Author: Public Affairs

The cameras roll as (seated, l to r) student Marina Baldwin, Marriott’s Scott Jones, and UCSC assistant director of housing Elise Levinson sample a potential menu item. It’s hot, but it’s a hit: Thai noodles in a red curry sauce got the nod from (l to r) Levinson, general manger of University Food Services Liz…

Focus Is On Outreach Efforts To Ensure Top Academic Quality And Ethnic Diversity In Post-prop. 209 Era The University of California, Santa Cruz, has announced the release of letters of admission to freshmen applying to enter UCSC in fall 1998. Issuance of letters of admission is an early step in the process leading to actual…

In writing about the experience of Chinese women in America, author Judy Yung decided to focus her book on San Francisco–home to nearly 50 percent of all Chinese women in the U.S. at the turn of the century. The award-winning book–Unbound Feet (1995)–traces the stages of "unbinding" that took place in the lives of Chinese…

Marine biologist Mary Silver and her work on marine snow were the focus of an in-depth article in the Santa Cruz County Sentinel. Silver, who will be leading one of a series of workshops for teachers offered this spring by Long Marine Lab, has been studying the tiny bits of downward drifting ocean materials for…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Get ready for the spring gardening season by attending a free two-hour workshop on Saturday, March 28, from 10 A.M. to noon at San Lorenzo Lumber’s Garden Center, 235 River Street, in Santa Cruz. Albie Miles, a gardening instructor and graduate of the UCSC Farm & Garden’s apprenticeship program, will discuss basic organic…

The Report of the Chancellor’s Commission on a Changing Campus Table Of Contents Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction: Diversity at UCSC at the Millennium Undergraduate Student Diversity Graduate Student Diversity Staff Diversity Faculty Diversity Curricular and Research Diversity: Ethnic Studies Appendix A: Members of the Chancellor’s Commission on a Changing Campus Preface and Acknowledgments Early in…

DATE CHANGED: Swim, bike, and run at the 8th Annual Skippy Triathlon, sponsored by UCSC intramural sports, on Saturday, March 14, at 8 a.m. at the East Field House pool. The event includes a 1,000-yard swim in the pool, a 6-mile mountain bike ride, and a 5.2-mile cross-country run. The cost is $15/person. Those who…

John Ellis, professor emeritus of German literature, is gaining national recognition for his book, Literature Lost: Social Agendas and the Corruption of the Humanities. The book made both the Washington Post and the Washington Times best nonfiction book lists for 1997 and received nearly unanimously enthusiastic reviews in 30 major publications and on nearly a…

Approximately 70 people attended the Millennium Committee’s town hall meeting on March 5. What principles should UCSC follow as the campus moves into the next century? That’s the question the Millennium Committee has been asking members of the campus and Santa Cruz communities this academic year. Charged by Chancellor Greenwood with the responsibility for articulating…

A recent survey of assistant and associate professors revealed that many faculty accept jobs at UCSC with concerns about limited opportunities for their spouses to find jobs in the Monterey Bay Area. In response to these concerns, Academic Human Resources has established a partnership with the Career Action Center (CAC), a nonprofit Cupertino organization providing…

When a magazine collector in Japan described the allure of America to young Japanese, he told film director Chip Lord that America has an "aroma of enchantment." Lord knew he had just heard the title for his documentary-in-progress. That documentary, The Aroma of Enchantment (1992), will be cablecast on Community Television, Channel 72, at 8…

The Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is a confidential counseling program for UC faculty and staff. The service provides prepaid counseling services to those facing personal and work-related problems. Managers, supervisors, and human resources representatives should be aware, particularly, of two services offered through EAP: Management consultations: Those with concerns about employees who are experiencing personal…