News

2004

  • Martin M. Chemers named acting chancellor of UC Santa Cruz

    UC President Robert C. Dynes has appointed Martin M. Chemers acting chancellor of UC Santa Cruz, pending approval of the University of California Board of Regents. The Regents will vote on Chemers’s appointment at their March 18 meeting. The appointment is effective April 1, the same day UCSC Chancellor M.R.C. Greenwood will assume her new…

  • UC Santa Cruz faculty collaborate for innovative, multimedia classical guitar concert

    Ever since he arrived at UC Santa Cruz in the fall of 1998, Mesut Özgen has been thinking about how to present a more theatrical version of the traditional classical guitar concert. After years of discussion with a wide variety of artists, the UCSC music lecturer has come up with a multimedia concept–designed to visually…

  • UCSC ocean scientist Margaret Delaney elected fellow of the American Geophysical Union

    Margaret Delaney, professor of ocean sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has been elected a fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU). The AGU fellows are a select group of distinguished scientists who have attained an acknowledged eminence in a branch of the geophysical sciences. Delaney’s research in paleoceanography and marine geochemistry involves…

  • Pioneering AIDS researcher Robert Gallo to speak at UCSC on Thursday, March 4

    Robert C. Gallo, M.D., the scientist who 20 years ago codiscovered the HIV virus as the cause of AIDS, will deliver the fourth annual Sinsheimer Distinguished Lecture in Biology at UC Santa Cruz on Thursday, March 4. The title of his talk is “HIV and AIDS in the 21st Century.” The lecture, which is free…

  • UC Santa Cruz Chancellor Appointed Provost of UC System

    Dr. M.R.C. Greenwood was appointed provost and senior vice president of Academic Affairs, the second highest post in the UC system, during a special meeting of the Regents of the University of California today (Feb. 23, 2004). Greenwood, who is an internationally recognized expert in genetics and nutrition and a national leader in science and…

  • UCSC forms new Department of Biomolecular Engineering

    The University of California, Santa Cruz, has established a new Department of Biomolecular Engineering within the Baskin School of Engineering. The department is the new home for UCSC’s renowned programs in bioinformatics, and includes faculty and researchers with interests in nanotechnology, protein engineering, and DNA microarrays (also known as “gene chips”). The department’s unique interdisciplinary…

  • UC Santa Cruz hosts American Indian Colloquium Series in February

    Merrill College at the University of California, Santa Cruz, is hosting the Merrill American Indian Colloquium Series 2004 during the month of February, and the public is invited to attend a series of free events that highlight this year’s theme, “Service to Native American Communities.” Guest speakers will address ways to serve the needs of…

  • UCSC to hold public hearing on draft EIR for faculty-staff housing project

    The University of California, Santa Cruz, will hold a public hearing on February 26 to receive comments on a draft Environmental Impact Report that has been prepared related to the campus’s Ranch View Terrace faculty and staff housing project. The meeting will take place at UCSC’s Barn Theater, located at the base of campus, from…

  • UC Santa Cruz professor hopes to promote musical connection with Monterey through concert at Carmel Mission

    UC Santa Cruz music professor Nicole Paiement is particularly looking forward to a rare appearance by the UCSC Chamber Singers at the Carmel Mission on February 21. The 24-voice ensemble will perform an evening of early music featuring Renaissance and Baroque styles from England and France–including works by Thomas Morley, John Dowland, John Wilbye, and…

  • UCSC holds second public workshop as part of effort to update its Long Range Development Plan; meeting to take place February 25

    UC Santa Cruz will hold a second public workshop on February 25 as part of a multiyear effort to update its Long Range Development Plan (LRDP), a revision that is expected to guide the campus’s physical development through the year 2020. A special LRDP presentation for students will also take place. That meeting will be…

  • UCSC ranks sixth in number of graduates serving in Peace Corps

    With 52 volunteers, UCSC has been ranked sixth among mid-sized institutions for the number of its former students serving in the Peace Corps. More and more college graduates are joining the Peace Corps, with top-ranking institutions having, on average, 15 percent more of their alumni become volunteers than last year. UCSC did twice that well,…

  • UCSC to hold public hearing on draft EIR for long-term development of Long Marine Laboratory, adjoining property

    The University of California, Santa Cruz, will hold a public meeting on February 19 to receive comments on a draft Environmental Impact Report that has been prepared related to future development at Long Marine Laboratory and adjoining property. The meeting will take place at the laboratory, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Seymour Marine…

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