Author: Public Affairs

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Teachers who want to bring their classes on field trips to the Seymour Center at Long Marine Lab during the 2000-01 school year should call now to request a School Programs brochure, which includes a new application form. This year, for the first time, the Seymour Center will be using a lottery system…

Faye Crosby is available for interviews. See contact information below. SANTA CRUZ, CA–The most gratifying feedback Faye Crosby has received on her new book, Sex, Race, & Merit: Debating Affirmative Action in Education and Employment, came from a student who was a strong advocate of affirmative action–until she read the section of Crosby’s book that…

EDITOR’S ADVISORY What: Forty students from the Los Angeles area, including Compton High School and Dominguez High School, are taking a two-week "magical school bus" tour of University of California campuses. The students will be visiting UC Santa Cruz for six days. When: August 9-15 Where: Merrill College, UC Santa Cruz During their UCSC visit,…

Singer donates tickets to UCSC apprenticeship and the Organic Farming Research Foundation SANTA CRUZ, CA–Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Tracy Chapman has made her August 30 concert at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts a benefit for organic farming research and education. Chapman has donated a block of tickets to the Center for Agroecology and…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The University of California, Santa Cruz, announced this week the appointment of biologist Frank Talamantes to the position of Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies. Talamantes, a professor of molecular, cellular, and developmental biology, will begin a three-year term in the position on August 1. In announcing the appointment, Campus Provost and…

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…