Public Affairs

Jane McHenry, Dean McHenry’s wife of 63 years, and Chancellor Greenwood converse before the ceremony honoring the founding chancellor, on April 25 at the UCSC Arboretum Henry McHenry, Dean McHenry’s son and a professor of anthropology at UC Davis, greets Associate Vice Chancellor Jim Gill. Former UC president Clark Kerr, a college roommate, longtime friend,…

Pictured in the McHenry Library courtyard are (left to right) MGIMO Rector Anatoly Torkunov, UCSC Ombudsman Sheila Gottehrer, Chancellor Greenwood, MGIMO’s future ombudsman, Oleg Ultsiferov, and Alexander Avanessov of the United Nations Development Programme. Photo: Victor Schiffrin A tale of two ombudsmen: UCSC’s Sheila Gottehrer and MGIMO’s Oleg Ultsiferov. Photo: Victor Schiffrin UCSC Ombudsman Sheila…

The Slug women’s water polo team finished second at the Collegiate III Nationals held in Claremont, California, May 1-3. To get to the final match against the University of Redlands, the Slugs defeated last year’s runner-up, Occidental College, 11-9 in overtime. UCSC’s Steve Hanson was named coach of the year. For the complete story, go…

Peter Hall, Professor Of Government At Harvard University, Will Speak At UCSC’s Stevenson College On May 11 SANTA CRUZ, CA–Peter Hall, whose honors in political science include the field’s prestigious Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award, will deliver the inaugural Richard Gordon Memorial Lecture at UC Santa Cruz on Monday, May 11. Hall is a professor of…

Campus Is Ranked 24th In Yahoo! Survey Gauging Computer Environments On College Campuses Across The Country SANTA CRUZ, CA–UC Santa Cruz is ranked 24th in the country in an Internet magazine’s survey assessing the computer environment on the campuses of American colleges and universities. The results of Yahoo! Internet Life’s second annual national survey appear…

Irwin Scholarship recipients pose with faculty sponsor Norman Locks. Back row, left to right: Locks, Jason Kolb, Aviva Rochester, Roger Uhl. Middle row: Cindy Yep, Bradley Fulton, Deric Carner, Stephanie Prussin, Mark Whiteley. Front row: Laura Green and Katy Krantz. SANTA CRUZ–Twelve students at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have been selected to receive…

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…

UCSC alumnae Selene Tsoi (left) and Veronica Kenny enjoy the sunshine at a reception prior to the College Eight 25th Anniversary Dinner. Calisse Donathan and her father, Timm, study the Banana Slug Spring Fair program before starting their day. Prospective students and their families plan their day at the Music Center registration area and gather…

"How can UCSC enhance its administrative nimbleness?" This question, posed by the Millennium Committee, is one that Staff Human Resources has also been asking. The question has taken the form of the Staff Human Resources Service Center Project–a far-reaching project to review the functions of the campus’s service centers and identify both successful approaches and…

How sheeplike are we? A Los Angeles Times story exploring the phenomenon of the human tendency to follow without asking questions quotes UCSC psychologist Anthony Pratkanis. He noted when food is involved, as was the case when Oprah Winfrey publicly swore off hamburgers during the mad cow disease scare, the tendency to jump on the…

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…