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SANTA CRUZ, CA–Four scholars from the University of California, Santa Cruz, who have recently published books exploring aspects of the environment and environmental politics will gather for a talk and booksigning on Tuesday, March 21, at 7:30 p.m. at the Capitola Book Cafe, 1475 41st Ave. The talk, titled "Changing Views of Politics, Science, and…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–November in Antarctica: sunshine round the clock, melting ice, calm weather. Perfect conditions for an explosion of plant growth in the water, fueling a future feeding frenzy for penguins, walruses, whales, and seabirds. A perfect time, too, for a cruise to study the workings of this food web–the foundation of one of the…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Physicist Abraham Seiden has received the "outstanding faculty award" for 1994-95 from his 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. Seiden, a professor of physics, directs the Santa Cruz Institute…

SANTA CRUZ–The manager of the Alan Chadwick Garden at the University of California, Santa Cruz, will teach gardening techniques at a free workshop Saturday, March 11, from noon to 2 p.m. at UCSanta Cruz. Orin Martin will offer ideas on how to select and start seeds, enrich soil, and prepare garden beds for planting. He…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The air is abuzz–literally–as scores of tiny iridescent hummingbirds alight in the Arboretum at the University of California, Santa Cruz, just in time for the annual Hummingbird Festival. The birds don’t know about the festival, of course. They just come to sample the Arboretum’s plentiful nectar-rich blooms. Scheduled for Saturday, March 18, this…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–What is the fate of our universe? Is there some deep reason why this universe allowed creatures to evolve who can try to understand it? Does it make sense to talk about other universes, perhaps governed by quite different physical laws? Those are some of the fascinating issues that noted cosmologist Sir Martin…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The Office of the President of the University of California has approved the appointment of Ronald Henderson as dean of the Division of Graduate Studies at University of California, Santa Cruz. Henderson is a research professor of psychology and education. His appointment is retroactive to January 1. As dean, Henderson oversees programs and…

Cosmology Lightweight Neutrinos Zip Nicely Into Latest Models Of The Universe The discovery that the ghostly particles called neutrinos may have a small mass supports a special class of theoretical models of how the universe has evolved, according to a group led by cosmologist Joel Primack of UCSC. Physicists at Los Alamos National Laboratory have…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The term Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a relatively new way of describing the psychological aftershocks of a trauma but the psychosis itself is nothing new, according to Boston psychiatrist John Shay. Shay, who treats Vietnam veterans, says that the condition was documented millennia earlier in Homer’s Iliad–the ancient Greek epic poem that…

Paper To Appear In Physical Review Letters Explains The Cosmological Consequences Of Neutrinos With Mass. It Also Predicts The Most Likely Scenario: Two Species Of Neutrino With The Same Mass. SANTA CRUZ, CA–The discovery that the ghostly particles called neutrinos may have a small mass supports a special class of theoretical models of how the…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Scholars from around the country will gather at the University of California, Santa Cruz, to discuss the life and work of conservationist and former UCSC faculty member Grant McConnell at a memorial colloquium scheduled for 3 p.m. on Friday, February 17, in the Merrill College Baobab Lounge. McConnell, who died in his Bonny…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Angela Davis, a professor of history of consciousness at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has been appointed to the Presidential Chair at UCSC. Davis is the third UCSC faculty member to receive appointment to the chair, following Professors Hayden White and Richard Wasserstrom. UC President Jack W. Peltason appointed Davis–whose research focuses…