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UC Santa Cruz is hosting Exposed!, the ninth annual systemwide conference and general assembly of the University of California Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Association (UCLGBTA). The conference, which is being held February 6-8 in partnership with the Human Rights Campaign and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, will address lesbian, gay, bisexual, and…

What do Groucho Marx, Sid Caesar, and Mel Brooks have in common? How does Yiddish culture continue to influence contemporary Jewish life? What is the connection between romance and Jewish identity? The UCSC Library Media Center invites you to explore the answers to these and other provocative questions about the modern Jewish experience through the…

USA Today interviewed Chancellor Greenwood for a story on the upcoming 150th anniversary meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Greenwood, president-elect of AAAS, described the organization’s primary focus for the year, the need for investing in science and technology, and her particular interest in helping to educate the public about science.…

Veteran Washington Post reporter Dana Priest will deliver a free public talk entitled "Working in Washington: Covering Public (and Private) Life," on Friday, February 20, at 7:30 p.m. in Classroom Unit 2. Priest, who graduated from UCSC in 1981, is giving the talk as part of her return to campus as a UC Regents’ Lecturer…

Regional Institutions Team Up To Offer A Weekend Of Fun And Activity For High School Competitors SANTA CRUZ, CA–Fifty high school students from central and northern California will converge on UC Santa Cruz on Saturday, February 7, for the Northern California regional Ocean Sciences Bowl. This event, which is free and open to the public,…

The approval process for the Ocean Sciences Ph.D. has been successfully concluded, and the program will begin admitting students in fall 1998. For a description of the new doctoral program contact the Ocean Sciences Department at (408) 459-4026. "Earthquakes and Volcanoes" will be the topic of a presentation and discussion led by Susan Schwartz, assistant…

In February, the following lectures will be featured on UCSC Forum, a new television program that began in January. The show, which features the best of lectures and programs at the University of California, Santa Cruz, is broadcast on Community TV of Santa Cruz County, Channel 72, at 8 p.m. each Sunday with a rebroadcast…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Two longtime supporters of the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum who have recently given gifts totaling $750,000 will be honored at a private reception with Chancellor M.R.C. Greenwood on Saturday, January 31. Santa Fe resident Elspeth Bobbs gave $500,000 to establish the Ray Collett Arboretum Endowment to help support the facility’s general operating expenses.…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Fog, breezes, and shifting currents are part of life in Monterey Bay, but how they arise and evolve is shrouded in mystery. A computer system called the Real-time Environmental Information Network and Analysis System (REINAS) is helping reveal the causes behind these weather changes. UC Santa Cruz dean of engineering Patrick Mantey, who…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–In a gift valued at more than $90,000, Sun Microsystems Computer Company has donated 10 workstations and related equipment to the University of California, Santa Cruz. The gift will enable UCSC to greatly expand its capabilities in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology and is the linchpin of a lab expansion that will more…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–During the November filing period, 15,889 prospective students applied for admission to UC Santa Cruz for fall 1998, an increase of 8.8 percent over applications received at the same time last year. The total was the most ever received by UCSC during the open filing period, reported J. Michael Thompson, UCSC’s associate vice…

Dragisa Lazarevich’s defense attorney contended at a preliminary hearing last week that local authorities could not prosecute Lazarevich for abducting his children to Serbia in 1989 because it would be double jeopardy. Lazarevich was tried and convicted by a Serbian court for the 1989 abductions. He was fined the equivalent of $40. Local prosecutors maintain…