Campus News
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UC Santa Cruz Toxicologist Helps Reduce The Deadly Effects Of Oil Spills On Underwater Life
SANTA CRUZ, CA–Oil tankers traveling through California waters pose a grim threat to marine organisms, for which an accidental oil spill could mean death. Most public attention focuses on slippery surface oils that coat the fur of marine mammals and the feathers of seabirds in a deadly black goo. But some little-noticed oil also trickles…
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UC Santa Cruz Professor Releases New Book On Computer Program That Composes Its Own Music
Book Is Accompanied By Cd-ROM Containing A Version Of The Program And Music Samples SANTA CRUZ, CA–Commander Data; HAL 9000; Robbie, the robot– speculation on the potential of computers has generated some extraordinary fictional characters. In recent years, a number of real-life computer programs have emerged that are nearly as remarkable as their fictional counterparts,…
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Free Poetry Reading At UCSC’s Alan Chadwick Garden On June 1
SANTA CRUZ, CA–There’s no more lovely setting for an afternoon of poetry and classical music than the Alan Chadwick Garden at the University of California, Santa Cruz. With roses in bloom, the garden will be the backdrop for "A Garden of Poetry and Music," a free public reading by four poets on Saturday, June 1,…
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UC Santa Cruz Steps Up Campus Recycling Program
SANTA CRUZ–The University of California, Santa Cruz, is reorganizing its recycling program. By June 1, it will begin placing 300 new collection bins around campus in an effort to recycle more materials otherwise destined for the city landfill. A $56,000 grant from the state Department of Conservation has provided start-up funds for UCSC to enact…
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Females And Males May Continually Coevolve In An Antagonistic Dance, According To Study On Fruit Flies
SANTA CRUZ, CA–Longtime viewers of "60 Minutes" may recall the weekly segment known as "Point Counterpoint," in which a female and a male commentator put up their intellectual dukes over issues of the day. Even those wise pundits could not have realized how closely their verbal sparring resembled a genetic joust of the sexes that,…
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Anthropologist Shelly Errington Discusses Primitive Art During Free Public Lecture On May 29
SANTA CRUZ, CA–The public is invited to a free lecture on Wednesday, May 29, by UC Santa Cruz anthropologist Shelly Errington, who will discuss the rise and fall of "authentic primitive art" and some current transformations of related ideas and artifacts. Her talk, entitled "The Death of Authentic Primitive Art . . . and Other…
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Long Marine Laboratory Offers “Ccean Explorers” Summer Program
SANTA CRUZ, CA–If playing in the sand, investigating mud, observing elephant seals, and holding sea stars and sea snails sounds like fun, then the new Ocean Explorers summer program at Long Marine Lab may be for you. Ocean Explorers is a series of seven one-week programs, starting July 8, for children ages 7-15. Participants will…
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UC Santa Cruz Reading Features Leading Woman Poet And Novelist
SANTA CRUZ, CA–The Living Writers Cluster at the University of California, Santa Cruz, presents a poetry reading with Barbara Guest on Thursday, May 15, at 4 P.M. at Kresge College Seminar Room 159. The reading is free and open to the public. Guest, 77, was born in North Carolina in 1920 and grew up in…
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Psychologist M. Brewster Smith Receives Lifetime Service Award
SANTA CRUZ, CA–M. Brewster Smith, professor emeritus of psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has received the first Lifetime Service Award bestowed by the Western Psychological Association. The award recognizes Smith’s "distinguished contributions to the advancement of the science and profession of psychology." "Professor Smith brings to psychology a unique blend of social…
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Gift From UC Santa Cruz Alumna And Husband Establishes Endowed Chair In Art History
Endowment Is Largest Alumni Gift In UC Santa Cruz History SANTA CRUZ, CA–An Aptos, Calif., couple with a long-standing commitment to local arts and culture has made a gift of $250,000 to the University of California, Santa Cruz, to establish an endowed chair in art history. The gift comes from Rowland "Reb" and Patricia "Pat"…
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UC Santa Cruz Researchers Study Protein Clumps That May Cause “Mad Cow” And Related Diseases
SANTA CRUZ, CA–Mad cows, laughing cannibals, itchy sheep, and ten new cases of a rare human brain disorder called Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in Great Britain are all part of a puzzle that has scientists stymied. In these diseases, as well as other neurological disorders such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, dense plaques of misfolded proteins…
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State Schools Chief Delaine Eastin Visits Central Coast On Monday, May 20
SANTA CRUZ, CA–Delaine Eastin, the state superintendent of public instruction, will visit the Santa Cruz area on Monday, May 20, to meet with participants in regional educational collaborations. Eastin, an advocate of educational partnerships, will visit several schools and will deliver a lunchtime speech titled "Working Together for Our Children’s Future" to education, community, and…