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The visitors (l-r, with Chancellor Greenwood) are Li Jian, an interpreter and program coordinator for CAFIU; Qian Fangliang, who has worked in many leadership positions with CAFIU; Yan Xiaolu, director of the executive office for CAFIU; Tan Ronggen, a professor in international relations at the China People’s University and a counsel member CAFIU; and Chen…

Past and current recipients of Humanities Undergraduate Awards in Research stand with humanities dean Jorge Hankamer. They are (l to r): Dana Kawaoka, Hankamer, Tia Miyuki Morita, Kathleen Simonton, Emily Urban, and Marc Cirovic. On May 20 the Humanities Division hosted a celebration announcing the recipients of the Winter 1998 Humanities Undergraduate Awards in Research.…

David Cope’s work was featured as the cover story of West–the Sunday magazine of the San Jose Mercury News–in a story titled "Wolfgang Amadeus Macintosh." The story focused on Cope’s invention EMI and the ways in which computers are changing how we think about creativity. At one point, the reporter describes a contest in which…

Ocean policy leaders from around the country will come to Monterey June 11-12 for the first National Ocean Conference in 25 years. President Clinton, Vice President Gore, and several cabinet secretaries plan to attend. Chancellor M.R.C. Greenwood will serve on a panel focusing on Oceans and Commerce, one of four main areas to be addressed…

SANTA CRUZ, CA-Wanted for rent: a private room and bath with continental breakfast, a weekly cleaning service, and cable television–all at a very affordable price. Sound like an impossible dream in Santa Cruz’s competitive rental market? Not for 38 UC Santa Cruz students. These students, participants in the university’s Housing Partnership Program, found lodging at…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–What was the world like in Jesus’ time? What did his parables mean to the people who heard them? Gildas Hamel, a lecturer in French at the University of California, Santa Cruz, will address these questions in his upcoming lecture, "Jesus: Stories from Galilee." His talk is the last of the 1997-98 Humanities…

SANTA CRUZ, CA-Members of the UC Santa Cruz and Santa Cruz communities may listen to music, enjoy free food, and browse for information on volunteer opportunities at the Unity Festival on Friday, June 5. The festival, free and open to the public, takes place at the UCSC Student Center from 2 to 6 p.m. In…

For the fourth time in a highly successful 10-year run, the men’s tennis team at UCSC has captured the national title. Traveling to Williamstown, Massachusetts, for the season-ending tournament, the Slugs came home with the NCAA Division III crown after a 4-2 win over host and previously undefeated Williams College. The team championship was UCSC’s…

Students who participated in East Side’s Saturday College took their final exams in early May. This young woman is taking a test for her SAT preparation course. Saturday College also offered a special component for parents, who were invited to learn how to access information about higher education on the World Wide Web during the…

More than 27,000 high school seniors are planning to attend the University of California as freshmen in the fall, up by 1,331 students or nearly 5 percent over last year. This is based on Statement of Intent to Register (SIR) responses from high school seniors who had previously been admitted to one of the UC…

The award-winning staff of City on a Hill Press and Primer. SANTA CRUZ, CA–Student journalists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, produced some of the best work in the region and country last year, according to two leading journalism associations. The two organizations presented multiple awards to the student- run City on a Hill…

KZSC has extended its 25th Anniversary Pledge Drive until Monday, June 1. The campus radio station, located at 88.1 FM on the radio dial, has also doubled its fund-raising goal to $50,000. KZSC had orginally planned to end its drive on Friday, May 22. This year’s fund-raising drive, which started May 11, marks the station’s…