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SANTA CRUZ, CA–A lecture series presented jointly by the Humanities Division at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the Art Museum of Santa Cruz County continues on May 8 with the talk, "Abundant Righteousness: Moralism in Contemporary Political Life." The talk is presented by UCSC professor of women’s studies and legal studies Wendy Brown…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Oceanographer Mary Silver has received the "outstanding faculty award" for 1995-96 from her peers in the Natural Sciences Division at UC Santa Cruz. The annual award honors excellence in three areas: research, teaching, and service to the campus, scientific organizations, and the public. Silver, a professor of marine sciences, focuses her research on…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–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 in flames when the details became clear: The planet is so close to its star that temperatures…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–In the days following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, few subjects of a dream study recalled any of their dreams, says psychologist Veronica Tonay. During the second week, subjects experienced extraordinarily happy dreams full of joy and good feelings. It wasn’t until the third week that they started dreaming of earthquakes and of…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Photographs by seven UC Santa Cruz students will be exhibited at the Louden Nelson Community Center from May 5 through May 30. The show is titled "Photographic Journeys, 1996," and features works by students in UCSC’s Division of Social Sciences. The exhibit is free and open to the public. The community center is…

In my dreams the impossible is not a Jewish concept. –Elie Wiesel from All Rivers Run to the Sea SANTA CRUZ, CA–Nobel Peace Prize-winning author and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel will present a talk titled "An Evening with Elie Wiesel" on Tuesday, May 7, at 7:30 p.m. in the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium. The talk,…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–A dizzying array of organic plants will be available at the annual UCSC Farm and Garden plant sale on Saturday and Sunday, May 4-5, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The sale takes place at the Barn Theater Parking Lot at the intersection of Bay and High streets at the base of campus.…

The University of California Board of Regents, acting on President Richard C. Atkinson’s recommendation, named M.R.C. "Marci" Greenwood chancellor of UC Santa Cruz during a special meeting today (Tuesday, April 9) by teleconference. A nationally respected scholar and dean of graduate studies and vice provost for academic outreach at UC Davis, Greenwood, 53, is the…

Science Journalist Laurie Garrett Will Deliver A Free Public Lecture At UCSC On Friday, April 12 SANTA CRUZ, CA–An alumna of the University of California, Santa Cruz, has received the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for explanatory journalism, Columbia University announced today. Science and medical reporter Laurie Garrett won for a series of articles last year in…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The Arboretum at the University of California, Santa Cruz, will host its annual Spring Plant Sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 20. The event is free and open to the public. It will take place in the Arboretum’s eucalyptus grove, near the intersection of Empire Grade and Western Drive…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Jonathan Weitsman, an associate professor of mathematics at UC Santa Cruz, is one of 100 outstanding young researchers who have received prestigious fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the foundation announced Friday. Weitsman will receive $35,000 per year for two years. Weitsman studies a field of mathematics called symplectic geometry. From the…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Albert E. Whitford, astronomer emeritus at the University of California Observatories/Lick Observatory and long recognized as one of the world’s preeminent astronomers, will receive the 1996 Catherine Wolfe Bruce Medal from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) in honor of his lifetime accomplishments. Whitford, age 90, was director of Lick Observatory from…