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Ben Benumof, an earth sciences graduate student, appeared on the CBS Evening News during a report on the possible effects of El Nino along the California coast. Benumof is part of a team under geologist Gary Griggs that is studying, in fine detail, erosion rates and processes along the San Diego County and Santa Cruz…

October 6-10 is California Rideshare Week. Make a written pledge to carpool, take the bus, ride a bike, walk, or telecommute any time during Rideshare Week and you are eligible to win prizes, including trips to Hawaii and Mexico, golf/dinner/lodging at Pebble Beach, a personal computer, a mountain bike, and more. The pledge card is…

Economist Dan Friedman is the first to admit that his latest research interest has him heading upstream, but he has a sturdy paddle. A three-year $185,000 grant from the National Science Foundation assured him that the time is right for his provocative analysis of the performance of customer markets. Customer markets, which include the labor…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Fun in the sun, fascinating science, and furry seals and sea lions are among the many festive sights and sounds at one of the most popular family events in Santa Cruz: Long Marine Laboratory’s annual open house. This year’s open house, the eighteenth, runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, October…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Geneticist Mary-Claire King, one of the country’s most prominent breast-cancer researchers, will discuss the latest research on genetic predispositions toward cancer in a public lecture next week at UC Santa Cruz. King’s talk, titled "Genetic Analysis of Breast and Ovarian Cancer," begins at 7 p.m. on Friday, September 19, at the new Music…

‘Heavy Mettle’ Is Key To Success, Says Author Of The New Book An Integrative Theory Of Leadership SANTA CRUZ, CA–The most powerful forces shaping a leader’s success are his or her self-confidence and the degree of trust a group has in its leader. In fact, says organizational management expert Martin Chemers, those qualities play as…

: 9-15-97 TO THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY Re: Reassignment of Duties in Business and Administrative Services I would like to take this opportunity to share with you a recent reassignment of duties within Business and Administrative Services. This change has resulted from the departure of former Community and Land Development Director Michael A. Houlemard, Jr., who…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Dr. Ernest A. Ball, a well-known botanist and a UC professor emeritus of biology who affiliated with the Santa Cruz late in his career, died on August 30 in Capitola. He was 87. Dr. Ball was regarded as one of the pioneers of plant tissue culture research in a career that spanned 40…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Karen Holl, an assistant professor of environmental studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has received a prestigious Lindbergh Grant from the Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation to continue her work on tropical reforestation. The grant for $9,935 will support Holl’s research on the restoration of tropical rain forests in…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, received more than $45 million in external contracts and grants during fiscal year 1997, by far the highest total in the campus’s 32-year history. Research funds received from federal, state, and private agencies totaled $45,072,120 between July 1, 1996, and June 30, 1997. That figure…

Two UCSC graduate students in sociology won awards from the Environment and Technology section of the American Sociological Association during the group’s recent annual meeting. Valerie Kuletz received the "Boguslav Technology and Humanism Award," which recognizes papers, dissertations, or books that deal with the relationship of technology to traditional humanist social concerns. Kuletz was honored…

New toll-free number and 831 area code also announced Campus telephone users will have to learn new dialing habits, as UCSC has switched from four-digit to five-digit extensions for on-campus numbers. The effective date for the change was Saturday, August 23. Faculty and staff now must dial a "9" in front of administrative extensions. For…