Author: Public Affairs

Kevin James (right) presented Steven Jung with a $40,000 check at the class of ’78 reunion dinner. SANTA CRUZ, CA-In honor of its 20-year reunion, the class of ’78 at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has donated $40,712 toward a scholarship program for students with financial need. It is the largest gift ever made…

Researchers in the lab of Harry Noller, Sinsheimer Professor of Molecular Biology, have taken another key step toward solving the puzzle of how ribosomes carry out protein synthesis, a fundamental process in all living cells. The new study, published in the April 10 issue of the journal Science, identified a key stretch of RNA at…

Public Hearing: On the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) on the Interdisciplinary Sciences Addition Project–an addition to Natural Sciences 2, which will provide space for the Environmental Studies, Astronomy, and Physics Departments. The hearing will be held on May 13 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Student Center Upper Cafe. The DEIR is available…

The University of California Office of the President (UCOP) is moving to a new building in downtown Oakland–just across the street from the site where UC first opened its doors 130 years ago. Nearly 1,000 UCOP employees will move into the new headquarters at 1111 Franklin St., between 11th and 12th streets, beginning April 25.…

Winners of the 32nd Annual Book Collection Contest were feted in a ceremony held April 16 in McHenry Library. The annual contest, which is sponsored by the Friends of the UCSC Library, features a competition for UCSC students and one for local high school students. This year Santa Cruz and Aptos High Schools, Bellamarine Prepatory…

Faculty and guest lectures airing this month on UCSC Forum are listed below. The show airs on Community Television, Channel 72, at 8 p.m. Sundays and is rebroadcast at 4:30 p.m. Wednesdays. 5/3: 1998 Martin Luther King convocation featuring Myrlie Evers-Williams (repeat) (rebroadcast 5/6) 5/10: Judy Yung, "Unbound Feet" (rebroadcast 5/13) 5/17: Anatole Leikin, "Romantic…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Danny Scheie, assistant professor of theater arts at the University of California, Santa Cruz, won the Best Actor Award from the Bay Area Critics Circle for his performance in The Last Hairdresser. The award was presented April 6 in a ceremony held at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. Scheie played…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The American Heart Association’s annual American Heart Walk takes place this year on Saturday, May 2, at Seacliff State Beach in Aptos. Companies and individuals are being sought to participate in this worthy fund-raising event, both in the 10K and 5K walk/run and as volunteers. M.R.C. Greenwood, chancellor of the University of California,…

A San Francisco Examiner article about the search for alien life-forms featured astronomer Frank Drake, known for his work in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) project. The March-April 1998 issue of VIA, the California Automobile Association’s magazine, featured excerpts from Melanie J. Mayer’s Klondike Women: True Tales of the 1897-98 Gold Rush (Ohio University…

Dean E. McHenry’s official portrait, taken early in his tenure as chancellor. Photo: Moulin Studios Note: Parking will be provided for the ceremony in the East Remote parking lot, not at the base of campus as was previously reported. A public ceremony celebrating the life of Dean E. McHenry will be held on Saturday, April…

A nationally acclaimed atmospheric scientist, who currently is dean of the School of Physical Sciences at the University of California, Irvine, was appointed on Thursday, April 16, to lead the campus as its fourth chancellor. Ralph J. Cicerone was named to the post by the UC Board of Regents on the recommendation of UC President…

At a University House reception honoring Peace Corps volunteers, Peace Corps deputy director Charles Baquet (center, left) and Executive Vice Chancellor Michael Tanner (center, right) speak with current UCSC students who will go overseas this summer as part of the Corps. Ambassador Baquet speaks with UCSC student Melanie Sheldon who leaves this summer for Cape…