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Interdisciplinary, Intercampus Project Receives $300,000 Grant From Pew Charitable Trust SANTA CRUZ, CA–Following Spanish invasions in the 16th through 18th centuries, Christianity emerged as a dominant religion in South America. The general assumption has been that Spanish missionaries brought the religion to natives who then adopted it in place of their own religious beliefs. But…

![Photo of Sharon Daniel][2] Sharon Daniel Assistant Professor of Art Sharon Daniel comes to UCSC from M.I.T.’s Department of Architecture, where she taught visual arts for the past three years. She works in interactive electronic art, mixing computers with video and kinetic sculpture. Recent projects include "Brain Opera," an interactive sound-and-image installation that has appeared…

A New York Times Magazine story on the work of primatologist Frans de Waal cited hist. con.’s Donna Haraway for an opposing view. De Waal has used his studies on primates to draw conclusions about human behavior, a practice Haraway argues against in her book Primate Visions. The Times story cites Haraway describing de Waal…

Banff Festival of Mountain Films, showcasing some of the best mountain and outdoor productions of the year, chosen from over 200 entries–everything from ice climbing in Patagonia to dog sledding in the Iditarod Race–will be held on Saturday, March 1, at 7 p.m. in Classroom Unit 2. Tickets are $8/general and $6/students; the event is…

A new policy that limits off-road bicycle riding to designated areas on the UCSC campus is expected to be implemented during the upcoming spring quarter. In order to communicate the specifics of the new policy, campus officials have scheduled a public workshop for Tuesday, March 4. The workshop will take place from 7 to 8:30…

Forty-four volunteers from UCSC are currently serving in the Peace Corps and approximately 400 have served since the university’s founding, said Patti Garamendi, associate director of the global volunteer organization. More volunteers have come from UCSC this fiscal year than from any other UC campus. Garamendi awarded UCSC a plaque for its contributions to the…

Message from Chancellor Greenwood To the Campus Community: The campus is considering a number of alternatives for space allocations, including how to make best use of Natural Sciences 2. This building has been undergoing earthquake repairs and is now ready for re-occupancy. Over the past months, several space allocation scenarios have been discussed by the…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The University Library at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has received an important gift of books, letters, and other materials from the estate of the late Alan and Beatrice Parker of Carmel Highlands, California. Included in the collection are rare editions of the works of James Joyce and Kenneth Patchen and a…

The UC Santa Cruz Farm and Garden is looking for volunteer docents to help teach the principles of organic farming and gardening to visitors who tour the Farm and Garden. Farm and Garden docents participate in a range of activities that include tours, public education programs, and other activities that support the Farm and Garden.…

Easy: When eternal inflation ended and ordinary inflation began in our corner of the cosmos Time and the heaven came into being at the same instant in order that, having been created together, if ever there was to be a dissolution of them, they might be dissolved together. –Plato, Timaeus Many questions in cosmology appear…

In a comprehensive new analysis of more than 200 top universities, UCSC ranks 11th in the nation among public campuses in the quality of its research productivity. The study and rankings are detailed in a just-published book that chronicles the rise of a new generation of postwar research universities in the United States. The book,…

Imagine if remembering how to walk was as hard as remembering your great uncle’s birthday. If you’re like most people, you’d be tripping all over yourself. Indeed, walking is such a natural activity that it’s not something people typically associate with memory. That’s because it draws on what memory researchers call implicit memory, which takes…