In this podcast, Alan Christy, professor of history at UCSC and Director of the Okinawa Memories Initiative, and Cameron Vanderscoff, co-Director Oral History of the the Okinawa Memories Initiative talk about the upcoming event, Revisiting The Koza Uprising in Global Perspectives.

Fifty years ago this December, Okinawan protests against US military rule turned violent for the first and, so far, only time. On the anniversary, the Okinawa Memories Initiative will host a public discussion about the “Koza Riots,” featuring an eyewitness photojournalist, an American army veteran who had been stationed in Okinawa and two Okinawan American scholars reflecting on race and the meaning of the event fifty years on in the days of Black Lives Matter.

This event is sponsored by the Humanities Istititute. Revisiting The Koza Uprising in Global Perspectives is happening December 19 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm. It is a Virtual Event, free and open to the public.

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This interview is with Rebecca Dubois, UCSC Assistant Professor in BioMolecular Engineering and Founder and Director of the DuBois Lab. Her lab seeks to understand the molecular mechanisms of virus infections, and to use this information to develop new vaccines and antiviral therapeutics.  Her lab is an example of the many ways in which researchers at UC Santa Cruz are responding to the COVID-19 crisis.

The Dubois Lab is researching immunologic testing, which involves detecting antibodies in blood samples to show if someone has been exposed to the coronavirus, could be one way in managing the pandemic. Antibody tests require coronavirus antigens, these are the proteins on the surface of the virus that trigger an immune response. DuBois’ lab has the ability to make those antigens. After learning that these antigens were in short supply, she began production and will provide them for use by other researchers through a national repository maintained by the National Institutes of Health.

Please join us to hear more about Protein engineering for technology and therapeutics particularly with the Novel Corona Virus 19.

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SANTA CRUZ –The County of Santa Cruz Public Health Division is announcing additional cases of COVID-19, for a total of seven. Many more people have been tested in recent days, and more cases are expected. Santa Cruz County Public Health is in daily contact and is actively monitoring all cases. The County of Santa Cruz is now considered to have community spread. “We have shifted our efforts away from containment and towards mitigation,” Health Officer Dr. Gail Newel said. “We continue to work closely with our regional, state and national partners in our efforts to lessen the impact of COVID-19.” Dr. Newel has issued social distancing and workplace guidelines

.In addition, Gov. Gavin Newsom has issued statewide directives on public gatherings, available here. As of Thursday morning, California Department of Public Health officials have identified a total of 198 COVID-19 cases statewide, including four deaths. With Santa Cruz County considered a moderate risk community, guidance on community mitigation strategies can be found at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/downloads/community-mitigation-strategy.pdf.

Additional updated guidance can be found on the California Department of Public Health website at: https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Guidance.aspx. Santa Cruz County residents are strongly urged to take measures to protect themselves, their families and their community.

For local information, residents may visit www.santacruzhealth.org/coronavirus, call 211 or text “coronavirus” to 211211

https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Guidance.aspx

Santa Cruz County residents are strongly urged to take measures to protect themselves, their families and their community. For local information, residents may visit www.santacruzhealth.org/coronavirus, call 211 or text “coronavirus” to 211211.

https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/CDPH%20Document%20Library/Gathering_Guidance_03.11.20.pdf

To protect public health and slow the rate of transmission of COVID-19, gatherings as described below should be postponed or canceled across the state of California for at least the remainder of the month of March. The California Department of Public Health finds the following:

• Large gatherings that include 250 people or more should be postponed or canceled.

 o This includes gatherings such as concerts, conferences, and professional, college, and school sporting events.

• Smaller gatherings held in venues that do not allow social distancing of six feet per person should be postponed or canceled.

 o This includes gatherings in crowded auditoriums, rooms or other venues.

• Gatherings of individuals who are at higher risk for severe illness from COVID-19 should be limited to no more than 10 people.

o This includes gatherings such as those at retirement facilities, assisted living facilities, developmental homes, and support groups for people with health conditions.

 • A “gathering” is any event or convening that brings together people in a single room or single space at the same time, such as an auditorium, stadium, arena, large conference room, meeting hall, cafeteria, or any other indoor or outdoor space.

This applies to all non-essential professional, social, and community gatherings regardless of their sponsor. Gatherings that do not meet the aforementioned criteria should only be conducted when they are essential—that is, if the activity is essential and could not be postponed or achieved without gathering, meaning that some other means of communication could not be used to conduct the essential function.

What will this achieve? The timely implementation of aggressive strategies that create social distance and those that reduce close contact of people not regularly together, including limiting gatherings, has proven effective in prior pandemics at delaying rates of transmission and reducing illness and death.

By decreasing the prevalence of disease across California we will:

• Reduce the number of Cali[...]

What’s Social Distancing? (And Other Covid-19 FAQs, Answered) by Joseph Lewnyard. Joe is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the School of Public Health at UC Berkeley who uses mathematical and statistical modeling to study infectious diseases.

In this interview, we talk about what we know and don’t know about the Corona Virus, clarifies the meaning of “Social Distancing” and why he strongly urges it.

Want to get a science based perspective on the Corona Virus epidemic? Press the play button below to hear our interview.

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Here’s my latest audio piece on David Deamer that will be on KSQD.org at 7:30 pm on the Cutting Edge Radio Show.

Our talk ranges from what is a nanopore and how does this DNA/RNA sequencer work, entrepreneurship, origins of life, helping people with Huntington’s Disease and much more. Give it a listen. You might like it

Here’s  his recent TEDxSantaCruz video that I helped produce.

Please let me know what you think of this podcast by leaving a comment.

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We are continuing our series of UCSC professors that spoke at last December’s TEDxSantaCruz 2019: the Art of Hope. This was our fifth live event at the Rio Theatre and a great success. I hope to bring to you as many of the speakers as possible to give us more insight into their talks. You can see the talks at TEDxSantaCruz: 2019 The Art of Hope

David Lee’s TEDxSC Talk is entitled Redesigning our Economy to Maximize People’s Fullest Contributions. David Lee drects research that integrates design, modeling and algorithms that support a flourishing future of education, work, community engagement and governance. He is an Assistant Professor of Computational Media at UC Santa Cruz, where he directs the Tech4Good Lab

For more information about his lab you can go to Tech4Good.  You can also press the play button below.

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On February 7, 2020, Dr. David Haussler, a biomolecular engineer and the Director of the UCSC Genomics Institute sat down for an interview with Nada Miljkovic.

During our interview, Dr. Haussler shares his insights about a broad spectrum of subjects, from the evolution of the brain, consciousness, and collaboration, to bioethics. He also spoke about his upcoming UCSC Leonardo Art & Science Evening Rendezvous (LASER) Talk, where he will join three other UCSC professors for an evening discussion that is sure to expand our minds and curiosity.

The LASER Talk happens Wednesday, February 19, at the Rio Theatre in midtown Santa Cruz. This event is FREE and open to the public. Doors open at 6:30 p.m and the talks begin at 7 p.m.

The upcoming event features four talks by some of UC Santa Cruz’s most fascinating professors: biomolecular engineer David Haussler on the challenge of understanding human brain evolution; award-winning author and literature professor Karen Tei Yamashita, reads from “KonMarimasu,” a Japanese incarceration road trip; paleontologist and geochemist Paul Koch discusses ancient human impacts on large animal communities; and anthropologist Nidhi Mahajan shares “Silences and Specters of the Indian Ocean.” More information about speakers and topics

To hear our talk, click on the play button below. The second half of this interview will be available after the broadcast at 7:30 pm on the Cutting Edge Show at 90.7FM and streaming live at KSQD.org.

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Artists on Art presents the interview with Tina Brown & Rose Sellery, the founders and organizers of Pivot Fashion Show.

The event is September 22, 2018, at the Old Wrigley Building.

PIVOT: The Art of Fashion presents

Hall of Fashion – A Runway Show

in collaboration with the R. Blitzer Gallery

Saturday, September 22, 2018

Hall of Fashion – A Runway Show begins at 7:30pm

Designer’s Market open to the public following the show

VIP Reception and Designer’s Market preview 6:00-7:30pm.

 

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Multi-media Artist, Ryan! Fedderson talks about her newest immersive installation at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History entitled, Coyote Now. This piece brings to life the adventures of Coyote and needs the museum-goers participation to complete using crayons cast as bones.

This museum exhibit was outstanding. It has long stayed on my mind and in my heart.

Where else in the world can draw on the museum walls?

Coyote Now was up fomr August 3rd-October 21st, 2018.

There were some great associated events:

An Artist Talk & Story Time with the artists August 4th at noon

Story Time with the Santa Cruz Public Libraries August 30th from 10-11:30am

Coyote Trickster Medicine Workshop with Kanyon Sayers-Roods September 13th, 6pm

I hope you get a chance to experience Ryan!’s installation.

Click on the play button below to hear our interview.

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The Ebb & Flow River Arts Festival celebrates and enlivens the San Lorenzo River and the Tannery Arts Center through activities that unite arts and river enthusiasts, and connect the greater community. Through Ebb & Flow, together with artists, activists, neighbors, and strangers we’ve built relationships and energized the use of the river and the Tannery campus.

Ebb & Flow is a two-day, family-friendly festival that will kick off with First Friday art making and performances on Cooper Street—followed by an evening dance party with DJ, new public art and firedancers adjacent to the Riverwalk. The revelry will resume on Saturday with a March for the River along the Riverwalk and a Festival at the Tannery Arts Center, which is located adjacent to the river. All activities are free and open to the community. Drop in for one or participate in the whole thing.  

 

 

 

To hear our interview, press on the play button below.

Schedule of Events

FRIDAY JUNE 1, 2018 

All events are free and all-ages. Drop in for one or join us for all.

5:30-8:50 p.m. First Friday Artmaking & Performances

Artmaking for all ages and performances at First Friday (Cooper Street & Abbott Square). Enjoy live music and dance, booths and food in Abbott Square. We’ll have an artmaking station to make signs for Saturday’s march, and much more. Confirmed Friday performers include Blue Summit, DJ Sparkle, Samba Stilt Circus, Senderos,  Iman the Clown and Post Street Rhythm Peddlers. More will be announced in mid-May.

8:50 p.m. Procession to the River with the Post Street Rhythm Peddlers

Meet at the corner of Abbott Square and Cooper Street, bring flashlights or glow sticks. Join in a procession led by the Post Street Rhythm Peddlers from Abbott Square to the Riverwalk.  

9:20-11p.m. Bridge Public Art and Dance Party

Experience the river at night in a whole new way. Firedancers, DJ and public art unveiling of a digital artwork titled “River Motion” on the Soquel Bridge by local multimedia artists Rachel Stoll and Aron Altmark.   The artwork will be on display for one year and will respond to or depict changes in the River, including pH, Oxygen, Salinity, Turbidity, and Water Temperature.

River Motion by Aron Altmark and Rachel Stoll. The LED neon will be on both sides of the Soquel Bridge and respond to data about the San Lorenzo River!

SATURDAY JUNE 2

 

12 p.m. March for the River (meet under the Soquel Avenue Bridge, on the East Side of the river)

 

Show your love for the river! This is an all-ages one-mile march. Participants are invited to come as they are or dress up like their favorite watershed critter. Signs, costumes are welcome but not required. Roller skates, one-wheels, skateboards and bicycles are welcome but the march will move at a walking pace. All participants please arrive at 11:45 a.m. to sign-in and so that we can line folks up.  

12:30-4 p.m. Tannery Celebration (free parking available, and valet bike parking)

Artmaking, food trucks, and performances featuring vertical performance pioneers BANDALOOP.

The Ebb & Flow River Arts Project reunites our community with the river.

Find a full schedule of events at EbbandFlowFest.org

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