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Often, the most important experiences students have in college are the ones that take place outside classroom walls. That certainly seems true for 25 former UCSC students whose stories are told in a new book, Field Study and Life-Long Learning: A Research Project. The students all participated in the Merrill Field Program for Experiential Learning…

Global warming wasn’t making big headlines back in 1994, when UCSC economics doctoral candidate Changhua Sun Rich began her dissertation research. Rich was drawn to the subject in part by the issues of fairness that were being played out in the international arena. Since then, Rich’s work has placed her at the forefront of efforts…

If you were watching the night skies last week, you probably noticed the extraordinary lineup of eight neighboring planets that put on a beautiful show. Astronomer Frank Drake took a moment to interpret the show for readers of the Santa Cruz County Sentinel. Psychologist Nameera Akhtar was interviewed by Parenting magazine recently for a story…

Jie Qing Assistant Professor of Mathematics Jie Qing (pronounced "Jay Ching") joins the faculty following a postdoctoral appointment at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, and three years as an assistant professor at Columbia University. He earned his B.S. and M.S. from Peking University and his Ph.D. from UCLA, all in mathematics.…

In addition to the scheduled 1997-98 holidays (December 25, 26, and 31 and January 1) and weekend days (December 27 and 28 and January 3 and 4) much of the campus will be shut down on December 29 and 30 and January 2. For safety reasons, police and fire units will be on duty throughout…

Currents online welcomes submissions of opinion pieces from faculty and staff. To submit an opinion piece, see policies and submittal procedure. The economies of East Asia have been buffeted in recent months by bouts of speculative currency attacks, stock and real estate price declines, and banking problems. Media attention has focused on Thailand, Indonesia, Korea,…

UCSC’s Role Will Center On The Construction Of Two Giant Particle Detectors SANTA CRUZ, CA–About a dozen physicists, engineers, and technicians from the University of California, Santa Cruz, are among those who will participate in an international scientific collaboration to build a new high- energy particle accelerator and associated detectors near Geneva, Switzerland. Officials with…

Join the Friends of the UCSC Library for the annual Dickens Holiday Evening at 4 p.m. on Friday, December 12, in the McHenry Library foyer. The gathering features music, food, and holiday items for sale. It is free and open to the public and children are welcome. This event is handicapped accessible. For more information,…

A complete version (with all charts) of the UC White Paper, The University of California Approaching the 21st Century, has been posted on President Richard C. Atkinson’s Web homepage. The document was produced by UC for the California Commission on Higher Education. According to the document’s introductory statement, the paper "presents an analysis of issues…

Economics professor Dan Friedman has been awarded the Royal Economic Society Prize for the best paper published in 1996 in the Economic Journal. The paper, titled "Equilibrium in Evolutionary Games: Some Experimental Results," appeared the the January 1996 issue (106:434, 1-25). The Economic Journal is one of the leading general-purpose academic economics journals outside the…

Dear Colleagues: On November 21, 1997, the Board of Regents authorized President Atkinson to extend health care benefits to adults in a long-term, committed domestic relationship with a UC employee who are either same-sex domestic partners or precluded from marriage under California law because of a family relationship. We are in the process of formulating…

Police Chief Jan Tepper was invited to Washington, D.C., in November to participate in the White House Conference on Hate Crimes. President Clinton, Vice President Gore, Attorney General Reno, and several Cabinet secretaries presided over the meeting, which was attended by representatives from law enforcement, prosecutors, education, clergy, social service agencies, and a number of…