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Economist Dan Friedman delves beyond fear and greed in Feb. 1 Faculty Research Lecture

Daniel Friedman

Economist Daniel Friedman saw the economic crisis coming, but like most everyone else he couldn't imagine how bad it would get.

"The worst I had anticipated was half as bad as it turned out to be," said Friedman, a professor of economics at UC Santa Cruz.

Friedman will deliver the 44th annual Faculty Research Lecture Monday, February 1 at 8 p.m. at the Music Center Recital Hall.

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Guy Lasnier, Monday, January 25, 2010

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• Desert Journey into Wild Namibia: Frans Lanting presentation to benefit Seymour Center

  Jan 26 - Join world-renowned photographer and master storyteller Frans Lanting and videographer Christine Eckstrom on a wild desert journey through a faraway corner of southwest Africa....Read the story

• Researchers trace effects of genetic defect in myotonic muscular dystrophy

  Jan 25 - Research on the genetic defect that causes myotonic muscular dystrophy has revealed that the mutation disrupts an array of metabolic pathways in muscle cells....Read the story

• Legislators, UCSC educators discuss financial crisis facing state, public higher education

  Jan 25 - Three California legislators joined Chancellor Blumenthal and other senior administrators and academic leaders January 22 at the Seymour Marine Discovery Center to discuss the fiscal emergency facing...Read the story

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Uncommon place. Uncommon people.

Students

Savannah Shaughnessy:
Fourth-year biology student Savannah Shaugnessy not only tackles tough classes at UCSC, but also monster waves in Santa Cruz and up the coast at famed big-wave spot Maverick's in Half Moon Bay.
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Faculty

Jim McCloskey:
What is a question? How do you ask one? How do you answer?

These are some of the many queries UC Santa Cruz's linguistics department is trying to solve--and they're using some innovative techniques to get at the answers.

"This is an exciting time in the field [of linguistics]," says Jim McCloskey, chair of the department.
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