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SANTA CRUZ, CA–The federal government has funded an innovative in-depth study of marijuana use that is designed to answer fundamental questions about the drug, including whether it leads to the use of "harder" drugs, what its long-term effects are, and whether users become dependent on the drug. Craig Reinarman, a sociology professor at the University…

Currents online is now accepting classified ads from faculty and staff. Before submitting an ad, please read the policies and submittal procedure. For sale: Fish tank. 20 gal. w/gravel, plants, fish, dwarf frogs. $20/obo. Francine 426-3312 For sale: large oak entertainment center. great cond. $100/obo; couch/futon frame. queen size. pine. $100/obo. Amie 426-0463 Wanted: used…

The Division of Arts is hosting a ceremony to dedicate the Siegfried Puknat Teaching and Practice Studios, named in memory of Siegfried Puknat, professor of German and comparative literature, and his wife, Elisabeth Mignon Puknat. The dedication is free and open to the public and takes place at 5 p.m. on Saturday, October 18, on…

Making the News highlights campus people interviewed or covered by news media. Thirtieth birthdays are always a big deal, and the media coverage of the 30th anniversary of the UCSC Farm & Garden was no exception. The San Francisco Chronicle featured the accomplishments of the Farm & Garden on the front of its Bay Area…

The campus HIV Prevention Program is one of 12 key community agencies that will benefit from the AIDS Walk on Saturday, October 18th. Proceeds from the walk will be used to provide greater outreach, programming, testing, and support for the campus. Walk teams have been organized at nearly all the colleges with the help of…

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No Other Research Group Has Learned So Much About How Seals And Sea Lions Process Information SANTA CRUZ, CA–A remarkable quartet of trained marine mammals is helping scientists push the frontiers of animal psychobiology by demonstrating, in unprecedented detail, how they see, hear, and think about the world around them. Years of careful experiments at…

From the accounting office to the police department, Business and Administrative Services (BAS) units provide a wealth of services to the campus community. A new series of lunch-time forums will give students, faculty, and staff an opportunity to learn about these services. At "Bag-It With BAS," the heads of BAS units will discuss what their…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–A professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has received a $165,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to fund a five-week summer institute in 1998 to explore the environment and world history. Edmund Burke III, a professor of history, received the grant for the institute, titled, "The Environment…

Two Young Researchers Set Up Labs To Study C. Elegans, One Of Biology’s Key Model Organisms SANTA CRUZ, CA–Worms are turning by the thousands in a pair of labs at the UC Santa Cruz Biology Department. But these are not earthworms, and the work is no fishing expedition. Rather, scientists Andrew Chisholm and Yishi Jin…

Twenty-five scholars from around the world convened at UCSC’s Music Center in early September for a conference titled "The Quechua Expressive Art: Creativity, Analysis, and Performance." The UCSC conference examined historical and contemporary Quechua musical and verbal artistic forms in song, dance, poetry, narrative, folktale, myth, and riddle from both scholarly and performance perspectives. The…

About a dozen members of the Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau toured the UCSC Farm with Chancellor Greenwood and other campus officials last Tuesday. The tour gave Farm Bureau members an opportunity to see and hear about the latest activities of the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems and to meet its new director,…