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Science News printed a series of illustrations from a supercomputer simulation by astrophysicist Lars Hernquist and Joshua Barnes, a collaborator from the University of Hawaii. The pictures, showing two spiral galaxies colliding and merging to create a bloblike elliptical galaxy, accompanied an article on the early stages of galaxy formation in the universe. Elliot Aronson’s…

When faculty and staff opened their homes to UCSC students in the 1980s through the Host Home Program, there were often more hosts than students wanting to participate, said Carol Douglas-Hammer of Housing, Dining, and Child-Care Services. That’s a "dilemma" Douglas-Hammer would like to see repeated, as she and Wanda Amos of Community Rentals prepare…

Variations on a City Garden is the title of a symposium and garden tour presented by the Arboretum on Saturday and Sunday, July 19 and 20. On Saturday morning, three well-known Santa Cruz landscape architects, Ellen Cooper, Michael Arnone, and Roy Rydell, will share plans and solutions for city gardens; in the afternoon there will…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The University of California, Santa Cruz, Student Health Services has received the highest possible rating from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, Inc. (AAAHC), in conjunction with the Institute for Medical Quality. The accreditation means that the health center has met nationally recognized standards for quality health care set by AAAHC and…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Marc S. Mangel, a professor of environmental studies at UC Santa Cruz, has been named associate vice chancellor for planning and programs. The appointment, which takes effect July 1, was announced today (June 24) by Executive Vice Chancellor Michael Tanner. Mangel will work with Tanner and the staff of the Planning and Budget…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, soon will create powerful and informative graphical images from their data at a new interdisciplinary laboratory, thanks to a $460,000 equipment grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The Division of Natural Sciences at UCSC will match the federal grant with about $240,000 in funding…

A journal article coauthored by Professor Michael Dine of the Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics was the 11th-most cited physics paper in the world during March and April, according to the Institute for Scientific Information. Other physicists cited the paper 22 times in that period, indicating that the research is having a strong impact…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–With its long sunny days, the summer season is a good time of year to explore the University of California, Santa Cruz, and its off-campus facilities. Whether one wants to learn about exotic plants, astronomy, marine mammals, or simply take a stroll through the redwoods, UCSC offers the opportunity. Admission is free, unless…

It was a bittersweet moment for Aromas School teacher Katy Stonebloom last Thursday as more than 30 of her students were honored by Chancellor Greenwood and other UCSC officials for their work on a bilingual book called Kids Around the University . The culmination of two years of work, the book was researched and written…

Chancellor M.R.C. Greenwood earned notice recently in the world’s two leading science journals, Science and Nature. Greenwood was one of the principal sources in a special news report in Science about possible reforms in the National Research Council, the operating arm of three prestigious scientific academies. In Nature, she commented about an expanded role for…

Fred Farr, attorney, environmentalist, former state senator, and UC Santa Cruz Foundation Board trustee, died June 10 in Monterey; he was 86. He was born in Oakland and received undergraduate and law degrees from UC Berkeley. After World War II, he settled in Carmel with his wife and three children. Farr was elected to the…

Assistant art professor Nobuho Nagasawa (kneeling) and the students from her Introduction to Three-dimensional Art class catch their breath after installing the art project, Neo Geo Hypertufa. The project was the result of a workshop with Seattle artist Vicki Scuri who came to UCSC for a four-day residency program sponsored by Porter College. Scuri, who…