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Fine-tuning Keck I, completing Keck II, and developing adaptive optics keeps observatory humming Nelson also will deliver the 1995 Heineman Prize Lecture, "The Keck Observatory: Challenges and Promise," at 11:40 a.m. EDT Thursday, June 15, in the Allegheny I and II rooms, Pittsburgh Vista Hotel. PITTSBURGH, PA–The W. M. Keck Telescope, mankind’s compound eye on…

Patricia Nelson Limerick, who will receive $275,000 as one of 24 new MacArthur Fellows named today (June 12, 1995) by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, earned a bachelor’s degree in American studies in 1972 from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Limerick was also the 1990 recipient of UCSC’s Alumni Achievement Award,…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The Conference Office at the University of California, Santa Cruz, will host more than 50 conferences, symposia, meetings, institutes, and camps this summer, on subjects ranging from Summer Bridge, a program to acquaint incoming freshmen with UCSC, to invertebrate reproduction. The ten-week conference season is expected to bring roughly 13,000 visitors to the…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–A 1990 film by the late Argentine director Maria Luisa Bemberg kicks off a public film festival at the University of California, Santa Cruz, that celebrates the first 100 years of cinema with a focus on depictions of gender in Latin American films. The festival, which runs June 25-29, features seven films, five…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The public is invited to attend the annual meeting of the Friends of the UCSC Library, which will feature readings by some of the area’s most prominent writers. The free event takes place Thursday, June 15, at 4 p.m. under the cherry trees on the patio north of McHenry Library at the University…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Artwork produced by graduating seniors in visual arts at the University of California, Santa Cruz, will be on display the weekend of June 17-18. The annual Senior Exhibit takes place in studios throughout the Baskin Visual Arts complex at UCSC from noon to 5 p.m. Sponsored by the Board of Studies in Art,…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Summer is a terrific time of year to explore the University of California, Santa Cruz, and its off-campus facilities. Whether one wants to take a walk under the redwoods, visit a working organic farm and garden, or tour a 100-year-old mountaintop observatory, UCSC offers the opportunity. Admission is free, unless otherwise noted. The…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–An Academic Senate committee at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has selected the recipients of the 1994- 95 Excellence in Teaching Awards. The Committee on Teaching chose a total of five professors and lecturers from nominees submitted by UCSC students and faculty. The awards are meant to emphasize UCSC’s commitment to excellence…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Sigma Xi, an honor society of scientists founded in 1886, has conferred chapter status upon the Sigma Xi club based at UC Santa Cruz. The UCSC club was established in 1989; promotion to full chapter recognizes the group’s active membership and its organization of events to foster public awareness of scientific research. C.…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The second graders wiggled with excitement as they gathered at Long Marine Laboratory, one of the nation’s premier marine-research centers. It’s a place where scientists test the hearing of sea lions and measure the heartbeats of dolphins, and kids love it. "I’ve been here a million times," said Shay Baldwin, eight. "This place…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The class of 1995 at the University of California, Santa Cruz, will hold commencement exercises on Saturday, June 17, and Sunday, June 18. This year, the following numbers of students are candidates for degrees or graduate certificates: 2,197, bachelor of arts or science degrees; 66, master’s degrees; 61, doctorate degrees; and 43, graduate…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The public is invited to attend a sale featuring low-cost original prints by student artists and others affiliated with the printmaking studio at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The sale takes place on Friday, June 9, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Baskin Visual Arts, Room G-101. Block prints, lithographs, etchings,…