Author: Public Affairs

Health Risks Of Dieting Discussed October 22 SANTA CRUZ, CA–For more than 10 years, Dawn Atkins has been a leading activist speaking out against the multimillion dollar diet industry and its destructive impact on women. Atkins will discuss her work and the health risks of dieting at a free public talk on Thursday, October 22,…

UCSC Earth Scientist Awarded $625,000 Packard Fellowship Researcher Lisa Sloan Will Study Earth’s Changing Climate SANTA CRUZ, CA–For the fifth consecutive year, a researcher at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has garnered one of the nation’s most prestigious honors for young faculty members: a David and Lucile Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering, worth…

Griggs Wins UCSC Outstanding Faculty Award SANTA CRUZ, CA–Marine geologist Gary Griggs, a professor of earth sciences and director of the Institute of Marine Sciences (IMS) at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has received the Outstanding Faculty Award for 1997-98 from the Division of Natural Sciences. Griggs, who joined the UCSC faculty in 1968,…

UCSC Contracts And Grants Funding Hits New High SANTA CRUZ, CA–Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, attracted $47.1 million in external contracts and grants to UCSC last year, the highest total ever received by the campus. The Education Department, part of UCSC’s Division of Social Sciences, received $7.7 million in contracts and grants…

Killer Whales Cause Disruption Of Coastal Ecosystems SANTA CRUZ, CA–With seals and sea lions in short supply in the North Pacific, killer whales are now feeding on sea otters, causing an abrupt decline in sea otter populations in western Alaska, according to researchers studying the area’s marine ecosystems. The decline in sea otters has allowed…

UCSC Honors Three Professors For Teaching SANTA CRUZ, CA–Three professors in the Division of Social Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz, were honored today (Thursday, October 8) for their excellence in teaching. The recipients of the Division of Social Sciences’ 1998 Distinguished Teaching Awards are: Nancy Chen, assistant professor of anthropology David Harrington,…

UCSC’s Memorial To Kenneth S. Norris Oct. 24 SANTA CRUZ, CA–The life of naturalist Kenneth S. Norris, who died in August at the age of 74, will be celebrated in a memorial tribute at the University of California, Santa Cruz, on Saturday, October 24, from 1 to 5 p.m. The memorial will be held in…

UCSC Dedicates New Chicano/latino Theme House SANTA CRUZ, CA–A celebration of Chicano/Latino culture will mark the dedication on Friday, October 9, of a new Chicano/Latino Theme House at Merrill College at UCSC. The noon festivities will include music, a performance by UCSC’s Grupo Folklorico Los Mejicas, and remarks by members of the campus community. Casa…

Anthropologist To Discuss Human Evolution At UCSC Lecture SANTA CRUZ, CA–Anthropologist Adrienne Zihlman has spent years trying to discover what happened in human evolution about 5 million years ago, when our ape ancestors left the forests and shaped a new way of life on the African savannas. After more than three decades, she remains fascinated…

New Codirector Of Chicano/latino Research Center Named SANTA CRUZ, CA–Patricia Zavella, a professor of community studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has been named codirector of the campus’s Chicano/Latino Research Center. Zavella, whose research focuses on feminist theory, U.S.-Mexico transnational migration, and poverty, will share duties with Norma Klahn, an associate professor of…

Photojournalist Presents Multimedia Show On Domestic Violence SANTA CRUZ, CA–Photojournalist Donna Ferrato will present her powerful multimedia show about domestic violence on Thursday, October 8, at 7:30 p.m., at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The event, which will be held in the Kresge Town Hall, commemorates Domestic Violence Awareness Month. It is free and…

Back To School Activities Begin Sept. 25 At UCSC First day of instruction is Thursday, October 1 Editor’s Advisory SANTA CRUZ, CA–The first day of classes in the 1998-99 school year at UC Santa Cruz is Thursday, October 1. Students, however, will be moving into on-campus housing at UCSC on Friday, September 25, and Saturday,…