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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…

The Hard-hitting, High-flying Lula Washington Dance Theatre Comes To UC Santa Cruz April 15 Editors: This release follows an ealier announcement, mailed to you last month, 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,…

Three Ph.d. Programs At UC Santa Cruz Ranked Among The Nation’s Best Rankings appear in U.S. News & World Report’s 2001 "Best Graduate Schools" guide SANTA CRUZ–Three Ph.D. offerings at the University of California, SantaCruz, among the best in the country, according to the 2001 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s popular guide helping…

UCSC Physicists And Astronomers Tapped To Work On Space-based Gamma Ray Telescope Scheduled For 2005 Launch SANTA CRUZ, CA–Scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, are now involved in several aspects of NASA’s Gamma ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST), scheduled for launch in 2005. After years of planning and evaluation of proposals, NASA…

UCSC Astronomer Donald Osterbrock Honored By University Of Chicago** SANTA CRUZ, CA–Donald Osterbrock, professor emeritus of astronomy and astrophysics at UC Santa Cruz and astronomer emeritus at UC Observatories/Lick Observatory, has been chosen to receive the University of Chicago Alumni Medal. Created in 1941 to recognize exceptional career achievements that have benefited society, the medal…