Public Affairs

State Senator Bruce McPherson (R-15th District) and Assemblymember Fred Keeley (D-27th District) will visit the campus on Friday, February 20. The two legislators will present their perspectives on the current legislative session and discuss issues of campus concern at an open forum taking place from 11 a.m. to noon in the Red Room at College…

As an art major at UCSC in the early 1970s, Rick Carter says he never did well with landscapes. Ironically, over the past 25 years, Carter has enjoyed an enormously successful career creating backgrounds–three-dimensional backgrounds that are viewed by millions each year. Carter, who graduated in 1974, is one of Los Angeles’s top production designers,…

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.

"The Reign of El Niño" will be the topic of a talk by Gary Griggs, professor of earth sciences and director of the Institute of Marine Sciences, when alumni gather at India Joze on Wednesday, February 11, at noon for their monthly luncheon meeting. Professor Griggs will describe the El Niño process, its impact on…

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…