Author: Public Affairs

Editor’s Advisory What: You are invited to cover a breakfast forum with Santa Cruz County community leaders hosted by UC Santa Cruz Chancellor M.R.C. Greenwood to highlight some of the campus’s recent achievements and to provide an update on plans for growth and construction. When: Tuesday, August 1, 2000 7:45 a.m. to 10 a.m. Where:…

Start: Immediately Stop: September 30, 2000 UC Santa Cruz students are looking now for their fall housing. If you have a room, apartment, condo, or house available for rent in September, list it now with UCSC’s Community Rentals Office. And, it’s free. Community Rentals also offers a variety of forms, contracts, and rental information. To…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Local physics teachers plan to make the last day of summer school memorable with an electrifying presentation they developed with researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The teachers will demonstrate the physics of electricity using a suit of armor and a machine that throws four-foot bolts of lightning. The presentation, which…

Chancellor M.R.C. Greenwood Presents Progress Report to UC Regents SANTA CRUZ, CA–In a report given today to the Regents of the University of California, UCSC Chancellor M.R.C. Greenwood announced that planning for UCSC’s Silicon Valley Center will focus on the proposed NASA Ames Research Park as the preferred site for a permanent location. Further planning…

Announcement of Site Preference for UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Center Selected Comments from Silicon Valley Leaders and Prospective Partners "The collaborative being developed at NASA-Ames by UC Santa Cruz, San Jose State University, and the Foothill-De Anza Community College District offers a location and an opportunity to demonstrate how institutions–representing the three segments of…

Editor’s Advisory What: Sixty-one students and 50 parents from Watsonville’s middle schools are taking part in UC Santa Cruz’s "Building a Bridge to College for Migrant Students" program, a two-day event that includes classes in computer science and architectural engineering for the students, who will stay overnight in campus residence halls. Parents will attend a…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–A variety of fun and informative programs are available on a drop-in basis for summer visitors to the [Seymour Marine Discovery Center][2] at UC Santa Cruz’s Long Marine Lab. The summer drop-in programs offered during July and August complement the aquariums, exhibits, 87-foot blue whale skeleton, and other features visitors can enjoy year-round…

MT. HAMILTON, CA–A cosmic art exhibit of paintings and prints by astronomical artist Lynette R. Cook will be on display at the Visitor Center at the University of California’s Lick Observatory through September 30. Lick Observatory, located atop Mt. Hamilton about 20 miles east of San Jose, is open to the public Monday through Friday…

Top Educators To Visit Unique Summer School That Links Science Learning And English Language Development What: Top educators from across the state will be visiting a unique summer school program in Salinas that combines science education and English language development. Visitors who are interested in replicating this successful program will observe students engaged in garden-based…

Conferences And Camps Keep UC Santa Cruz Busy This Summer SANTA CRUZ, CA-Some 15,000 visitors from more than 30 countries are expected to come to the University of California, Santa Cruz, this summer to participate in more than 100 conferences, academic institutes, camps, and outreach programs. The ten-week conference season started on June 18 and…

Human Genome Project Draws On Expertise Of Ucsc Computer Scientists To Analyze And Assemble Genome Data SANTA CRUZ, CA–In an intensive effort over the past few months, researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, created a powerful new computer program and used it to assemble the "working draft" of the human genome announced today…

UC Santa Cruz Honors 13 Instructors For Excellence In Teaching Award-winners are nominated by their students SANTA CRUZ, CA–Each year, UC Santa Cruz’s Academic Senate honors a number of the campus’s most exemplary and inspiring teachers. Thirteen such professors and lecturers have been chosen this year for the 1999-2000 Excellence in Teaching Awards. The award…