Campus News
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Feminist Scholar To Discuss Technology Literacy On March 5
SANTA CRUZ, CA–Prominent feminist scholar Anne Balsamo will give a free public lecture at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 5, at the Museum of Art and History in the McPherson Center, 705 Front Street, in downtown Santa Cruz. Balsamo, a senior research scientist at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) in San Jose, will…
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Latin American And Latino Studies Earns Departmental Status At UCSC
SANTA CRUZ, CA–The newest department to be established at the University of California, Santa Cruz, is the Latin American and Latino Studies Department (LALS). The move reflects institutional consolidation and creates opportunities for growth, said LALS Department Chair Jonathan Fox. "This decision builds on our university’s tradition of pioneering innnovative interdisciplinary fields," he said. "Both…
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UC Santa Cruz Prof Named To Prestigious Post At University Of Oregon
SANTA CRUZ, CA–Dana Frank, professor of American studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, will spend spring quarter at the University of Oregon in Eugene as the holder of the prestigious Wayne Morse Chair for Law and Politics. The position was established in 1981 as a memorial to the late U.S. senator Wayne Morse,…
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UCSC’s Long Marine Laboratory Celebrates The Return Of Its Newly Refurbished Blue Whale Skeleton On Sunday, February 25
SANTA CRUZ, CA–It’s back and better than ever. The 87-foot blue whale skeleton at UC Santa Cruz’s Long Marine Laboratory has been painstakingly refurbished and reassembled next to the lab’s Seymour Marine Discovery Center. To celebrate the return of this beloved icon, the lab will hold a "re-dedication" ceremony on Sunday, February 25, from 1…
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How Did Matter Come To Dominate The Universe?
Results from two new accelerators may help physicists answer a long-standing question SAN FRANCISCO, CA–The seemingly unremarkable fact that the universe is full of matter turns out to be something physicists can’t quite account for. According to the big bang theory, equal amounts of matter and antimatter were created at the birth of the universe,…
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UC Santa Cruz Farm Seeks Docents To Lead Public Tours
Training begins March 1 SANTA CRUZ, CA–For Jim Rollins, it’s all about the bees. Rollins is a volunteer docent at the UC Santa Cruz Farm, and he gets a kick out of guiding tour groups around the campus’s 25-acre organic farm and garden. Reflecting on what he gets out of being a docent, Rollins recalled…
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Graduate Student Lands A Starring Role In The Human Genome Project
SANTA CRUZ, CAThey may as well go ahead and give Jim Kent his Ph.D. now, considering his role in a scientific achievement destined for the history books. Kent, a graduate student in biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, designed and wrote the computer program called GigAssembler used to put together the draft sequence…
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Computer Science Professor Charles Mcdowell Named Carnegie Scholar
SANTA CRUZ, CA–The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has named Charles McDowell, a professor of computer science at the University of California, Santa Cruz, a Carnegie Scholar for 2001-02. McDowell is the second UCSC faculty member to serve as a Carnegie Scholar, following the selection of professor of mathematics Bruce Cooperstein for the…
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Noted Jewish Writer Headlines Holocaust Literature Conference Feb. 23
SANTA CRUZ, CA–Author and Israeli political activist David Grossman will headline a one-day conference on Holocaust literature that is free and open to the public on Friday, February 23, at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The conference, Reading Holocaust Literature: David Grossman and Contemporary Writing, will take place at Kresge College on the UCSC…
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Restoration Of Tropical Forests Gets Under Way, But Scientists Still Have A Lot To Learn
SANTA CRUZ, CA–In an unparalleled ecological disaster, more than half of the world’s tropical forests have been lost since 1950, due in large part to the developed world’s appetite for agricultural and wood products. While environmentalists lobby for conservation, some scientists are trying to find ways to restore tropical forests that have been cleared and…
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Three Top Organizers Discuss Activism In The New Millennium On Feb. 22
SANTA CRUZ, CA–Union organizer Amy Dean, head of San Jose’s Central Labor Council, has emerged as a labor leader for the new millenium, taking on labor issues at the core of today’s "new economy," such as the rise in temporary employment, access to health insurance, and pension portability. Dean will be joined by two other…
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UC Marine Scientists Work With State Agencies To Address Coastal Issues
SANTA CRUZ, CA–The University of California, in close consultation with state agencies, has launched a new research program to help solve the major management problems facing California’s 1,100-mile coastline. Coastal issues covered by the program include coastal water quality, fisheries, marine ecosystems, and shoreline erosion. The research program, known as the Coastal Environmental Quality Initiative,…