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"Headliners" Highlights Recent Media Coverage Involving Members Of The UCSC Community. It was a busy summer for composer and inventor David Cope. Cope’s EMI was featured in Discover magazine’s special October issue on creativity, and his new book, Experiments in Musical Intelligence, got column space in the Los Angeles Times. Cope also spoke about EMI…

Karen Holl comes to UCSC from Stanford, where she spent two years doing postdoctoral work in southern Costa Rica. Holl, who is interested in understanding how ecosystems function and applying that knowledge to public policy, studied the factors limiting the recovery of land that had been cleared for grazing, and she researched methods for restoring…

See’s candy bars will be for sale in campus offices again this fall to raise money for the Women at Work Retreat. Representatives are needed to manage sales in the various offices. This fund-raiser begins October 15 and replaces the usual fall crafts fair. UCSC’s Ph.D. program in earth sciences ranked 22nd in the country…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–For the third year in a row, a faculty member at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has earned one of the most sought- after awards for young American scientists: a David and Lucile Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering, worth $100,000 per year for five years. This year’s recipient is assistant professor…

Technology Park Will Occupy The Heart Of A "research Crescent" Around Monterey Bay SANTA CRUZ, CA–Lora Lee Martin of the University of California, Santa Cruz, has become the first full-time director of UC’s Monterey Bay Education, Science, and Technology (MBEST) Center. The MBEST Center, led by UCSC, is a regional economic initiative that includes development…

ENROLLMENT: UCSC is expecting an opening-day enrollment of approximately 10,335 students, compared to a first-day enrollment of 10,136 last fall. Of the expected 10,335 students, 3,000 will be new students (compared to 2,716 new students last fall). These 3,000 new students were among more than 15,000 applicants for admission. The total number of applications received…

Headliners Highlights Recent Media Coverage Involving Members Of The Ucsc Community. The rumblings and inner structure of our planet sparked several recent stories. Closest to the surface, seismologist Susan Schwartz told KCBA viewers about a "slow" earthquake on the San Andreas Fault that lasted a week. Further beneath our feet, the discovery of a partially…

William Burke, professor of astronomy and astrophysics and physics, died on July 22 in a Las Vegas hospital from complications following surgery. He had sustained major injuries when his truck overturned in high winds while he was returning from a rafting trip through the Grand Canyon. He was 55. Burke came to UCSC in 1969…

Noontime Culture Talks provide an opportunity for staff to share their culture and/or heritage with the campus community. The presentation can consist of a talk and/or slide show, reading family stories/history, or sharing crafts or other symbols of heritage. Sponsored by the Diversity Education Program, Culture Talks are offered monthly. For more information, contact Gwendolyn…

Most people already know that we have a new chancellor, M.R.C. Greenwood. But they may not be aware that several other high-level appointments were made since the end of the 1995-96 academic year. Two provosts, an Academic Senate chair, and a vice chancellor are among the new appointments. David Henry Anthony III, an associate professor…

Susanne Jonas, lecturer in Latin American and Latino studies, is the author of an article titled "Dangerous Liaisons: The U.S. in Guatemala," which appeared in the June 2 issue of the journal Foreign Policy. In the article, Jonas reviews the U.S.’s involvement in the longest and deadliest civil war in Central America. She argues that…

Noë’s area of research is the philosophy of mind. His work combines traditional philosophical methods and concerns with more recent developments in cognitive science and artificial intelligence. He comes to UCSC from Tufts University where he was a research associate at the Center for Cognitive Studies under the direction of Daniel Dennett. During this past…