies that will take place on campus in February, John Laird will receive the Alumni Achievement Award; Diane Gifford-Gonzalez, the Distinguished Teaching Award; and Carol Douglas-Hammer, the Outstanding Staff…
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UCSC Arboretum will hold Wreath Sale on Saturday and Sunday, November 15 and 16

November 10, 2003

Wonderful holiday decorations and gifts will be available from the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum at the annual Dried Flower and Succulent Wreath Sale on Saturday and Sunday, November 15 and 16. Exotic dried flower arrangements, living succulent wreaths, rare and unusual succulent plants, and materials for making your own gifts are among the offerings at…
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Long Marine Lab research building named in honor of William T. Doyle, founding director of UCSC’s Institute of Marine Sciences

October 27, 2003

A monthlong celebration of the 25th anniversary of UC Santa Cruz’s Long Marine Laboratory culminated in a ceremony on Saturday, October 25, at which one of the lab’s original research buildings was dedicated in honor of William T. Doyle, professor emeritus of biology and founder and long-term director of UCSC’s Institute of Marine Sciences (IMS).…
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UCSC begins process of updating its long range development plan; first public workshop to take place November 5

October 20, 2003

UC Santa Cruz is beginning a multiyear effort to update its Long Range Development Plan (LRDP), a revision that is expected to guide the campus’s physical development through the year 2020. The first in what is expected to be a series of public workshops on the LRDP process will be held on the evening of…
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UCSC will host a public forum on electronic voting on Sunday, October 26

October 16, 2003

Are election districts throughout the country adopting unreliable electronic voting technology in a misguided effort to upgrade their voting systems? This question will be addressed by a panel of speakers at a Forum on Electronic Voting on Sunday, October 26, at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The forum will take place from 12:30 to…