Author: Public Affairs

Black-and-white reproduction of "Vegetable Man," one of Eduardo Carrillo’s works from 1997 (oil on canvas). A memorial exhibition of the works of the late Eduardo Carrillo runs from Wednesday, March 4, through Saturday, April 25, at the Sesnon Art Gallery at Porter College. A public reception takes place on Friday, March 6, from 5 to…

Members of the delegation and their spouses were guests of the Honorable Richard Celeste, the U.S. ambassador for India, and his wife for a luncheon with leaders of education, industry, and politics in Delhi. Left to right: Executive Vice Chancellor R. Michael Tanner, Eileen Tanner, Victoria Gonzalez-Pagani, dean of the Division of Humanities George Hankamer,…

Texts still exist today that were created hundreds of years ago, and yet a plethora of information produced within just the last decade has been lost forever, a victim of the rapid-fire advances of technology. The Friends of the UCSC Library and the Friends of the Santa Cruz Public Library will cohost a screening of…

The Chancellor’s Office is seeking UCSC faculty, staff, and administrators to act as mentors for North Monterey County High School’s Job Shadow Program. Approximately 45 volunteers are needed for this year’s program, which will take place on Thursday, April 16, from 9:30 a.m. to noon. During that time, 45 North Monterey sophomores will shadow UCSC…

Nancy Stoller of community studies was interviewed on KPCC radio (Pasadena) on the show Ebony 98, concerning her new book, Lessons from the Damned. Among other things, Stoller discussed minority voices and organizing strategies in the AIDS epidemic. Sociologist David Wellman was tapped for an Oakland Tribune story on how society segregates its athletes into…

The Millennium Committee is holding a town hall meeting for the entire campus community on Thursday, March 5, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in the Kresge Town Hall. At the meeting, the committee plans to present preliminary ideas about principles to guide UCSC and to solicit feedback on those ideas.

As residents of California, most of us are keenly aware of the extensive role that science and technology are playing in society today. Our region of the state, in particular, has become the base for a veritable revolution in computer and electronic technologies. Early in the 21st century, California will repeat this spectacular success, this…

Calling for an end to U.S. intervention in Iraq and in the Middle East, a group of UCSC students rallied on campus and marched downtown Wednesday, February 25. More than 100 students gathered in the Bay Tree Bookstore parking lot around 1 p.m. They stopped at all of the colleges before heading toward the town…

Balloons Explode, Polymers Expand, Solutions Glow In The Dark–and It’s Real Science SANTA CRUZ, CA–Chemist and educator Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, whose entertaining lectures captivate children and adults alike, will deliver his popular "Science is Fun" presentation at UC Santa Cruz on Thursday, March 12. The lecture-demonstration, open to the public at no charge, will begin…

Environmental studies professor Deborah Letourneau is an invited speaker at the week-long Gordon research conference on "Plant Herbivore Interactions," sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The conference, which is taking place in Ventura this week, has attracted scientists from all over the world. Letourneau is giving a talk on the "Possible…

Roland Tharp and Trish Stoddart (center) have spearheaded the creation of a CD-Rom textbook for teachers in training. Scott Robinson (far left) and Roy Zemlicka produced the CD-Rom, Teaching Alive! Stephanie Dalton (not pictured) wrote the text and helped launch the project. At the main menu of the Teaching Alive! Cd-Rom, the user can select…

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…