Author: Public Affairs

UC Santa Cruz Opens First New College Since 1972 SANTA CRUZ, CA–For the first time since 1972, the University of California, Santa Cruz, is pleased to announce the founding of a new college. College Nine will serve as the intellectual home of students interested in global and international studies, the first of whom will enroll…

Governor Names UCSC Vice Chancellor To Higher Education Panel SANTA CRUZ, CA–Francisco J. Hernandez, vice chancellor of student affairs at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has been named by Governor Gray Davis to the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE). The commission facilitates resource sharing among higher education in its 15 member states.…

New Book By UC Santa Cruz Professor Shows The Surprising Results Of 1910s Film Promotions That Targeted Women "Ladies, if you spare us one evening and make use of the enclosed tickets, we will consider it a favor." SANTA CRUZ, CA-In the 1910s, promoters in the fledgling film industry began actively courting women audiences. Most…

Leading Scholar Appointed To Hold Chair In India Studies At UC Santa Cruz SANTA CRUZ, CA-Professor of theater arts Kathy Foley, chair of the Theater Arts Department and provost of Porter College, has been appointed to hold UCSC’s Chandra Bhandari Endowed Chair in India Studies-one of the country’s few endowed chairs in India studies and…

Distinguished Lecturer To Discuss The Geology Of The Tibetan Plateau In A Lecture At UCSC SANTA CRUZ, CA–The geologic origins of one of the most spectacular landscapes in the world, the Tibetan plateau, is the focus of a free public lecture at the University of California, Santa Cruz. B. Clark Burchfiel, Shlumberger Professor of Geology…

Harvard sociologist to discuss growing inequity in American Society on May 15 May 1, 2000 Contact: Jennifer McNulty (831) 459-2495; jmcnulty@cats.ucsc.edu Harvard sociologist to discuss growing inequity in American Society on May 15 William Julius Wilson calls for New Deal-style political coalitions FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SANTA CRUZ, CA–One of the country’s most noted scholars on…

UCSC Geologist Will Discuss Darwin And Christianity In A Free Public Lecture May 2 SANTA CRUZ, CA–Is the theory of evolution compatible with the Christian faith? What is evolution, and what is the scientific evidence for it? Léo Laporte, professor emeritus of earth sciences at UC Santa Cruz, will address these and related questions from…

UCSC Teams Up The Nature Conservancy To Study And Protect Coastal Waters SANTA CRUZ, CA–A new partnership between the University of California, Santa Cruz, and The Nature Conservancy aims to put the best available scientific information to work in the area of marine conservation and management. A cooperative agreement signed last month provides the foundation…

UCSC Arboretum And California Native Plant Society Intertwine For Spring Plant Sale On April 29 SANTA CRUZ, CA–The UC Santa Cruz Arboretum is holding its annual Spring Plant Sale in conjunction with the California Native Plant Society Sale on Saturday, April 29, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The sale will take place at the…

UCSC Biologists Receives Presidential Award In White House Ceremony SANTA CRUZ, CA–Yishi Jin, an assistant professor of biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, is among a select group of young researchers to receive the 1999 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. The award is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S.…

Civil Rights Attorney To Discuss Race In The New Century On April 27 SANTA CRUZ, CA–Angela Oh, a civil rights attorney and former member of President Clinton’s Initiative on Race advisory panel, will give a free public talk about race and politics in the new century on Thursday, April 27, at 8 p.m. in the…

UC Santa Cruz Graduate Wins Pulitzer Prize For Investigative Journalism Member of reporting team that disclosed Korean War killings at No Gun Ri SANTA CRUZ, CA–For the third time in five years, a graduate of UC Santa Cruz has received a Pulitzer Prize, journalism’s most prestigious honor. Among the winners announced today (Monday, April 10)…