Campus News
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Authors of The View from the Center of the Universe will discuss our place in the cosmos in a free public lecture on Thursday, March 9
In a free public lecture and multimedia presentation next month in Santa Cruz, cosmologist Joel Primack and his wife, Nancy Abrams, will offer a preview of the remarkable ideas in their forthcoming book, The View from the Center of the Universe: Discovering Our Extraordinary Place in the Cosmos (Penguin/Riverhead, April 2006). Primack, a professor of…
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Studies of ancient climates suggest Earth is now on a fast track to global warming
Human activities are releasing greenhouse gases more than 30 times faster than the rate of emissions that triggered a period of extreme global warming in the Earth’s past, according to an expert on ancient climates. “The emissions that caused this past episode of global warming probably lasted 10,000 years. By burning fossil fuels, we are…
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High-tech tags on marine animals yield valuable data for biologists and oceanographers
Researchers are enlisting seals, sea lions, tunas, and sharks to serve as ocean sensors, outfitting these top predators with electronic tags that gather detailed reports on oceanographic conditions and, in many cases, transmit the data via satellite. The data are proving useful to both biologists and oceanographers, yielding new information about the migrations and behavior…
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Top Hollywood script supervisor visits UC Santa Cruz
For the past 14 years, Ana Maria Quintana has worked as a script supervisor for director Steven Spielberg on films such as Munich, Saving Private Ryan, Jurassic Park, and Hook. One of the highest-ranking Latinas in the film industry, she has worked on more than 100 movies in a career that has spanned three decades,…
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UC Santa Cruz protest no longer on Pentagon’s ‘credible threat’ list
The Department of Defense has removed mention of a campus demonstration at the University of California, Santa Cruz, from the TALON (Threat and Local Observation Notice) database, following recent efforts by UCSC Chancellor Denice D. Denton and members of California’s congressional delegation. Chancellor Denton advocated for change in Defense Department database For more information, go…
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New book on startling Confederate policy during Civil War
Relatively few people are aware that during the Civil War, Confederate leaders put forth a proposal to arm slaves to fight against the Union in exchange for their freedom. In his new book Confederate Emancipation: Southern Plans to Free and Arm Slaves during the Civil War (Oxford University Press, 2006), UC Santa Cruz history professor…
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UC Santa Cruz appoints seasoned advancement professional as new vice chancellor of University Relations
Donna M. Murphy, an accomplished university advancement executive, has been selected to become the new vice chancellor of University Relations at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The announcement by Chancellor Denice D. Denton follows a national search to fill the position. Murphy will join the campus’ senior leadership team on February 21. Donna M.…