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UCSC Biologists Receives Presidential Award In White House Ceremony SANTA CRUZ, CA–Yishi Jin, an assistant professor of biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, is among a select group of young researchers to receive the 1999 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. The award is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S.…

Civil Rights Attorney To Discuss Race In The New Century On April 27 SANTA CRUZ, CA–Angela Oh, a civil rights attorney and former member of President Clinton’s Initiative on Race advisory panel, will give a free public talk about race and politics in the new century on Thursday, April 27, at 8 p.m. in the…

UC Santa Cruz Graduate Wins Pulitzer Prize For Investigative Journalism Member of reporting team that disclosed Korean War killings at No Gun Ri SANTA CRUZ, CA–For the third time in five years, a graduate of UC Santa Cruz has received a Pulitzer Prize, journalism’s most prestigious honor. Among the winners announced today (Monday, April 10)…

Video Cameras Reveal Seals, Whales, And Other Marine Mammals Take A Laid-back Approach To Deep Diving SANTA CRUZ, CA–For years scientists have puzzled over the ability of dolphins, seals, and other marine mammals to perform long, deep dives that seem to exceed their aerobic capacities. Now, with the help of sophisticated instruments and video technology,…

Dual Admissions Program Launched By UCSC And 14 Community Colleges To Increase Transfers Fifteen schools form new Regional Council to facilitate transfers to the University of California SANTA CRUZ, CA–The University of California, Santa Cruz, is teaming up with 14 regional community colleges to increase the number of students transferring from community colleges to the…

UCSC Installation Artist Sets Her Sites Around The Globe SANTA CRUZ, CA–When it opens in the spring, the new National Government Center in downtown Saitama, Japan, will become one of the busiest pedestrian corners of the world, with some 50,000 people crossing the plaza each day. As they traverse the area, inevitably, many of those…

UCSC’s Annual Open House To Take Place On Saturday, April 15 SANTA CRUZ, CA–The University of California, Santa Cruz, will host the Banana Slug Spring Fair on Saturday, April 15. Current and prospective students and their families, UCSC alumni, and all other friends of the campus are invited to the annual celebration, which features information…

UC Santa Cruz Faculty Member Examines Civil War April 13 SANTA CRUZ, CA–Bruce Levine, professor of history at the University of California, Santa Cruz, will present a talk, titled "An Emancipation Proclamation for the Confederacy," on Thursday, April 13, from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Museum of Art and History at the McPherson Center,…

Landmark Women’s Studies Program At UC Santa Cruz Turns 25 Several Events Are Planned To Celebrate Department’s Anniversary SANTA CRUZ, CA–Not long ago, the idea of women’s studies was little understood or regarded. But then came the Women’s Liberation Movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s and, along with it, a whole new perspective…

Wynton Marsalis And The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra Swing Into Town April 12 Editors: This release follows an earlier announcement that you may have received, and provides an in-depth look at one of the many outstanding artists coming to Santa Cruz this year through the Arts & Lectures program at the University of California, Santa…

Leading Russian Political Strategist To Discuss Election Results April 5 SANTA CRUZ, CA–One of Russia’s leading political strategists will discuss the outcome of Russia’s presidential election during a free public talk on Wednesday, April 5, from 7 to 9 p.m., in the Baobab Lounge at Merrill College on the UC Santa Cruz campus. Vyacheslav Igrunov,…

Sam Farr Attends Third Annual Teachers Conference April 1 SANTA CRUZ, CA–Congressman Sam Farr will be the guest speaker at the third annual spring conference for Monterey Bay teachers and educators on Saturday, April 1. The event, "Setting the Standard in Science Education: A Celebration of Science Education," takes place from 8 a.m. to 4…