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SANTA CRUZ, CA–Two longtime professors at the University of California, Santa Cruz, were honored by the Division of Social Sciences today (Thursday, October 5) for their excellence in teaching. Dane Archer, professor of sociology, and Isebill "Ronnie" V. Gruhn, professor of politics, have received the Division of Social Sciences’ 1999-2000 Distinguished Teaching Awards at an…

WHEATON, Ill.–The greatest challenge facing educators today is attracting students from a wide range of backgrounds into the teaching profession, said June A. Gordon, author of the new book The Color of Teaching, who gave the keynote address today (October 6, 2000) at the Illinois regional conference of the Association of Teacher Educators. Student diversity…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Gaurang Yodh, a professor of physics at the University of California, Irvine, is both an expert in high-energy physics and a highly accomplished sitar player. When Yodh visits UC Santa Cruz next week, he will perform a public concert of sitar music in addition to delivering a talk at the Physics Department’s weekly…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–"Frontiers in Toxicology," an inaugural lecture to celebrate the establishment of the Department of Environmental Toxicology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, will feature presentations by two distinguished scientists on Thursday, October 5, from 3 to 5 p.m. The event will take place at the Theater Arts Second Stage and is free…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Construction began this month on the first new facilities to be built at the former Fort Ord military reservation: a headquarters building complex for the University of California’s Monterey Bay Education, Science, and Technology (MBEST) Center. The 26,000-square-foot headquarters complex, scheduled for completion in spring 2001, will house a variety of tenants, including…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Brush the cobwebs off your creativity and create a seasonal sensation for the first-ever scarecrow contest that will highlight the UC Santa Cruz Farm’s annual Harvest Festival on Saturday, October 14. The contest will be a centerpiece of the annual festival,which takes place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Harvest Festival features…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The recipients of named scholarships for community college transfer students have been announced by the University of California, Santa Cruz. Named scholarships honor contributors of major gifts, in this case to the Karl S. Pister Leadership Opportunity Awards (KSPLOA) program, which provides $20,000 scholarships to regional community college students who transfer to UC…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Martha Zúñiga, an associate professor of molecular, cellular, and developmental biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, is among ten Latino scientists whose achievements are featured in an exhibit at the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose. The exhibit, running from September 16 through October 15, is part of the museum’s…

Editor’s Advisory First day of instruction is Wednesday, September 20 SANTA CRUZ, CA–The first day of classes in the 2000-01 school year at UC Santa Cruz is Wednesday, September 20. Students began moving into university housing on Thursday, September 14, and were scheduled to continue doing so through Saturday, September 16. To assist you in…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–An extraordinary documentary account of the trial of convicted Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann will open the second annual Santa Cruz Documentary Film and Video Festival on Sunday, October 1. The two-hour film, The Specialist, is a highly acclaimed work directed by Israeli filmmaker Eyal Sivan. The 1961 trial, which was filmed in…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The University of California, Santa Cruz, will hold a public workshop on Wednesday, October 4, to discuss progress toward developing a master plan for Long Marine Laboratory and the adjacent 55-acre property purchased last year from Wells Fargo Bank. The meeting will take place from 7 to 9 p.m.in the conference room of…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The use of lead as a gasoline additive was phased out years ago in California, but an enormous reservoir of lead-contaminated soils and river sediments remains in the Central Valley and will continue to contaminate the waters of San Francisco Bay for decades to come, according to a study published in the September…