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SANTA CRUZ, CA–The ‘War on Drugs’ and the crack cocaine scare that gripped the nation from 1986 to 1992 triggered the most massive wave of imprisonment in the country’s history and eroded civil rights, say the authors of a new book called Crack in America: Demon Drugs and Social Justice. Crack in America focuses attention…

Flirting Or Hurting? UCSC’s Sexual Harassment Officer Takes Her Interactive Workshop On The Road SANTA CRUZ, CA–At the invitation of local principals, UCSC’s Title IX/Sexual Harassment Officer, Rita E. Walker, will spend the next several weeks presenting workshops on sexual harassment at junior high and middle schools in Santa Cruz County. (See detailed schedule information…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Gardeners, don’t take off those gloves! Don’t hang up your spades! Instead, get ready for the second annual Fall Plant Sale at UC Santa Cruz on Friday and Saturday, September 5 and 6. Hours are noon to 6 P.M. on Friday and 10 A.M. to 2 P.M. on Saturday. The sale will take…

Jonathan Fox, associate professor of Latin American and Latino studies, has received the Dudley Seers Memorial Prize from the Journal of Development Studies for an article he wrote entitled "Governance and Rural Development in Mexico: State Intervention and Public Accountability." The award, which carries with it a prize of $500, was inaugurated in memory of…

An international team of astronomers has discovered the most distant galaxy found in the universe to date by combining the unique sharpness of the images from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope with the light-collecting power of the W. M. Keck Telescopes–with an added boost from a gravitational lens in space. The results show the young galaxy…

One of the most impressive archaeological discoveries of the century threatens to fade from memory unless a grassroots effort led by UCSC anthropology professor Diane Gifford-Gonzalez to preserve volumes of notes and photographs gets under way quickly. The famous ‘Peking Man’ excavation began in 1927 and led to the discovery in 1929 of early human…

The research on health care of community studies’ David Wellman came into play when the Los Angeles Times called him for comment on the impact that the drop in minority applications to UC medical schools will have. Citing studies that black and Latino doctors are far more likely to deliver medical care to underserved communities,…

A work crew from the California Youth Authority will clear a campus fire road on Monday, August 18. The crew of 15 people will cut brush back from either side of the road, which starts behind the UCSC Fire Station and runs behind the campus to the Twin Gates area off Empire Grade. The work…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–A four-pound meteorite from Mars, known unromantically as ALH84001, rocked the world last year when researchers claimed it held evidence that life once existed on the Red Planet. Now, the National Science Foundation has awarded $800,000 for seven new projects to test that extraordinary claim in detail. Among the grantees is Greg Rau,…

Conference Features Presentations By World’s Leading Scholars As Well As Public Performances SANTA CRUZ, CA–Leading scholars in Andean Quechuan studies from around the world will convene at the University of California, Santa Cruz, September 4-6 for the conference, The Quechua Expressive Art: Creativity, Analysis, and Performance. The conference features lectures, symposia, and performances. All events…

The Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence has issued its first research report. Titled From At-Risk to Excellence: Research, Theory, and Principles for Practice, the report was written by professor of psychology and education Roland Tharp, who is director of CREDE. The report details CREDE’s research agenda and draws on findings from previous…

Firefighters from UC Santa Cruz, the California Department of Forestry (CDF), and other local crews set fire to nearly 55 acres of campus meadowland in late July. Sunny weather, a light breeze, and low humidity helped the fire along. UCSC Fire Chief Chuck Hernandez called the controlled burn "very successful." The burn took place in…