Author: Public Affairs

On Monday, February 2, this Douglas Fir toppled onto the roof of the Ticket Office in the Performing Arts complex, causing minor damage to the office and puncturing a nearby roof. Another view of the tree on the Ticket Office. Recent rainstorms and wild winds have caused a number of trees to fall across campus.…

Peter Gizzi is the most exciting new poet to come along in quite a while. –John Ashbery I count Peter Gizzi as one of the most exceptional poets of his generation and consider his work as editor also to constitute a primary ground for the definition of contemporary poetry. Few people I’ve known have managed…

In February, the following lectures will be featured on UCSC Forum, a new television program that began in January. The show, which features the best of lectures and programs at the University of California, Santa Cruz, is broadcast on Community TV of Santa Cruz County, Channel 72, at 8 p.m. each Sunday with a rebroadcast…

Lecturer Emerita Marge Frantz of the American Studies and Women’s Studies Departments was one of a number of UCSC people honored at an Alumni Association awards luncheon on Saturday, January 31. In the photo, Frantz, who won this year’s Distinguished Teaching Award, smiles as last year’s award recipient, Carol Freeman, delivers a stirring tribute. John…

In a reception at the Cowell College Dining Hall, Myrlie Evers-Williams meets with a high school student who was brought to the convocation festivities as part of UCSC’s outreach efforts. Students at the reception came from Seaside, Salinas, Monterey, San Jose, and the San Joaquin Valley. They later attended the convocation at the Civic Auditorium…

For psychology professor Craig Haney, fielding a call from National Public Radio’s All Things Considered on Christmas Day was all part of being one of the nation’s leading experts on capital punishment. Haney and Harvard law professor Charles Ogeltree were featured in a show about jury decision making in several high-profile capital cases. It was…

Avrupalilastirilamiyacaklardansinizdir. That Turkish word may not come up often in everyday conversation, even in Turkey, but it is commonly used by linguists who are interested in the structure of words. Noted linguist Jorge Hankamer, dean of humanities and a professor of linguistics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, will discuss various facets of word…

UC Santa Cruz is hosting Exposed!, the ninth annual systemwide conference and general assembly of the University of California Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Association (UCLGBTA). The conference, which is being held February 6-8 in partnership with the Human Rights Campaign and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, will address lesbian, gay, bisexual, and…

What do Groucho Marx, Sid Caesar, and Mel Brooks have in common? How does Yiddish culture continue to influence contemporary Jewish life? What is the connection between romance and Jewish identity? The UCSC Library Media Center invites you to explore the answers to these and other provocative questions about the modern Jewish experience through the…

USA Today interviewed Chancellor Greenwood for a story on the upcoming 150th anniversary meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Greenwood, president-elect of AAAS, described the organization’s primary focus for the year, the need for investing in science and technology, and her particular interest in helping to educate the public about science.…

Veteran Washington Post reporter Dana Priest will deliver a free public talk entitled "Working in Washington: Covering Public (and Private) Life," on Friday, February 20, at 7:30 p.m. in Classroom Unit 2. Priest, who graduated from UCSC in 1981, is giving the talk as part of her return to campus as a UC Regents’ Lecturer…

Regional Institutions Team Up To Offer A Weekend Of Fun And Activity For High School Competitors SANTA CRUZ, CA–Fifty high school students from central and northern California will converge on UC Santa Cruz on Saturday, February 7, for the Northern California regional Ocean Sciences Bowl. This event, which is free and open to the public,…