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SANTA CRUZ, CA–The Latin American studies program at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has been renamed Latin American and Latino studies in a change that reflects the integration of the study of Chicano and Latino populations within the United States. The new name is part of a reorganization designed to encompass the study of…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The U.S. Department of Education has awarded two grants totaling $520,146 to the University of California, Santa Cruz, to support 22 graduate students, especially women and minorities, in the fields of biology and physics. The grants are part of a Department of Education program called Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need, or…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Ocean waters at the border between California and Mexico contained far less lead in the late 1980s than in the mid 1970s despite substantial increases in population and sewage disposal, according to new research by scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Geochemists Sergio Sanudo-Wilhelmy and Russell Flegal found three times less…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Mark Cioc, associate professor of history, has been named provost of Stevenson College at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Cioc’s appointment, which took effect July 1, was announced this week by Executive Vice Chancellor R. Michael Tanner. "Stevenson College and its students will benefit from Professor Cioc’s dedication to undergraduate education and…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–For the third time in three years, researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have unearthed evidence that the world’s deepest quakes rupture the planet in a markedly different way than their shallow and more damaging cousins. For their latest study, seismologists Heidi Houston and John Vidale examined how deep earthquakes release…

Reporters are invited to cover this national conference that will include demonstrations of state-of-the-art multimedia tools available for use in higher education. For more information or for a detailed agenda, please call the UCSC Office of Public Information at (408) 459-2495. What: A conference on technology that will showcase the latest computer technology for higher…

SANTA CRUZ–A collaborative project between the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and the Dickens Project at the University of California, Santa Cruz, gets under way the week of July 31 when Angie Mason, the head of BBC’s Educational Developments division, will be on campus with a film crew interviewing world-renowned Dickens scholars. The BBC and the…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–This summer more than 200 high school and college minority students are attending programs at the University of California, Santa Cruz, designed to encourage them to continue their academic careers. Four programs, running as late as September 3, are offered by UCSC’s Student Affirmative Action/Educational Opportunity Programs (SAA/EOP). The programs are geared for…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–How do marine animals stay warm in frigid water? What do deep-sea fishes near our coast look like? What are some favorite "tall tales" of the ocean? Lovers of the marine environment can enjoy those topics and more at "Ocean Explorations- -Above, Below, and Beyond Monterey Bay," the third annual lecture series presented…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–"Catalina Bob," the resilient common dolphin that first came ashore in early April, is one step closer to returning to his ocean home today after a nine-hour transport from the Long Marine Laboratory at UC Santa Cruz to Sea World in San Diego. Catalina Bob arrived at Sea World at about 6 a.m.…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Girls and young women are consistently shortchanged in mathematics and science education by a system that favors boys and young men, but researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, are launching a major three-year study this summer to reverse the trend. Funded by a three-year, $903,000 grant from the National Science Foundation,…

SAN FRANCISCO–The University of California Board of Regents today (Friday, July 15) approved the sale for $2.4 million of a 410- acre redwood parcel to Save-the Redwoods League. The sale of the parcel, which contains some old-growth redwoods, ensures that the property will be available for public use. The land, called the "Miller property," is…