Campus News
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Statewide MESA program and UCSC MESA director honored for innovative education programs
The California Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) program, a statewide program with an academic support center at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has been named one of the five most innovative public programs in the country. In addition, the director of the MESA Schools Program at UC Santa Cruz, Antonio Garcia, was honored individually…
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Local children featured in ‘listening to the earth’ performance
Try this recipe for a special performance event: Take the leadership of Tandy Beal, a theater arts instructor at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Add 40 UC Santa Cruz students. Mix well with 200 young local students, their teachers, and community members. Blend in weeks of schools visits, teaching, and practice. The result? Listening…
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Author explores ‘bridge of migrations’ between Japan and Brazil
Japan and Brazil: It’s hard to image two countries further apart, or two cultures more disparate. But after almost a century of economic and social ties, Japan and Brazil have built a “dynamic bridge of migrations,” says author Karen Tei Yamashita. Her book Circle K Cycles (Coffee House Press, 2001) explores these connections through the…
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The beautiful and spiritual Tantric chanting of the Gyuto Monks of Tibet
UC SANTA CRUZ ARTS & LECTURES presents GYUTO MONKS of Tibet DETAILS » TWO NIGHTS ONLY: Wednesday & Thursday, March 27 & 28, 2002 at 8pm » UCSC Music Center Recital Hall » Admission: $23 Adult; $19 Students & Seniors w/ ID; $13 UCSC Students w/ ID » Tickets: UCSC Ticket Office: 831.459.2159 / On-Line:…
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The remarkable theatrical work of Collective: Unconscious in their award-winning Charlie, Victor, Romeo
UC SANTA CRUZ ARTS & LECTURES presents COLLECTIVE: UNCONSCIOUS in “Charlie, Victor, Romeo” DETAILS » TWO NIGHTS ONLY: Tuesday & Wednesday, March 26 & 27, 2002 at 8pm » UCSC Theater Arts Mainstage » Admission: $23 Adult; $19 Students & Seniors w/ ID; $13 UCSC Students w/ ID » UCSC Ticket Office: 831-459-2159 / On-line:…
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A Traveling Jewish Theatre presents ‘God’s Donkey: A Play on Moses’
UC SANTA CRUZ ARTS & LECTURES presents A TRAVELING JEWISH THEATRE in “God’s Donkey: A Play on Moses” DETAILS » TWO PERFORMANCES ONLY: Saturday April 6, 2002 at 8pm & Sunday, April 7, 2002 at 3pm » UCSC Theater Arts Mainstage » Admission: $23 Adult; $19 Students & Seniors w/ ID; $13 UCSC Students w/…
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UCSC astronomer wins Herzberg Memorial Prize
The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) has awarded the 2001 Herzberg Memorial Prize and Fellowship to Puragra GuhaThakurta, associate professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The honor recognizes GuhaThakurta’s outstanding work in observational astrophysics. The award consists of a prize and a one-year fellowship. GuhaThakurta will spend his…
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Marine scientists will hold a public symposium on coastal ecosystems on Sunday, March 10
Marine scientists involved in a major study of coastal ecosystems on the West Coast are hosting a Public Symposium on Sunday, March 10, to present findings from their first three years of research. Researchers, managers, ocean enthusiasts, and the general public are invited to attend and learn about recent progress from the Partnership for Interdisciplinary…
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Film retrospective of acclaimed director fulfills deathbed promise
Satyajit Ray’s movies to be shown in Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles A deathbed promise to the internationally acclaimed filmmaker Satyajit Ray has led to the first comprehensive American retrospective of Ray’s films. The Complete Satyajit Ray: Cinema Through the Inner Eye, which includes more than 35 feature films and documentaries produced from 1955 to…