Author: Public Affairs

Noontime Culture Talks provide an opportunity for staff to share their culture and/or heritage with the campus community. The presentation can consist of a talk and/or slide show, reading family stories/history, or sharing crafts or other symbols of heritage. Sponsored by the Diversity Education Program, Culture Talks are offered monthly. For more information, contact Gwendolyn…

Most people already know that we have a new chancellor, M.R.C. Greenwood. But they may not be aware that several other high-level appointments were made since the end of the 1995-96 academic year. Two provosts, an Academic Senate chair, and a vice chancellor are among the new appointments. David Henry Anthony III, an associate professor…

Members of the University Community: The November general election is approaching and with it a ballot measure that touches all of us in California–as voters, as citizens, as members of the UC community. Proposition 209, the California Civil Rights Initiative, is a defining issue that will shape California’s and the University’s future in fundamental ways…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Eleven outstanding students from regional community colleges have been awarded $20,000 scholarships to attend the University of California, Santa Cruz. Recipients receive $10,000 scholarships for each of two years, the support of a strong academic mentoring program, and assistance finding paid summer work experience in a field that complements their studies. The scholarship…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The University of California, Santa Cruz, announced the appointment today of two prominent scholars as co-chairs of the Neufeld-Levin Chair in Holocaust Studies–one of just a handful of endowed chairs in the United States devoted to the examination of the Holocaust. Selected to hold the chair for the next five years are Murray…

SANTA CRUZ–Sixth graders in Walt Schmidt’s science class at Los Arboles Middle School in Marina troop outside each class period to measure the temperature and precipitation and observe the clouds. Using their classroom’s computers, they send the information to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) via the Internet, where each day’s weather record is…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The magic and mysteries of Monterey Bay are the backdrops for one of the most popular family events in Santa Cruz: Long Marine Laboratory’s annual open house, set for Sunday, October 13. This year’s open house, the seventeenth, will feature activities for marine enthusiasts of all ages, from adults who enjoy science talks…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–From Comet Hyakutake to the possible detection of past life on Mars, it’s been a banner year for astronomy. One of the biggest stories is still unfolding: the discovery of planets orbiting other stars like our Sun. Astronomers have found at least eight of these heavenly bodies, with more announcements likely in upcoming…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–A peculiar type of seismic wave has unveiled a major surprise deep within the earth: The base of the planet’s mantle, long assumed hard as a rock, instead may be partially molten. Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, studied seismic waves that skim along the sharp boundary between the earth’s outer…

Dear Colleagues: The voters have approved Proposition 209 and the University of California will comply with the law. At my request, Provost C. Judson King has written to the University’s Chancellors today to give them specific guidance about implementing the language of Proposition 209. We are well along in this process as a result of…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Preview Day at the University of California, Santa Cruz–held each fall for prospective students, their parents, and counselors–will take place on Saturday, October 19, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. In the morning session, faculty and current UCSC students will be featured in panel discussions on academic programs and residential student life. Separate…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The University of California, Santa Cruz, announces the appointments of new provosts at two of the campus’s eight colleges. David Henry Anthony, III, associate professor of history, has been named provost of Oakes College and Paul Skenazy, professor of literature, has been named provost of Kresge College. The appointments were announced by Executive…