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Surprise Grant To UC Santa Cruz Library Will Turn Materials From Obsolete To Cutting Edge SANTA CRUZ, CA–Since 1971, Slide Collections in the University Library at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has been the home of the archive of photographer Branson DeCou. But, because DeCou produced mainly lantern slides, the delicate and dated format…

Astronomer Alex Filippenko To Give Free Public Astronomy Talk To UC Santa Cruz SANTA CRUZ, CA–Recent observations of very distant exploding stars have provided evidence that the expansion of the universe is speeding up with time rather than slowing down as cosmologists had expected. These observations, called the Science Breakthrough of 1998 by Science magazine,…

UC Santa Cruz Alumni Association Welcomes Its 10,000th Member** SANTA CRUZ, CA–The UC Santa Cruz Alumni Association welcomed its 10,000th member this week, marking the latest milestone for an organization that has supported the university since its first class graduated in 1968. The newest member is Melyssa Jo Kelly, a re-entry student who graduated from…

UCSC Anthropologist Kicks Off Lecture Series With Talk About Qigong SANTA CRUZ, CA–Qigong, an ancient Chinese healing practice that integrates movement and breathing, made headlines last summer when the Chinese government publicly cracked down on practitioners of falun gong, a spinoff that combines qigong exercises with Buddhist and Taoist cultivation practices. Qigong, pronounced "chee-gong," is…

World-renowned Musician Ali Akbar Khan Accepts Teaching Post At UC Santa Cruz October 15 Concert Planned In Celebration Of Khan’s Appointment SANTA CRUZ, CA–Sarode master Ali Akbar Khan, considered to be one of the world’s greatest living musicians, has been named Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Music at the University of California, Santa Cruz. A "national…

Science Book Club Will Discuss The Fates Of Human Societies At Next Meeting In October SANTA CRUZ, CA–The Science Matters Book Club, which meets each month at the Central Branch of the Santa Cruz Public Library, holds its meeting for next month on Sunday, October 17, from 2 to 4 p.m. Mike Dalbey, a lecturer…

Hear The Latest About Farmland Preservation Efforts October 7 SANTA CRUZ, CA–Throughout the state of California, farmland is being gobbled up to make way for new housing and commercial developments. In Pajaro Valley, farmland preservationists have actively opposed efforts to annex nearly 300 acres of prime farmland that the city of Watsonville is eager to…

Seventeen Documentary Films From New York’s Margaret Mead Film Festival In Santa Cruz SANTA CRUZ, CA–If you loved the movie Buena Vista Social Club, mark your calendar for October 15, when local audiences will have a chance to enjoy the poignant film Black Tears, a musical portrait of the octogenarian Cuban quintet La Vieja Trova…

Nine Students Receive $20,000 Scholarships To Transfer To Uc Santa Cruz SANTA CRUZ, CA–Nine talented students from regional community colleges have been awarded $20,000 scholarships to attend the University of California, Santa Cruz. Recipients receive $10,000 scholarships for each of two years, the support of a strong academic mentoring program, and assistance finding paid summer…

UC Santa Cruz And Quantum Release S.m.a.r.t. Software For Linux S.M.A.R.T. Technology Monitors The Performance Of Hard-disk Drives And Alerts Users When Hard Drive Failure Is Imminent SANTA CRUZ, CA–Free software enabling users of the Linux operating system to monitor their hard drives and detect predictable drive failures is available from the Concurrent Systems Laboratory…

UCSC Researchers Obtain First Details Images Of A Complete Ribosome Knowing The Structure Of The Ribosome, A Molecular Machine Fundamental To All Life, May Lead To More Effective Antibiotics, New Insights Into The Origins Of Life, And Other Significant Advances. SANTA CRUZ, CA–Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have taken a huge step…

UCSC History Professor Appointed To National Endowment For The Humanities SANTA CRUZ, CA–A historian at the University of California, Santa Cruz, is one of five people to be named by President Clinton to serve on the 26-member board of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Pedro Castillo, an associate professor of history at UCSC, was…