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  • UCSC astronomer John Faulkner to address U.K. astronomy meeting

    The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) has invited John Faulkner, professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, to give the Roger Tayler Memorial Lecture at the National Astronomy Meeting next month in Dublin. Faulkner’s talk, which will take place on April 10, will be the last in a series of five…

  • UCSC researcher will describe scientific voyages to Antarctica in a public talk at the Seymour Center on Wednesday, March 12

    As chief scientist aboard the research vessel Laurence M. Gould, Daniel Costa led a research team investigating the ecology of the Southern Ocean around Antarctica on two cruises in 2001 and 2002. Costa, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UC Santa Cruz, will share his experiences conducting research during the harsh Antarctic winter,…

  • Tiny birds are sure to make a big impression on Hummingbird Day at the UCSC Arboretum on Saturday, March 15

    Visitors to the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum can count on aerial acrobatics galore for the Arboretum’s annual Hummingbird Day festival on Saturday, March 15, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free. Thousands of nectar-producing Grevillea, Erica, and Salvia blooms in the Arboretum fuel the tiny birds with liquid energy for their mating dances.…

  • EDITOR’S ADVISORY: UCSC transitioning from contracted to self-operated dining services

    UC Santa Cruz announced today (March 3) that it will transition from a contracted dining services program to a self-operated dining program. Why: This decision will enable the university to achieve multiple benefits, including: Closer alignment with the values and mission of the university and with the expectations of students. The opportunity for the dining…

  • New video tackles men, women, and romantic love

    Despite what the self-help books say about men and women being from different planets, there are very earthly factors that contribute to the problems men and women encounter in their shared quest for satisfying love relationships. The new video Gender and Relationships: Male-Female Differences in Love and Marriage illuminates the roots of “gendered” patterns of…

  • EDITOR’S ADVISORY: California water expert available to journalists

    A UCSC faculty member who is a leading expert on California’s complicated water rights and delivery system is available to assist journalists with their coverage of the state’s ongoing water crises. What: Leading expert on California water policy Why: State water officials are monitoring the Sierra snowpack in hopes precipitation totals will pick up before…

  • It’s not just about gender, sociologist says of adolescent girls

    In her new book, Women Without Class: Girls, Race, and Identity, Julie Bettie calls for an overt discussion of social class–along with race and gender–as the key to ending educational inequality. “Young women are negotiating the multiple axes of race, ethnicity, class, and gender as they come of age, but that complexity often gets overlooked…

  • UC Santa Cruz prof will lead Latin American Studies Association

    Sonia Alvarez, an associate professor of politics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has been elected to lead the Latin American Studies Association. Alvarez will begin her 18-month term as vice president in May and will serve as president from November 2004 through April 2006, presiding over the group’s international congress in March 2006.…

  • Utopia scholar to deliver annual UCSC faculty research lecture

    UCSC professor of history Jonathan Beecher will deliver the 36th annual Faculty Research Lecture on Tuesday, March 11, at 8 p.m. in the Second Stage Theater on campus. The event is free and open to the public. Beecher was selected by UCSC faculty members for the prestigious honor given in recognition of outstanding research achievements…

  • $1 million gift from philanthropist Jack Baskin to UC Santa Cruz School of Engineering supports new building and new department

    Retired engineer and philanthropist Jack Baskin has once again demonstrated his strong support for the engineering school that bears his name with a gift of $1 million to the Baskin School of Engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Baskin’s latest contribution will help fund a new engineering building now under construction on the…

  • UCSC faculty vote to oppose war in Iraq

    UCSC’s Academic Senate, holding its winter-quarter meeting today (Wednesday, February 19), voted overwhelmingly for a resolution opposing “unilateral U.S. military intervention in Iraq.” The vote was 58-0 with two members of the senate abstaining. Adopted resolution Brought to the floor by Assistant Professor Paul Ortiz of UCSC’s Community Studies Department and amended by faculty members,…

  • UC Santa Cruz and CNET investigation results in arrest of four students

    Following a four-month joint investigation by UC Santa Cruz Police Department and members of the Santa Cruz County Narcotics Enforcement Team (CNET), police officers served search and arrest warrants this morning (Tuesday, February 18) at Porter College. Four UCSC students were arrested and booked into Santa Cruz County jail. Officers seized psilocybin mushrooms, LSD, mescaline,…

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