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Program Attracts The Support Of Industry, Including A $25,000 Challenge Grant From Glaxo Wellcome SANTA CRUZ, CA–Finding and testing safe and effective new drugs, pesticides, and other useful chemicals is a tricky business. Designing them from scratch is even harder. In the face of ongoing battles against deadly viruses, cancer, agricultural pests, and a legion…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–A new carnivorous plant bog has added some bite to the flowery displays of the Arboretum at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Kids are not the only ones enthralled by the insect-devouring plants, says Steve McCabe, a curator at the Arboretum. "Most everybody likes the carnivorous plants–they’re just so weird." An early…

Wednesday, April 10 UCSC hosts the Pacific Rim Festival of Contemporary Music, a four- concert series featuring internationally acclaimed talents of the contemporary music world. The April 10 program features the works of Sung Jae Lee, Kyung Sun Suh, John Sackett, Chou Wen Chung, David Evan Jones, and Toru Takemitsu. A post-concert discussion featuring guest…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–An innovative teacher-training program led by the University of California, Santa Cruz, that provides professional guidance and support for teachers during their first two years in the classroom is receiving an award for excellence from a statewide educational group today (Friday, March 29, 1996). The California Council on the Education of Teachers is…

Everyone has concerns about schools today–from parents and teachers to business and civic leaders. At a time when creative solutions appear to be in short supply, some answers may be found in the work of Barbara Rogoff, UCSC Foundation Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Rogoff’s work as a developmental psychologist…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–What’s the secret to successful leadership? Vision? Organization? Speaking style? Try confidence. And optimism. Those two qualities have a major impact on the effectiveness of leaders, says Martin Chemers, a professor of psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Chemers will discuss leadership during a talk entitled "Heavy Mettle: The Role of…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–University of California scientists who study the effects of toxic materials in the environment will convene at UC Santa Cruz on Saturday, March 30, for the ninth annual research symposium of the UC Toxic Substances Research and Teaching Program. Two parts of the symposium are open to the public. Faculty members and graduate…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Police use the face to track down suspects. Flight attendants are trained to mask their true emotions by putting a smile on their face. And studies show that physical attractiveness is linked to popularity–even among kindergartners. Identity. Emotion. Attraction. The face is like a bulletin board that conveys who we are and what…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Plague and pestilence sound like dirty words out of history books, harking to times of poor societal hygiene and backward medical practices. Today’s hospitals and miracle pills seem to offer quick cures, making it easy to forget that bacteria, viruses, and other microbes still live among us. Such complacency is dangerous, says science…

Telescopes Are Not Required To See The Comet, Which Should Be Easily Visible To The Naked Eye MT. HAMILTON, CA–Public officials and law enforcement agencies plan to forbid parking on roads leading to Lick Observatory on several nights beginning Friday, March 22, to help prevent hazardous traffic situations from developing during the close passage of…

UC Santa Cruz Historian Examines The Long History Of The ‘Buy American’ Movement And Economic Nationalism In America SANTA CRUZ, CA–The protectionist trade policies so central to the platform of presidential hopeful Patrick Buchanan have appealed to countless politicians before him. In fact, the concept is as old as the United States itself. An early…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Whales abound in Santa Cruz. There are migrating gray whales, the Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra, and the most fun-filled whale of all: "A Whale of an Auction," the largest annual fund-raising event for public education programs at Long Marine Laboratory. This year’s soiree, the eleventh annual auction, begins at 6 p.m. Friday, March…