News

July 2002

  • UCSC chancellor emeritus honored for educational outreach

    Karl S. Pister, chancellor emeritus of the University of California, Santa Cruz, has received a prestigious international award from the World Technology Network (www.wtn.net) for his leadership in educational outreach. Pister was appointed vice president of outreach to the K-12 system for the University of California after leaving UCSC in 1996. He received the individual…

  • UC Santa Cruz publishes biography of longtime local resident Hal Hyde

    Hal Hyde’s resume might list “founding” as a job title. A fifth-generation Santa Cruz County resident, Hyde has been in on the creation of organizations and institutions ranging from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and Cabrillo College to the Community Foundation and the Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County. “In those days when something…

  • UCSC to hold public workshop on Long Marine Laboratory plan on August 15

    The University of California, Santa Cruz, will hold a public workshop on Thursday, August 15, to discuss the preliminary draft of the Coastal Long Range Development Plan (CLRDP) for Long Marine Laboratory. The meeting will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. in the La Feliz Room of the Seymour Center at Long Marine Laboratory,…

  • UC Santa Cruz increases outreach to industry

    On a sunny afternoon in June, the Chardonnay II set sail from Santa Cruz harbor with a passenger list that included researchers from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and CEOs of regional biotech and high-tech companies. As the 70-foot sailing yacht cruised past dolphins and sea otters under a flawless blue sky, passengers exchanged…

  • Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Jane Smiley to speak at UC Santa Cruz

    She’s well known for her novels, but when writer Jane Smiley speaks at the Dickens Universe conference at the University of California, Santa Cruz, it will be in a different guise: As a biographer of the man himself, Charles Dickens. Smiley, author of Charles Dickens (New York: Viking Press, 2002), will read from and discuss…

  • New technique shows how cells interpret genetic information

    A surprising amount of the DNA sequence in the genes of humans and other higher organisms ends up on the cutting-room floor, so to speak, spliced out by the cellular machinery that turns genetic code into functional proteins. Differences in the editing of genetic information may, in fact, be a significant source of genetic variability.…

  • UC Santa Cruz student work chosen for international arts festival Healing from September 11 explored through dance in “Bodies in Crisis”

    A dance performance that started as an experimental production by University of California, Santa Cruz, students will be featured next month at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, one of the largest arts festivals in the world. Bodies in Crisis, a compilation of 10 dance poems exploring the emotional, political, and artistic ramifications of the September 11…

  • MEDIA ADVISORY: UCSC commencement for new teachers on July 19

    Unique program combines teacher’s credential and master’s degree What: Commencement for 115 graduates of UC Santa Cruz’s Master of Arts in Education Teacher Preparation Program, which offers a combined teaching credential and master’s degree in five quarters. When: Friday, July 19, 10 a.m to 2 p.m. Where: UCSC Quarry Who: 115 students are graduating with…

  • UC Santa Cruz engineering dean Steve Kang elected to head Silicon Valley Engineering Council

    Steve Kang, dean of the Baskin School of Engineering at UC Santa Cruz, was elected president of the Silicon Valley Engineering Council in June. Associate Dean Joel Ferguson was elected to serve as one of the organization’s four directors. The Silicon Valley Engineering Council (SVEC) is an alliance of engineering leaders in Silicon Valley. Founded…

  • UC Santa Cruz trio teams up to publish children’s book about time

    Psychology professor Dom Massaro’s fascination with time stems from a visit to his son’s second-grade class, where Massaro observed youngsters having trouble learning to tell time. That experience inspired him to invent a kid-friendly clock, the award-winning Kid Klok. His curiosity piqued, Massaro went on to explore the history of time and timekeeping, which he…

  • Local businessman’s $300,000 gift funds graduate student fellowship and building project at UCSC

    Local businessman Ramesh Bhojwani has always believed in two things: Education for the young, and medical care for the old. Bhojwani, who retired last year, is thankful to be at a point in his life where he can act on his beliefs, devoting himself fulltime to charitable endeavors. His latest $300,000 gift includes $200,000 to…

  • UC Santa Cruz facilities switch to summer hours

    Many UCSC offices and facilities have more limited hours during the summer. The following are the summer hours for some of the most-visited sites: McHenry Library and the Science & Engineering Library. The libraries will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, and 1 to…

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