Public Affairs

Roger J. Edberg has been appointed to the position of assistant superintendent/campus arborist. Edberg has most recently been the landscape manager at the UC Davis Arboretum. He holds a B.S. and M.S. in environmental horticulture from UC Davis, where his thesis work was on structural patterns in tree failures. He is a certified arborist and…

Although President Clinton proudly proclaimed the recent federal welfare reform effort "an end to welfare as we know it," political scientist Gwendolyn Mink writes in her new book Welfare’s End (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1998) that the demise of welfare can be traced back almost to its origins. The latest assault is part of…

The following statement by University of California President Richard C. Atkinson refers to the admission of freshmen to the University of California for fall 1998, the first undergraduate class admitted without the consideration of race, ethnicity, or gender. We knew this would be a year of especially difficult and complex choices in the admission of…

Kelly Hemphill, a UCSC sociology student and assistant editor of the The Human Body, poses with one of the video’s stars–a graphic model used by psychologists to study touch patterns. This model shows the pattern most common among Americans (forearms are touched most frequently, the torso and neck least frequently). Models from other countries such…

A Kathakali dancer Each year, the Alumni Association brings an outstanding scholar or teacher to UCSC for one quarter as part of its Distinguished Visiting Professor program. This year, the program is dancing to a new tune. Instead of a single person, UCSC will host six: all actors and musicians of the Kathakali Kalakeli performance…

UCSC’s Creative Writing Program has grown in recent years to become the nucleus of a talented and increasingly acclaimed cluster of poets and novelists. Four core faculty in the program, all of whom have published new work in the past year, will come together for the first time for a special evening of poetry and…

The aviation-inspired sculpture and functional art pieces of Marc D’Estout, UCSC Extension’s director of art and design, were featured in the March/April 1998 issue of Northern California Home and Design. In an op ed carried by the San Diego Union-Tribune, community studies professor David Wellman asked the question: Where were the conservative critics of racial…

For a week in mid-March, UCSC was featured in the "On-campus" section of the Science Coalition Web site, an online resource for information on federally funded science research. Each week, the coalition highlights scientific advances and ongoing research at member universities. During the week of March 16-22, the coalition turned its spotlight on research occurring…

All alumni, current and prospective students, and their families and friends are invited to visit UCSC for the Banana Slug Spring Fair on Saturday, April 18. Last year, more than 4,250 people attended the fair. This year’s campus open house features a faculty lecture, alumni reunions, tours of the colleges and special facilities, student support-services…

Last year, defaults on federally guaranteed education loans cost U.S. taxpayers $2.5 million. In an effort to cut these losses, Congress enacted a law authorizing student loan guarantors to withhold a portion of defaulted borrowers’ wages to repay their loans. The California Student Aid Commission, the state’s student loan guarantor, announced recently that it will…

Alumna Holly Edde spent part of spring quarter ’97, her final quarter at UCSC, as a first-grade teacher’s aide at Live Oak School through the Oakes Serves program. During his student career at UCSC, senior Javier Jimenez has balanced his academic course work with volunteer experiences. He’s educated people about the AIDS virus for the…

Except for the Whole Earth Restaurant, campus eateries are closed over the spring break. The Whole Earth is closed on Monday, March 30, and open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday-Friday, March 31-April 3. They take phone-ahead orders at (408) 426-8255. Discover how easy and rewarding it is to get and stay in shape. The…