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PASADENA, CA–Astronomers and leading administrators from the California Institute of Technology, the University of California, and the University of Hawaii will dedicate the ten-meter Keck II Telescope in a ceremony at 11 a.m. Hawaiian time (2 p.m. PDT) on Wednesday, May 8. Keck II and its five-year-old twin, Keck I, are the world’s largest optical…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–How do individuals, firms, or states enforce agreements over time without lawyers, contracts, or courts? That will be the topic of a free public lecture by professor of economics Kenneth Kletzer of the University of California, Santa Cruz, on Tuesday, May 14. The event will begin at 8 p.m. in the Performing Arts…

Event Features Pulitzer Prize-Winning Scientist Douglas Hofstadter And Composer/Programmer David Cope SANTA CRUZ, CA–Is creativity a uniquely human ability? The question is at the crux of ongoing debate, most recently embodied in the chess match between Gary Kasparov and IBM supercomputer Deep Blue. Weighing in on the debate at a May 22 symposium at the…

Three-Year Teacher-training Project Will Help Bridge The Cultural Gap Between Teachers And Increasingly Diverse Students SANTA CRUZ, CA–Dramatic demographic changes have transformed the makeup of students in California classrooms, where more than one-fifth of K-12 students have limited English skills. Although Spanish remains the most prevalent language other than English, it is becoming more common…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–A reception is planned to celebrate the opening of a special archive recently acquired by the University Library at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The archive documents the family history of a local woman who narrowly escaped Nazi persecution during World War II. A short program is planned to introduce the Neufeld…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–UCSC es reconocida a nivel nacional por el interes que pone en la educacion de los estudiantes de bachillerato. If you couldn’t understand the preceding sentence, you can appreciate what many Spanish-speaking parents feel when their college-bound children bring home admissions brochures in English. "Sometimes parents end up feeling kind of left out…

Astrophysics I A model for the birth and strange life of the first new planet orbiting a "normal" star Delight zipped around planet Earth last October when astronomers discovered signs of a new planet in the cosmos, orbiting a star much like our own Sun. But fantasies about life on this distant body went up…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Astronomer Jerry E. Nelson of the University of California Observatories/Lick Observatory, UC Santa Cruz, was one of 60 leading scientists and engineers elected today (April 30) as new members of the National Academy of Sciences. Election to the academy, one of the highest honors for American scientists, recognizes distinguished and continuing achievement in…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The future of the Monterey Bay economy will be the focus of a public forum on Wednesday, May 15, from 8 a.m. until noon. The event will bring together academic and corporate leaders to discuss the region’s economy and its evolving competitive advantage. "Monterey Bay Region: Innovation, Connection, and Growth" will feature a…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–"Voices of Spring" features soprano Kathleen Nitz and tenor Joseph Meyers in a program of favorite operatic arias and duets by Puccini, Bernstein, Mozart, and Verdi. The concert takes place at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 12, at the University of California, Santa Cruz, in the Cowell College Dining Hall. Both Nitz and…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Have you ever wondered about the taxonomy of Barney? If cats react differently to bearded men? Whether you can actually compare apples and oranges? These and other unlikely research topics have found their way into The Annals of Improbable Research, the sponsor of Harvard University’s yearly Ig Nobel prizes. Marc Abrahams, editor of…

SANTA CRUZ, CA­ Chuck Matthei, a leader of national efforts to preserve agricultural land, will give a free public talk on May 8 about creative ways to secure farmland. The talk, which will begin at 7 p.m., will take place in Room 3 of Louden Nelson Community Center at 301 Center Street in Santa Cruz.…