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Monica J. Casper: Assistant Professor of Sociology Monica Casper is a medical sociologist specializing in women’s health and cultural studies of science and technology. Her dissertation, for which she received awards from the American Sociological Association and UC San Francisco, is a historical analysis of the emergence of fetal surgery. Used to correct structural defects…

Summer sailing and rowing classes–that combine hands-on practice in the harbor and out on the Monterey Bay with training in boating safety, weather, ocean conditions, sailing theory, rigging, navigation, and the maritime rules of the road–are being offered by OPERS to the campus community and the public. Classes are available for young people, aged 9…

The University of California’s Outreach Task Force has issued a draft report for public review that recommends that–in order to improve students’ college preparation–UC undertake a major expansion of its academic outreach to the state’s K-12 schools, creating long-term partnerships with selected high schools and their associated junior high and elementary feeder schools. Under the…

A UCSC Academic Senate committee has selected the recipients of the 1996-97 Excellence in Teaching Awards. Described as "challenging, charismatic, and creative" by the students who nominated them, these eight professors and lecturers were chosen by the Committee on Teaching from 30 nominees. Chancellor Greenwood presented each winner with a framed certificate and a $500…

On May 27 the winners of the 1997-98 Humanities Undergraduate Awards in Research were honored in a celebration and conference at Stevenson College. The award recipients are Emily Urban (linguistics), Raihan Kadri (philosophy), Marc Cirovic (literature), Gabriella de la Rosa (art history), and Phuong Nguyen (history). The award program, which was launched last year by…

A consortium of California private and public universities, including the University of California (and UC Santa Cruz), has embarked on a project to develop a sophisticated new network that will deliver information to each university at speeds at least 100 times faster than today’s Internet. The Consortium for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC) was…

Media from around the region covered the May 22 dedication of the Music Center, including Channel 46, Channel 8, the San Jose Mercury News, the Santa Cruz County Sentinel, and the Good Times. Staff and faculty who helped the media with their coverage included arts dean Edward Houghton, music professor Fred Lieberman, operations manager Tom…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–David S. Lee, chairman of CMC Industries of Santa Clara and a member of the University of California Board of Regents, has pledged $100,000 to establish an endowed scholarship fund for the new Jack Baskin School of Engineering at UC Santa Cruz. Annual income from the Regent David S. Lee Scholarship Fund will…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Thirteen talented students from regional community colleges have been awarded $20,000 scholarships to attend the University of California, Santa Cruz. Recipients receive $10,000 scholarships for each of two years, the support of a strong academic mentoring program, and assistance finding paid summer work experience in a field that complements their studies. Now in…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–M&M’s, the milk chocolate melts in your mouth, not in your _____. The advertising slogan is so familiar that anyone living in the United States can finish the sentence. Indeed, a U.S. Embassy official in Africa asked an American citizen who’d lost his passport to recite the jingle as a test of his…

Lisbeth Haas, associate professor of history, has received the 1997 Elliott Rudwick Prize for her book Conquests and Historical Identities in California, 1769-1936 (University of California Press, 1995). The $2,000 prize is considered one of the most prestigious in the field. It is given biennially by the Organization of American Historians for an outstanding book…

While forcing a last-minute change of venue, cloudy skies and intermittent rain didn’t dampen the enthusiasm last week when M.R.C. Greenwood was inaugurated as UCSC’s seventh chancellor. Rain brings out the sun-shy banana slug and, in many cultures, is considered a sign of good luck, Greenwood said to the inaugural audience on Friday, May 23.…