Author: Public Affairs

UC Santa Cruz Nets Two Major Grants To Increase Child Care Services For Low-income Student Families SANTA CRUZ, CA–August was a good month for Child Care Services at the University of California, Santa Cruz. First, the program was selected as one of a small group of institutions across the country to receive recently established federal…

UCSC Composer Will Represent Her Native Country In Two Upcoming Commissions SANTA CRUZ, CA–Life is busy for composer Hi Kyung Kim, an assistant professor of music at the University of California, Santa Cruz, who has six separate commissions to complete over the next several years. Among them are two in which she is representing her…

Learn Fall And Winter Gardening Tips At UC Santa Cruz SANTA CRUZ, CA–With a little preparation, Central Coast gardeners can harvest food from their gardens all year-round. Learn how to prepare your garden for fall and winter at a three-hour workshop at UC Santa Cruz on Saturday, September 18, from noon to 3 p.m. The…

UCSC Research Center Receives $1 Million Grant From W.m. Keck Foundation SANTA CRUZ, CA–The W. M. Keck Foundation of Los Angeles has awarded a grant of $1 million to support research at the UC Santa Cruz Center for the Molecular Biology of RNA, where scientists are unraveling the mysteries of one of the most important…

Science Book Club Will Discuss The Power And Poetry Of Mathematics SANTA CRUZ, CA–The Science Matters Book Club, which meets each month at the Central Branch of the Santa Cruz Public Library, holds its next meeting on Sunday, September 26, from 2 to 4 p.m. Glenn Millhauser, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at UC Santa…

Shop For Your Y2k Garden At UCSC’s Fall Plant Sale SANTA CRUZ, CA–Forget about bank statements, bottled water, and other Y2K preparations, because what you’ll really need for the new millennium is a healthy garden. Whether you’re starting from scratch or planting for the 21st century, you’ll find what you need at the UC Santa…

UCSC Sociologist Takes Top Award For Fetal Surgery Book SANTA CRUZ, CA–Monica J. Casper, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has received two of her profession’s highest honors for her new book on fetal surgery. Casper received the 1998 C. Wright Mills Award from the Society for the Study…

Is Your American Flag Made In America? Does It Matter? New Book Looks At The Role Of "buy American" Campaigns, From The Boston Tea Party To Nafta SANTA CRUZ, CA–American flags will fly over many a Labor Day parade next month. Ironically, many of those flags waving proudly in honor of America’s workforce were manufactured,…

UCSC Receives $18.5 Million In Private Gifts, Grants For 98-99 Year SANTA CRUZ, CA–The University of California, Santa Cruz, received nearly $18.5 million in private support in the form of gifts and grants during the fiscal year that ended June 30, according to the campus’s Development Office. It marked the third consecutive year the campus…

UCSC Offers More Beds, Rental Tips To Help Returning Students SANTA CRUZ, CA–Two years ago, students returned in September for the start of UC Santa Cruz’s fall quarter and received a rude awakening. The houses, apartments, and private rooms off campus that had been readily available to rent in past years were suddenly hard to…

Learn About Apples For Home Gardeners At UCSC Workshop September 11 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SANTA CRUZ, CA–Whether you like them tart and crunchy or thin- skinned and sweet, apples will be the subject of a free two-hour workshop on Saturday, September 11, from 10 a.m. until noon at the Alan Chadwick Garden at UC Santa…

Rare Specimens At UCSC’s Arboretum Called Most Primitive Living Flowering Plants The Arboretum’s World-famous Collection Includes The Only Specimens In The United States Of Amborella, Recently Identified As The Most Primitive Flowering Plant SANTA CRUZ, CA–At the International Botanical Congress in St. Louis this month, a team of researchers presented genetic evidence that the most…