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SANTA CRUZ, CA–An ambitious new partnership between the East Side Union High School District and the University of California, Santa Cruz, will dramatically improve college participation rates of students from East San Jose. The goals of the partnership are to improve the academic preparation of students in the district and to increase the number of…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The East Remote parking lot will have room for 200 additional cars starting next month, under a temporary attendant-assisted parking program sponsored by Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS). The drivers of these 200 cars will be allowed to park in the aisles of the paved lot but will be required to leave their…

Jesse Jackson, who has been in the forefront of the civil rights movement in America for more than 30 years, spoke to a packed house at Stevenson Dining Hall on Tuesday. President of the National Rainbow Coalition, Jackson came to UCSC as part of his Freedom Bus "Save the Dream" tour. On the tour, Jackson…

Making the News highlights campus people interviewed or covered by news media. Composer David Cope’s work on EMI, a computer program he invented, has seen a flurry of attention in the media of late. Leading off the crowd was New Scientist magazine, which made EMI its cover story for August 9. Other print media that…

A 24-year veteran of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, known for his skill at forging campus-laboratory ties as well as his scholarship in fusion energy research, is the University of California’s newly appointed associate vice provost for research and laboratory programs. Rulon K. Linford, currently UC coordinator for science and technology at the Los Alamos…

"An Evening with John Muir" is the title of a solo performance by Frank Helling on Saturday, November 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the Cowell College Fireside Lounge. Geologist, botanist, explorer, writer, philosopher, and preservationist, John Muir lived life to its fullest, and Frank Helling brings the great mountaineer to life. His acclaimed rendering of…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–A person born blind can tell the difference between a sphere and a cube by touch. Were this person suddenly able to see, would she be able to distinguish the two forms by sight? This is the crux of a puzzle that philosophers have been debating for centuries, according to Alva Noe, an…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Aficionados of the Internet appreciate how quickly they can send and access information. However, today’s Internet also limits most of its users in one key way: They’re tied down to hardwired workstations, unable to get online on-the-go. Even wireless modems require users to hook up to the Internet via an established service provider,…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Two members of the National Academy of Sciences will address some of the hottest topics in the emerging field of "astrobiology" during a special afternoon colloquium next week at UC Santa Cruz. The event will run from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, October 30, at the Performing Arts Second Stage (formerly the Concert…

University of California President Richard C. Atkinson laid out a 1998-99 budget plan last week that would bring faculty salaries back to competitive levels, accommodate an additional 2,000 students, and continue to provide students with the classes they need to graduate in a timely fashion. New initiatives in the budget include efforts to accelerate the…

Global demands on education are growing and diversifying, and the University of California Extension is meeting the challenge, UC Regents were told last week during their meeting at the UC Davis Medical Center. UC officials and representatives from major corporations described how eight University Extension divisions act as a bridge connecting communities around the world…