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Psychologist Anthony Pratkanis began the new year with an interview by Investor’s Business Daily. Daniel Press of environmental studies had a long talk recently with Daniel Jordan on KUSP Radio, covering Press’s EPA-funded project on open space in California and other pressing environmental topics. Science magazine recently published a letter by linguist Geoffrey K. Pullum.…

Public Performances Will Be Offered Beginning This Month SANTA CRUZ, CA–On January 6, after nearly a decade of careful planning, the University of California, Santa Cruz, offered its first classes in the new Music Center. Neighboring the Performing Arts and Baskin Visual Arts complexes, the $21 million center expands a cluster of arts facilities located…

Tom Vani, vice chancellor for Business and Administrative Services, was elected to the position of board member of the Pajaro Valley Chamber of Commerce at its 35th annual Awards Dinner Dance and Auction on January 18. He joins UCSC staff member Jennifer Blanke, operations manager of Community Planning and Land Development, who was elected to…

The following news release was issued at today’s (Thursday, Jan. 16) meeting of the UC Board of Regents detailing remarks by President Atkinson and Budget Director Larry Hershman about Gov. Wilson’s 1997-98 budget and discussions to develop a long-term fee policy. Mike Lassiter Director, UCOP News & Communications Thursday, January 16, 1997 News Office (510)…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Astronomers and astrophysicists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, published some of the most notable research papers in their field in recent years, according to a new study by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) of Philadelphia. Analysts at ISI studied the impacts of all space-science papers published from 1993 to 1995…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–An innovative teacher, a trailblazing scientist, and a supportive employee have won the three top awards given annually by the Alumni Association of the University of California, Santa Cruz. Carol Freeman, chair of UCSC’s Writing Program and provost of Cowell College, won the Distinguished Teaching Award for 1996. A dedicated and inspiring teacher,…

During the November filing period, UCSC attracted 14,591 applications from prospective undergraduate students for fall 1997, an increase of 6.1 percent over applications received during the same month a year earlier. The total was the most ever received by UCSC during the open filing period, according to the Office of Admissions. "We believe the upturn…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Chancellor M.R.C. Greenwood of the University of California, Santa Cruz, a nationally recognized biologist, spokesperson for higher education, and an experienced voice in the arena of national scientific policy, has been chosen by her peers as the next president-elect of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Greenwood’s one-year term as…

The following news release was issued on Thursday, Jan. 9, regarding 1997-98 state funding for UC proposed by the governor. Mike Lassiter Director, News & Communications, UCOP Thursday, January 9, 1997 Rick Malaspina (510) 987-9179 rick.malaspina@ucop.edu UC PRESIDENT APPLAUDS GOVERNOR’S BUDGET PLAN Gov. Pete Wilson’s 1997-98 proposed state budget provides the funding necessary to keep…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–If your apple tree is looking anemic, or your peaches have lost their punch, you’ll want to attend a two-day fruit-tree workshop for the home gardener at UC Santa Cruz on February 7 and 8. Orin Martin, manager of the Alan Chadwick Garden at UCSC, will offer tips for beginning gardeners and those…

Hydrogeologists have taken the closest look yet at the intricate cycle of fluids that flow relentlessly beneath the seafloor. That flow, it now appears, is far more forceful than expected. Driven by the heat of the planet’s interior, water courses through pores and cracks under the ocean in earth’s upper crust. The water leaches minerals…

The slow but relentless drippings of calcium-rich water in caves may open a new window on earth’s past climate, thanks to a precise dating technique under development at UCSC. Preserved within the stark beauty of stalactites and stalagmites are two records of changes in the climate of the outside world. One such record is purely…