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GRAND OPENING EVENTS January 27-28, 1999 McPherson Center 725 Front Street Santa Cruz, CA WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Induction Forum Shaping Policy and Practice: A Forum on New Teacher Induction An invited group of 25 leading educators and policy makers from local, state, and national constituencies are gathering for a structured and facilitated…

Theorists And Theologians Contemplate Implications Of Modern Cosmology ANAHEIM, CA–If cosmology embodies a culture’s commonly held notions about the nature of the universe, then what is the cosmology of modern Western culture? According to Joel Primack, a cosmologist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, modern society has failed to develop a unified view of…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–A University of California, Santa Cruz, politics professor, a scientist, and a staff employee on campus have won the highest awards given annually by the UCSC Alumni Association. The three–J. Peter Euben, Brent Constantz, and Pam Lawson–were nominated for the awards by students, alumni, faculty, and staff, and were selected by the Alumni…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Do crabs bleed when they lose an arm? Can an octopus live out of water? Do sea stars have a brain? These and other challenging questions are regularly fielded by the interpretive guides at Long Marine Laboratory. With training from scientists and staff at UC Santa Cruz, the volunteer guides introduce visitors to…

Long Marine Lab Trains Volunteers For New Marine Center SANTA CRUZ, CA–Do crabs bleed when they lose an arm? Can an octopus live out of water? Do sea stars have a brain? These and other challenging questions are regularly fielded by the interpretive guides at Long Marine Laboratory. With training from scientists and staff at…

SANTA CRUZ–A campus memorial for UC Santa Cruz student Natasha Wakida will take place at 8:30 p.m. on Monday, January 11, in UCSC’s West Field House. Wakida, a 21-year-old College Eight junior, died in an automobile accident in Maryland on Christmas Day. Wakida was the person behind UCSC’s new mascot, Sammy the Slug. In that…

Noted Author, Commentator, And Professor Michael Eric Dyson Will Deliver The Keynote Speech On January 28 SANTA CRUZ, CA-Michael Eric Dyson has been called a "hip-hop intellectual" and a "street fighter in a suit and tie." Also a noted author, commentator, professor, and ordained Baptist minister, Dyson will be the featured speaker at the 15th…

UCSC Astronomers Describe Two Newly Discovered Dwarf Galaxies AUSTIN, TX–Astronomers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have characterized two nearby dwarf galaxies discovered in 1998, identifying them as members of the Local Group of galaxies that includes the Milky Way. Eva Grebel, a Hubble postdoctoral fellow, and Raja Guhathakurta, an associate professor of astronomy…

UCSC To Participate In Research Center On Chip Design SANTA CRUZ, CA–The University of California, Santa Cruz, will take part in a new national research network funded by the U.S. semiconductor industry and the federal government to address core issues in technology development. The network, known as the Focus Center Research Program, will eventually provide…

UCSC Professor Named To National Scientific Advisory Board SANTA CRUZ, CA–Marc Mangel, a professor in the Environmental Studies Department and the Institute of Marine Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has been appointed to the Scientific Advisory Board of the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) in Santa Barbara. Mangel will…

Ucsc Dickens Project Expands Web Site In Collaboration With Bbc SANTA CRUZ, CA–The work of Charles Dickens has always been versatile, appearing first in serial magazine installments, later as full novels and on the stage, and eventually, on radio, television, and the big screen. It’s not surprising then, that Dickens’s works have also adapted well…

Anti-immigration Policies Threaten Democratic Principles SANTA CRUZ, CA–Having seized the initiative in the debate over immigration, the political Right in the United States has for years steadily eroded the rights of both legal and undocumented immigrants to this country. A new book, however, brings the voice of progressives to the table: Immigration: A Civil Rights…