Author: Public Affairs

Chancellor M.R.C. Greenwood earned notice recently in the world’s two leading science journals, Science and Nature. Greenwood was one of the principal sources in a special news report in Science about possible reforms in the National Research Council, the operating arm of three prestigious scientific academies. In Nature, she commented about an expanded role for…

Fred Farr, attorney, environmentalist, former state senator, and UC Santa Cruz Foundation Board trustee, died June 10 in Monterey; he was 86. He was born in Oakland and received undergraduate and law degrees from UC Berkeley. After World War II, he settled in Carmel with his wife and three children. Farr was elected to the…

Assistant art professor Nobuho Nagasawa (kneeling) and the students from her Introduction to Three-dimensional Art class catch their breath after installing the art project, Neo Geo Hypertufa. The project was the result of a workshop with Seattle artist Vicki Scuri who came to UCSC for a four-day residency program sponsored by Porter College. Scuri, who…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Many of the world’s leading biochemists and molecular biologists will convene at UC Santa Cruz this week for the first international symposium devoted to the physical blueprints of one of life’s most basic and crucial molecules. The meeting, titled "RNA Structure," runs from Thursday through Saturday, June 26-28, at UCSC’s Earth and Marine…

To: The campus community From: UCSC Police Department Re: New Security Alarms Policy New policies are now in effect which regulate campus security alarms and give the UCSC police chief the authority to review all requests for new security alarms and modifications to existing alarms. In summary, after receiving Police Department authorization, the individual unit…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Two internationally known researchers, seismologist Thorne Lay and astronomer Joseph Miller, have received "Outstanding Faculty Awards" for 1996-97 from their peers in the Division of Natural Sciences at UC Santa Cruz. The award, first bestowed in 1993, honors excellence in three areas: research, teaching, and service to the campus, scientific organizations, and the…

The following news release was issued by UC’s Office of the President on Thursday, June 19, during the meeting of the Board of Regents: University of California President Richard C. Atkinson Thursday called the passage of Assembly Bill 1415, the Higher Education Partnership Act of 1997, critical to the future of public higher education in…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The University of California, Santa Cruz, Foundation has elected George Malloch of Belmont as president of the board, announced Daniel G. Aldrich III, assistant chancellor for University Advancement at UCSC. In addition, the Foundation has appointed 11 new trustees. The Foundation promotes and supports academic programs, scholarships and fellowships, and capital improvements at…

The Board of Trustees of the California Academy of Sciences has elected two UCSC faculty members to the organization’s leading positions. John Pearse, professor emeritus of biology, is the academy’s new president, while Adrienne Zihlman, professor of anthropology, is vice president. The academy also elected two other UCSC researchers as new fellows: professor of biology…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The class of 1997 at the University of California, Santa Cruz, will hold commencement exercises on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, June 13-15. This year, the following numbers of students are candidates for degrees: 1,679, bachelor of arts or science degrees; 136, master’s degrees; and 48, doctorate degrees. A small number of UCSC students…

News about the $5 million gift from philanthropist Jack Baskin to establish the Jack Baskin School of Engineering went out statewide on the Associated Press, sparking coverage in the Los Angeles Times, Oakland Tribune, and elsewhere. In the San Francisco Bay Area, Baskin’s donation was covered widely in print (including the San Jose Mercury News,…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Writhing balls of snakelike protein fragments may initiate the dysfunctional lesions called plaques that clog the brains of patients with Alzheimer’s disease and similar neurological disorders, according to new research at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and UC San Francisco. Unraveling how these disorderly balls of protein promote plaque formation ultimately may…