U.S. citizens should be less complacent and trusting of a government that has a long record of abuse of power, warns a founding member of the Berkeley Free Speech Movement who is now professor and chair of the Women's Studies Department at UC Santa Cruz.
Virtual education is here to stay as a way to provide students with high-quality educational opportunities that augment the classroom, according to a new report.
On Monday, October 21, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's organic seal will appear for the first time on produce in the United States, a tangible recognition of the significance of organic production in U.S. agriculture. For 35 years, the University of California, Santa Cruz, has been at the forefront of research and teaching about sustainable agriculture and organic farming.
A frequent consultant to the U.S. government on Middle Eastern affairs and an expert on chemical weapons are among the faculty experts at UC Santa Cruz available to field media queries as the one-year anniversary of September 11 approaches.
The following UC Santa Cruz faculty members are available to discuss a variety of topics related to the one-year anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
Adaptive optics technology can remove the blurring effect of the Earth's atmosphere that has long plagued astronomers, allowing ground-based telescopes to achieve a clarity of vision previously attainable only by space-based instruments.
The same technology that astronomers are using to sharpen the images from ground-based telescopes is also giving eye specialists better techniques for studying and correcting human vision.
The complicated relationship between a common wildflower and a little gray moth is yielding new insights into how species coevolve, with implications for the conservation of biodiversity.
Rita Colwell, director of the National Science Foundation, will speak at the University of California, Santa Cruz, as part of a dedication ceremony for the national Center for Adaptive Optics on Friday, June 21.
For white youth, coming to terms with being white in an increasingly diverse U.S. society can be a painful and contradictory experience marked by feelings of guilt and privilege, relief and persistent prejudice.
Hyperspectral remote sensing allows scientists to image large areas of the Earth from aircraft and can enable them to detect changes in the environment before they become apparent to the human eye.
New findings support the idea that Asia was the center of origin for several important groups of mammals. The study allows scientists for the first time to compare the fossil sequences of Asia and North America for a dramatic period in Earth's history, when early primates and modern hooved mammals first appeared.
A deathbed promise to the internationally acclaimed filmmaker Satyajit Ray has led to the first comprehensive American retrospective of Ray's films, to be shown in Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles.
Two new reports on genetically modified plants and organisms underscore the need for more research and regulation, says a contributor to last week's National Academy of Sciences report and the coeditor of a new book on the controversial technology.
U.S.-style market systems can have unpredictable consequences in the Third World, where international aid programs can unwittingly foster social tensions by increasing the gap between rich and poor.
Wartime propaganda is a critical element of military strategy and political success, and it warrants scrutiny by a vigilant public, according to a persuasion expert.
An economist has found that two-thirds of trade-displaced U.S. workers earn less when they find a new job than they did on their old job. A new book explores the consequences for American workers of an era of increasingly free trade.
The first thing to know about teaching is that it's not as simple as standing in front of a classroom and dispensing facts. But old habits are difficult to change, and that's why a psychology professor wants to join the national discussion of education reform.
Taking a cue from the public's enthusiastic response to "informal science centers" like science and natural history museums, zoos, and aquaria, educators in the United States and England are launching an ambitious collaboration to improve science teaching and learning.
Most working people regard Labor Day as "just another day off," laments labor historian Dana Frank, coauthor of a new book that captures the drama and grief of three major labor clashes in the United States.
Republicans are nearly three times as likely as Democrats to experience nightmares when they dream, according to a researcher who will present his findings July 11 during the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Dreams at UC Santa Cruz.
Leaders in human genetics and biomedical research will hold a public forum on the human genome at UC Santa Cruz. A panel of experts will discuss research on the human genome and its implications for the future of medicine and society.
Some experts believed minke whales rarely made any sounds, but researchers now report that not only are these whales vocal, their repertoire includes a loud and distinctive songlike sequence unlike any previously recorded whale sound.
A new study documents that toxic storage facilities "chase" minorities and the poor, suggesting that the disproportionate concentration of toxic hazards in these neighborhoods is the result of discrimination in siting decisions rather than a matter of minority choice.
In her new book, sociologist Marcia Millman says that movie plots resonate with audiences because they reflect real-life love stories.
Researchers have devised a new method of analyzing DNA molecules that can rapidly discriminate between nearly identical DNA strands using an instrument called a nanopore detector. (Nature Biotechnology, 3-01)
Some scientists are trying to find ways to restore tropical forests that have been cleared and abandoned. So far, however, they are finding that they have much yet to learn. (Restoration Ecology, 12-00)
The latest project by installation artist Nobuho Nagasawa is set in the plaza of the new National Government Center in downtown Saitama, Japan; her "site-specific" installations are part history, part poetry, and undeniably stunning.
One of the country's most highly regarded and longstanding women's studies programs turned 25 this year; the program, at the University of California, Santa Cruz, is home to some of the country's most outstanding scholars.
The political and social costs of going public with a complaint of sexual harassment are so great that few women actually seek the protection of the law, says a University of California, Santa Cruz, political scientist.
International support during the coming year will be critical to the future of Guatemala, where lasting peace remains elusive following the negotiated end to its bloody 36-year civil war, says author Susanne Jonas.
For two decades, policy makers have grappled with California's pending water crisis. In his new book, Rivers of Gold: Designing Markets to Allocate Water in California, environmental scientist Brent Haddad proposes a water reallocation system that would satisfy cities' thirst and protect agriculture.
"Unbound Voices," a new book by UC Santa Cruz historian Judy Yung, portrays the social history of Chinese American women in a very moving and personal medium--their own voices.
India's "National Living Treasure," Ali Akbar Khan, will perform a special concert at the University of California, Santa Cruz on Friday, October 15, 1999. The concert celebrates Khan's new appointment to UCSC as Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Music.
Composer Hi Kyung Kim has six commissions to complete in the next few years, including two in which she is representing her native South Korea: A piece for the Chamber Music Society of Minnesota and cellist Yo-Yo Ma honoring victims of the Nanjing Massacre and a piece set to the work of South Korean dissident poet Ko'Un.
American flags will fly over many a Labor Day parade next month. Ironically, many of those flags waving proudly in honor of America's workforce were manufactured, at least in part, in other countries. While "Buy American" proponents might be distressed by this situation, their concerns may be misplaced.
Columbine High School student Grant Taylor survived the mayhem without injury, but he was haunted by nightmares. The role of dreams in emotional recovery will be discussed during the 16th annual International Dream Conference at UC Santa Cruz July 7-10.
Drug policy in the United States is the most repressive and ineffective in the industrialized world, says Craig Reinarman, a sociologist who is receiving a lifetime achievement award from the Drug Policy Foundation.
In his new book, Michael K. Brown traces the roots of the racial stratification that riddles the U.S. welfare state. He shows how decisions made by both Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson shaped the scope of U.S. government aid programs and laid the groundwork for today's racially stratified system.
Anyone who has taken an introductory psychology class or read a best-selling self-help book has been touched by the work of Elliot Aronson, a man whose researh has fundamentally shaped our knowledge of what motivates human behavior.
Mentoring programs can help employees move up the corporate ladder, but such programs can also backfire, creating feelings of alienation, guilt, and disappointment, says a UC Santa Cruz psychologist.
On May 14-16, eminent scholars from around the world will convene at the University of California, Santa Cruz, for the conference "Sarira: Aspects of Embodiment in the Arts and Cultures of India."
African American men are only one-third as likely to own their own businesses as are white men, according to an analysis by an economist at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Through a fortunate combination of sharp thinking and good luck, a 400-year-old manuscript penned by one of history's greatest astronomers was recently discovered at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Current U.S. immigration policies threaten fundamental democratic principles, say the contributors to a new book who assert that immigrants--both legal and undocumented--are entitled to basic civil rights when they cross the border into the United States.
In the wake of international pressure, the World Bank declared itself a leading force for "environmentally sustainable development." But has the World Bank really changed the way it does business? A new book looks at the bank's performance in the wake of its own reform efforts.
A UC Santa Cruz sociologist has produced a detailed profile of Santa Clara County--which includes Silicon Valley and San Jose--that reveals a disproportionate concentration of toxics in neighborhoods that are poorer and more Latino than the rest of the county.
Fetal surgery is being heralded by many as the latest medical miracle, but a new book raises disturbing questions about the safety of fetal surgery and the risks it poses to both mother and fetus.
A new study has found no statistical evidence that immigrants displace black-owned businesses in the United States. The study, coauthored by an economist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, used 1980 and 1990 Census data from 94 of the country's largest metropolitan areas to see if black self-employment levels are lower in areas with high immigrant populations. The authors found no evidence of a net loss of existing black-owned businesses.
Although President Clinton proudly proclaimed the recent federal welfare reform effort "an end to welfare as we know it," political scientist Gwendolyn Mink writes in her new book "Welfare's End" that the demise of welfare can be traced back almost to its origins.
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