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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…

Sunny Seattle, just a $64 round-trip away, is playing host to this year’s meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the largest general science organization in the world. The meeting, February 13-18, is an annual showcase for forefront research in science, and it also features interdisciplinary sessions on public policy, science and…

A mystery starring globular clusters, the Hubble Telescope, inflation, and the Seven (Sub)dwarfs It’s a curious cosmic conundrum: The most ancient stars appear older than the universe itself. Embarrassing headlines aside, this situation has sparked intense research by astronomers, cosmologists, and stellar modelers, all trying to turn back the clock to reconcile the histories of…

Tina Campt Assistant Professor of Women’s Studies Tina Campt studies the history of Afro-Germans, and Afro-German women in particular. Her work focuses on the period of the Third Reich. She is also interested in questions of identity formation and the ways in which studying the history of Afro-Germans opens up new perspectives on the history…

Residents of Merrill’s B building will be able to bypass busy signals, time limits, and tied up telephone lines next quarter to log directly onto the campus computer network over high speed ethernet lines. In a pilot program, students in that residence hall will be the first to use the Student Communications System, an $8.1-million…