Author: Public Affairs

Arun Kashyap (center) is pictured with former Affymax colleagues Nick Wrighton (left) and Ray Chang. The trio were among those honored by AAAS with the Newcomb Cleveland Prize this year. SANTA CRUZ, CA–A graduate student at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has received the prestigious Newcomb Cleveland Prize from the American Association for the…

Assemblymember Fred Keeley (left) and state senator Bruce McPherson said they came to the forum mostly to hear ideas and comments from the UCSC community. Chancellor Greenwood introduced the two legislators to the audience and helped field questions. More than 30 people attended the forum at the Red Room at College Eight. Assemblymember Fred Keeley…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–One of Europe’s oldest universities, the 650-year-old Charles University of Prague, Czechoslovakia, has presented a University of California, Santa Cruz, professor with its highest honor. Pavel Machotka, professor emeritus of art and psychology at UCSC, was named the recipient of the degree of Doctor of Education honoris causa, bestowed on him, according to…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–In non-Western countries, the rise of the global economy has led to an explosion in manufacturing facilities with substandard working conditions, according to organizers planning a one-day conference at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The emergence of these so- called "sweatshops," which often rely on child labor, is altering family and community…

Manuel Pastor, director of the Latin American and Latino studies program at UCSC, moderated a high-level panel discussion on race and poverty last week with members of the Advisory Board to the President’s Initiative on Race. Advisory Board members were in San Jose to conduct an evening community forum and a daylong meeting. Pastor moderated…

The UC Santa Cruz Transportation and Parking Services Office (TAPS) has added two links to its Web site that provide timely road condition reports. The Santa Cruz County Road Conditions report is updated several times a day during the peak of heavy storm periods and appears to provide the best information on Santa Cruz County…

"Sustainable Development for the Central Coast" is the focus of a forum on March 13 at the Hyatt Regency Monterey. Dr. Tapan Monroe, chief economist for PG&E, will open with the keynote address, and then groups will form to discuss the following questions: Where are we now in terms of sustainable development? Where would we…

Nobel laureate J. Michael Bishop, one of the world’s foremost medical researchers and a leading advocate for science education and increased public investment in scientific research, was named chancellor of the University of California’s San Francisco campus earlier this month. Acting on the recommendation of UC President Richard C. Atkinson, the UC Board of Regents…

Thanks to a recent gift, undergraduates in the Environmental Studies Department have a new Regents’ Endowment to tap to support their field-study projects. Alice Cooley recently contributed to the Richard A. Cooley Award for undergraduate field study, which was established in memory of her husband, who was the founder and first chair of the environmental…

The University of California, which is embarked on its own aggressive and innovative academic outreach program, endorsed a plan announced earlier this month by President Clinton to promote college and school partnerships and to prepare low-income students for higher education. The president’s High Hopes initiative, a $140 million competitive grant program, is designed to raise…

History professor Pedro Castillo was quoted in the Mexican newspapers–Diario de Chihuahua and El Heraldo de Chihuahua in Chihuahua and El Universal and La Cronica in Mexicali–after he presented a series of talks on Mexican immigration, the Mexican American community, and the Latino vote this past December. He was also quoted in El Norte and…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–A special collection of funds in support of acquisitions for the University Library at the University of California, Santa Cruz, recently reached $1 million in value, thanks to the generosity of a number of benefactors (see attached list of donors). Twenty-three endowments have been established by these donors in a range of subjects…