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currents Vol. 17, No. 7 PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY UNIVERSITY RELATIONS FOR THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY May 1, 2007 Climate change may make species more prone to extinction Student's research leads to key victory for environment Page 3 Students monitoring peregrine falcons following release Page 6 Staff Appreciation Breakfast is May 15 at Cowell Dining Hall Staff members are invited to attend the Staff Appreciation Breakfast on Tuesday, May 15, from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. The popular annual Bbreakfasr, featuring a bountiful breakfast buffet, frequent prize drawings, and music, will be at Cowell Dining Hall. The event is cospon- sored by the Staff Advisory Board and the Chancellor's Office. .! m m '' . ..... ;yy :■ -■:■' -:::; ; ; ; as.,;:,'. ':'.';: f- ■ At the 2006 Graduate Research Symposium, Michelle Antolos Kappes shared her work on albatrosses as ocean sensors. Annual symposium puts graduate students' research in spotlight / Top presentation to earn first Denton Prize By Louise Donahue n May 22, the University Center's tablecloths and silver will be swept aside to make way for a mind- %S: boggling array of graduate students' posters and oral presentations. It's all part of the Graduate Research Symposium, an annual event that packs the dining room and spills onto the lanai and any other space large enough for a presentation. Members of the local and campus community are invited to drop by from 2 to 4 p.m. to look over the posters, listen to talks, and ask students questions about their projects. The event showcases the variety of research under way throughout campus. This year, visitots will have the chance to check out presentations on everything from the galaxy dance to Janus particles to "Drumpants," which enable the wearer to produce n Graduate student research projects are presented in many media at the symposium, including posters. drum sounds by striking various parts of the special pants. "We are very excited to host the Third Annual Graduate Research Symposium, and we are particularly pleased to announce that this year we will begin awarding the Denton Prize for most outstanding re- See Research, back page 'Confronting deadly epidemics' topic of May 22 talk By Tim Stephens -ij r. Donald R Francis, executive director and chief medi- ISP cal officer of Global Solutions for Infectious Diseases, will discuss "Confronting Deadly Epidemics Around the World" in a free public lecture on Tuesday, May 22. Part of the Distinguished Lecture Series marking the 10th anniversary of UCSC's Baskin School of Engineering, the talk will take place at 3 p.m. in the Current Periodicals Room of the Science & Engineering Library. In his talk, Dr. Francis will discuss the approaches used to understand and control outbreaks of deadly infectious diseases. The tools available for control vary widely depending on the disease. Ebola is one of the most dangerous infections of humans, yet there are few tools available to control it other than simple isolation of infectious patients. At the other extreme are diseases such as smallpox and polio, for which safe and effective vaccines are available. A pediarrician and epidemiologist specializing in infectious diseases, Dr. Francis has more than 30 years' experience in epidemic control and vaccines. He spent 21 years working for the U.S. Centeis for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), focusing on vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles, cholera, smallpox, and hepatitis B. He directed the World Health Organization's Smallpox Eradication Program in Sudan and Northern India and was a member of the WHO team See Epidemics, back page Conference explores issues of genomics, justice By Scott Rappaport I CSC will present Genomics & Justice: Promises, Perils & Paradoxes—a panel discussion and series of workshops exploring social or political goals to consider in the field of genetics—May 17-18 at the University Center. The event was conceived by Jennifer Reardon, a UCSC assistant professor of sociology who recently established the Science and Justice Working Group on campus. Her aim is to bring together faculty and graduate students across five academic divisions—physical and biological sciences, engineering, See Conference, back page Humanities professors receive Guggenheim Fellowships By Scott Rappaport Two UCSC humanities professors have been selected to receive 2007 Guggenheim Fellowship awards. History professor Gail Hershatter and history of consciousness professor James Clifford were among the 189 artists, scholars, and scientists selected this year from 2,800 applicants for awards totaling $7.6 million. Guggenheim Fellows are appointed on the basis of distinguished achievement in the past and exceptional promise for future accomplishment. The program considers applications in 78 different fields, ranging from the natutal sciences to the creative arts. Hershatter has been director of UCSC's Institute for Humanities Research since 2002 and codirector of the Center for Cultural Studies for the past 11 years. An expert on Chinese history, Hershatter has focused her research since 1996 on rural Chinese women during the period of early socialism. She Gail Hershatter James Clifford will use rhe fellowship, in conjunction with an award from the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford, to write a book based on this research, "The Gender of Memory: Rural Women and China's Collective Past." Hershatter's previous book credits include Dangerous Pleasures: Prostitution and Modernity in Twentieth-Century Shanghai (1997), which received See Fellowships, back page
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University of California, Santa Cruz: Campus Publications |
Title | Currents (May 1, 2007; Vol. 17, No. 7) |
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Owning Institution & Contact Info | University of California, Santa Cruz. McHenry Library, Special Collections. 1156 High Street. Santa Cruz, CA, 95064. (831) 459-2547. speccoll@library.ucsc.edu |
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Transcript | currents Vol. 17, No. 7 PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY UNIVERSITY RELATIONS FOR THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY May 1, 2007 Climate change may make species more prone to extinction Student's research leads to key victory for environment Page 3 Students monitoring peregrine falcons following release Page 6 Staff Appreciation Breakfast is May 15 at Cowell Dining Hall Staff members are invited to attend the Staff Appreciation Breakfast on Tuesday, May 15, from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. The popular annual Bbreakfasr, featuring a bountiful breakfast buffet, frequent prize drawings, and music, will be at Cowell Dining Hall. The event is cospon- sored by the Staff Advisory Board and the Chancellor's Office. .! m m '' . ..... ;yy :■ -■:■' -:::; ; ; ; as.,;:,'. ':'.';: f- ■ At the 2006 Graduate Research Symposium, Michelle Antolos Kappes shared her work on albatrosses as ocean sensors. Annual symposium puts graduate students' research in spotlight / Top presentation to earn first Denton Prize By Louise Donahue n May 22, the University Center's tablecloths and silver will be swept aside to make way for a mind- %S: boggling array of graduate students' posters and oral presentations. It's all part of the Graduate Research Symposium, an annual event that packs the dining room and spills onto the lanai and any other space large enough for a presentation. Members of the local and campus community are invited to drop by from 2 to 4 p.m. to look over the posters, listen to talks, and ask students questions about their projects. The event showcases the variety of research under way throughout campus. This year, visitots will have the chance to check out presentations on everything from the galaxy dance to Janus particles to "Drumpants," which enable the wearer to produce n Graduate student research projects are presented in many media at the symposium, including posters. drum sounds by striking various parts of the special pants. "We are very excited to host the Third Annual Graduate Research Symposium, and we are particularly pleased to announce that this year we will begin awarding the Denton Prize for most outstanding re- See Research, back page 'Confronting deadly epidemics' topic of May 22 talk By Tim Stephens -ij r. Donald R Francis, executive director and chief medi- ISP cal officer of Global Solutions for Infectious Diseases, will discuss "Confronting Deadly Epidemics Around the World" in a free public lecture on Tuesday, May 22. Part of the Distinguished Lecture Series marking the 10th anniversary of UCSC's Baskin School of Engineering, the talk will take place at 3 p.m. in the Current Periodicals Room of the Science & Engineering Library. In his talk, Dr. Francis will discuss the approaches used to understand and control outbreaks of deadly infectious diseases. The tools available for control vary widely depending on the disease. Ebola is one of the most dangerous infections of humans, yet there are few tools available to control it other than simple isolation of infectious patients. At the other extreme are diseases such as smallpox and polio, for which safe and effective vaccines are available. A pediarrician and epidemiologist specializing in infectious diseases, Dr. Francis has more than 30 years' experience in epidemic control and vaccines. He spent 21 years working for the U.S. Centeis for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), focusing on vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles, cholera, smallpox, and hepatitis B. He directed the World Health Organization's Smallpox Eradication Program in Sudan and Northern India and was a member of the WHO team See Epidemics, back page Conference explores issues of genomics, justice By Scott Rappaport I CSC will present Genomics & Justice: Promises, Perils & Paradoxes—a panel discussion and series of workshops exploring social or political goals to consider in the field of genetics—May 17-18 at the University Center. The event was conceived by Jennifer Reardon, a UCSC assistant professor of sociology who recently established the Science and Justice Working Group on campus. Her aim is to bring together faculty and graduate students across five academic divisions—physical and biological sciences, engineering, See Conference, back page Humanities professors receive Guggenheim Fellowships By Scott Rappaport Two UCSC humanities professors have been selected to receive 2007 Guggenheim Fellowship awards. History professor Gail Hershatter and history of consciousness professor James Clifford were among the 189 artists, scholars, and scientists selected this year from 2,800 applicants for awards totaling $7.6 million. Guggenheim Fellows are appointed on the basis of distinguished achievement in the past and exceptional promise for future accomplishment. The program considers applications in 78 different fields, ranging from the natutal sciences to the creative arts. Hershatter has been director of UCSC's Institute for Humanities Research since 2002 and codirector of the Center for Cultural Studies for the past 11 years. An expert on Chinese history, Hershatter has focused her research since 1996 on rural Chinese women during the period of early socialism. She Gail Hershatter James Clifford will use rhe fellowship, in conjunction with an award from the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford, to write a book based on this research, "The Gender of Memory: Rural Women and China's Collective Past." Hershatter's previous book credits include Dangerous Pleasures: Prostitution and Modernity in Twentieth-Century Shanghai (1997), which received See Fellowships, back page |
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