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  • Jul 1, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
  • infrequent NEW EPISODES
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  • 34 EPISODES


Latest episodes from UC Santa Cruz (Video)

Recharge Net Metering (ReNeM)

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2020 4:21


Recharge Net Metering (ReNeM) is a novel incentive program that encourages individual efforts to use excess surface water to improve groundwater supply and quality. ReNeM engages agencies, researchers, and regional stakeholders in collaboration towards common sustainability goals. A ReNeMe pilot program was launched in the Pajaro Valley, Central Coastal California. This short video describes the ReNeM program, how it is run, and the benefits it may provide. Series: "Sustainable California" [Science] [Show ID: 36130]

Diversifying Media: Teaching Young Journalists to Broadcast in Watsonville

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2019 2:30


Young people from Watsonville are learning the basics of broadcasting and publishing their own podcasts thanks to a unique partnership between UC Santa Cruz's Research Center for the Americas, KZSC, and Digital NEST. Series: "UCTV Prime" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 35255]

Fort Ord Reserve: Connecting Community to Research and Conservation

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2019 2:32


Transformative field experiences at our 600-acre Fort Ord Natural Reserve are inspiring a new generation of natural scientists. The incredible outdoor classroom offers opportunities for students, scientists, and the community to learn about rare maritime chaparral habitats, threatened endemic species, land management, and conservation biology like never before. Series: "UCTV Prime" [Science] [Agriculture] [Show ID: 35253]

Campus Natural Reserve: Where Learning Comes Alive

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2019 2:32


The 400-acre UC Santa Cruz Campus Natural Reserve offers students the opportunity to walk outside their classrooms and study nature in nature. Better known as the “outdoor classroom and living laboratory,” the reserve focuses on engaging students in direct observation and study of the natural world while bridging concepts learned in the indoor classroom with unique hands-on field experiences. These transformative experiences function as a springboard into field work internships supporting various research projects in ecology, restoration, land management and conservation, forestry, and environmental science. Series: "UCTV Prime" [Science] [Agriculture] [Show ID: 35252]

Living Laboratories and Outdoor Classrooms at UC Santa Cruz

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2019 1:24


The UC Santa Cruz Natural Reserve System supports long-term research and teaching on protected lands on more than 10,000 acres of natural lands at five natural reserves: Año Nuevo, Campus, Fort Ord, Landels-Hill Big Creek, and Younger Lagoon. Together, they function as living laboratories and formative outdoor classrooms for faculty, graduates, and undergraduates. Research at these reserves range from studying migratory patterns of marine animals, to understanding population dynamics of endangered species, to examining how invasive species and fire affect ecosystems. Series: "UCTV Prime" [Science] [Agriculture] [Show ID: 35256]

Younger Lagoon Reserve: An Outdoor Classroom for Coastal Research

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2019 3:06


Younger Lagoon Reserve is one of the few relatively undisturbed wetlands remaining along the California Central Coast. Located on the UC Santa Cruz Coastal Science Campus, the natural reserve’s 25-acre lagoon and 47-acre "terrace lands" protect eight unique habitats, including freshwater marsh, saltwater marsh, riparian willow, coastal strand (back dune), coastal scrub, coastal grassland, seasonal freshwater wetlands, and the brackish lagoon. These protected habitats provide unparalleled opportunities for students to learn about the environment, implement field projects, obtain hands-on experience, and become actively involved in research and stewardship projects. Series: "UCTV Prime" [Science] [Agriculture] [Show ID: 35250]

Combatting the Succulent Black Market

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2019 1:52


Researcher Stephen McCabe is at the forefront of efforts to save Dudleya, a charismatic and rare plant from the hands of poachers—and possible extinction. Series: "UCTV Prime" [Agriculture] [Show ID: 35254]

A New​ Perspective on Autism Could Change Interventions

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2019 1:36


The authors of a provocative new paper maintain that many of the behaviors common to autism—including low eye contact, repetitive movements, and the verbatim repetition of words and phrases—are misinterpreted as a lack of interest in social engagement. On the contrary, they say, many people with autism express a deep longing for social connection. Series: "UCTV Prime" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 35251]

Managing in an Ever-Changing Economy

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2011 48:23


Darrell Brown, Senior Vice President, US Bank, argues that in order to teach managers to be successful and prosperous where others fail, one must engage an entrepreneurial mindset in a world that embraces the status quo. Series: "Creativity and Innovation" [Humanities] [Business] [Show ID: 21578]

Saving the World with Simple Pictures: How to Put an Arts Education to Work

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2011 54:04


Creativity under constraint, sound judgment in uncertain environments, rigorous thinking amid complex ideas -- these are the skills taught by the arts. Dan Roam contends that these skills are needed more than ever in business and politics. Dan is the founder and president of Digital Roam Inc., a management-consulting firm that uses visual thinking to solve complex problems. Roam received two degrees at the University of California, Santa Cruz: fine art and biology. This combination of art and science kicked off Dan’s cross-disciplinary approach to problem solving. Series: "Creativity and Innovation" [Arts and Music] [Education] [Show ID: 21575]

A Life in the Theatres with Sheldon Epps

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2011 59:26


Sheldon Epps covers his experiences working in theaters all over the country, including his time and experiences as Artistic Director at his current theater home base, Pasadena Playhouse. Additionally, he talks about the experiences that brought him to work in the theater, working on Broadway and London's West End, and how his theater experiences gave him the opportunity to work in television. Series: "Creativity and Innovation" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 21577]

The Body-Integrated Design Process

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2011 59:32


Product designer Scott Summit explores the changing tools used by designers, and how this impacts the resulting products, thought process and market. Summit holds 20 patents and numerous international design award. Series: "Creativity and Innovation" [Humanities] [Show ID: 21579]

All in the Family: UC Santa Cruz

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2011 5:10


UC Santa Cruz biomolecular engineer Ed Green presents evidence that humans and Neandertals interbred thousands of years ago, as Guy Lasnier reports in the Winter 2011 edition of “State of Minds.” [Science] [Show ID: 21177]

Dos Americas: The Reconstruction of New Orleans

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2010 48:57


UCTV presents the work of UC Santa Cruz graduates Arthur Saenz and David Zlutnick, co-producers of a riveting documentary on the struggles migrant laborers have faced since arriving in New Orleans to help the city rebuild after Hurricane Katrina. Series: "UC Alumni Showcase" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 17862]

Bringing Education into the 21st Century

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2008 63:00


Innovative educator and social justice advocate Joseph Berney explores his path to stop education from trying to get people to fit into society, and start to get people to change it. [Humanities] [Education] [Show ID: 14888]

The 90s

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2008 53:58


Poet, editor, and scholar Juliana Spahr discusses her writing and research. Series: "The Center for Cultural Studies at UC Santa Cruz presents" [Humanities] [Show ID: 15001]

The Awesome Lawfulness of Your Nightly Dreams

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2008 72:27


G. William Domhoff, research professor of psychology and sociology at UC Santa Cruz, is a leading expert on dreams. Fascinated by dreams for nearly 50 years, Domhoff highlights his work with DreamBank, a search engine and database of 16,000 dreams. [Humanities] [Show ID: 14871]

Mind Wars: Brain Research and National Defense

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2008 79:41


Drugs to improve soldiers’ abilities? To confuse enemies? Devices controlled by or controlling people’s minds? Will neuroscience provide the weapons of the future? Jonathan Moreno, nationally distinguished bioethicist, discusses the connections between national security and brain research and argues that there is a need to contemplate the ethical, political and social implications of these advances. [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 13673]

The Ethics of Human Experimentation for National Security Purposes

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2008 73:12


Jonathan Moreno, nationally distinguished bioethicist, presents an overview of the ethical issues raised by state sponsored human medical experimentation. [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 13672]

Berlin’s Holocaust Memorial and Mine

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2008 77:07


Professor James Young, Commissioner of Germany’s National Memorial to Europe’s Murdered Jews, and juror for the WTC Site Memorial Competition, discusses the history of memorial projects. [Humanities] [Show ID: 14091]

The Prison: A Sign of Democracy?

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2008 59:30


UC Santa Cruz professor Angela Davis explores the range of social problems associated with incarceration and the generalized criminalization of those communities that are most affected by poverty and racial discrimination. She urges her audience to think seriously about the future possibility of a world without prisons and to help forge a 21st century abolitionist movement. Series: "The Center for Cultural Studies at UC Santa Cruz presents" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 13826]

Intimate Politics: A Roundtable

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2007 82:56


A distinguished panel of scholar-activists gather to reflect on Bettina Aptheker’s memoir - Intimate Politics: How I Grew Up Red, Fought for Free Speech, and Became a Feminist Rebel - the historical movement she recounts and the broader political issues raises by this intimate history of left activism. Panelists include Johnetta Cole, Angela Davis, Ericka Huggins and Blanche Wiesen Cook. Series: "The Center for Cultural Studies at UC Santa Cruz presents" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 13166]

What is Our Legacy?

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2007 77:26


As a Superior Court Judge in the Southern California city of Compton, Kelvin D. Filer sees more than his share of cases involving murder, drugs, and gang violence. As a product of the same neighborhood, Filer is a powerful role model who has devoted himself to "reaching out and helping others as I've been helped." He addresses an audience at his alma mater, UC Santa Cruz, on today’s youth. [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 12595]

Creation of the Special Relationship between Israel and the United States

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2007 51:22


David Tal of Tel Aviv University and UC Santa Cruz history professor David Kenez discuss the origins of the relationship between the US and Israel. [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 13023]

The Faginization of Shylock: Victorian Burlesque of The Merchant of Venice

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2007 81:53


Both Dickens’s Fagin and Shakespeare’s Shylock are portrayed as the stereotype grotesque and villainous Jew. Join Michael Shapiro from the University of Illinois to explore what these characters and their creators have in common. [Humanities] [Show ID: 12411]

Nathaniel Mackey

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2007 28:45


Part antiphonal rant, part rhythmic whisper, Nathaniel Mackey reads from his new book of poetry and talks about his writing to an audience at UC Santa Cruz where he is a professor of literature. Mackey recently received the 2006 National Book Award for poetry. [Humanities] [Show ID: 12221]

Monetary Policy in a Global Environment

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2007 47:31


Janet Yellen, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco dicusses the notion that Federal Reserve policy making has been affected by globalization as part of the Santa Cruz Center for International Economics (SCCIE) at the University of California, Santa Cruz. [Business] [Show ID: 12071]

The CIA's Secret War with Dana Priest

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2006 58:40


Dana Priest returns to UC Santa Cruz to receive the first annual Social Sciences Division "Distinguished Social Sciences Alumni Award" and deliver a lecture on the secret CIA-run prisons for terror suspects she exposed as the national security correspondent for the Washington Post. [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 11488]

Rethinking Anti-Semitism: The Holocaust and the Contemporary World

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2005 72:57


This program evaluates the roles and themes of both government-inspired and populist antisemitism. Featuring Peter Kenez, Professor of History at UC Santa Cruz, and historian and Holocaust scholar Yehuda Bauer, Professor of Holocaust Studies at the Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. This program is presented as part of the Santa Cruz Jewish Studies Lectures. [Humanities] [Show ID: 9422]

War and Democracy in the Ancient and Contemporary Middle East

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2004 76:35


Victor Davis Hanson, Professor of Classics at California State University at Fresno, leads a discussion on the nature of war throughout civilization and how it might enlighten us about the contemporary troubles in the Middle East. Presented as part of UC Santa Cruz's Jewish Studies Lectures. [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 8856]

Clashing Civilizations and Lesser Tales: A Critique

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2002 89:55


Nobel Laureate and Cambridge University Professor Amartya Sen discusses the link between global conflict and contrasts in civilizations in this lecture presented by UC Santa Cruz as part of the Global Policy and Social Justice Lecture Series. [Show ID: 6772]

Human Genome Symposium: Panel Discussion

Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2002 89:34


In 1985 a group of eminent scientists came to UC Santa Cruz to discuss a vision that would become the Human Genome Project. Now, many of the same scientists have gathered again to celebrate the realization of their vision. Listen in to the panelists to hear more about what went in to decoding the human genome and what scientists hope it is going to tell us. [Show ID: 6546]

Human Genome Symposium: Francis Collins

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2002 59:58


In 1985 a group of eminent scientists came to UC Santa Cruz to discuss a vision that would become the Human Genome Project. Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, shares the latest information on this project as well as his thoughts about the positive and negative ways in which this new technology might be used. [Show ID: 6545]

My Yiddishe Momme McCoy

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2001 20:31


A heart-warming look at a Jewish elder's talent for keeping both her rebellious spirit and her joie de vivre intact. [Humanities] [Show ID: 5847]

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