Author: Public Affairs

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Karl S. Pister, Chancellor of the University of California, Santa Cruz since August 1991, has announced his intention to retire, effective June 30, 1996. Chancellor Pister included the announcement in his address to the UC Santa Cruz Academic Senate this afternoon. Dr. Pister was first named to the UCSC chancellor position for an…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Studies of the host of environmental issues facing the Monterey Bay area, from the health of the bay’s fisheries to the restoration of unique habitats at Fort Ord, have received a substantial boost: a $562,500 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to train graduate students at the University of California, Santa Cruz.…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Marine researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have received $100,000 from a $2.2 million settlement between Shell Oil Company and the California Public Interest Research Group (CalPIRG). Six research teams will use the funds to launch or enhance various studies on he water quality of the San Francisco Bay. The settlement,…

SANTA CRUZ–Economic uncertainty, changing societal needs, and diminishing public confidence are major challenges facing America’s research universities. In a public lecture on November 2, UC Santa Cruz Chancellor Karl S. Pister will describe the forces reshaping higher education in this country–and discuss the changes American universities must make if they are to continue to serve…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Carrol Moran, an education specialist with more than twenty years of experience in the Monterey Bay Area, has been named coordinator of the Monterey Bay Educational Consortium. Moran’s appointment was announced today (Monday, October 16, 1995) by UC Santa Cruz Chancellor Karl S. Pister. Moran will oversee educational collaborations between the University of…

Aim Of Three-Day Gathering Is To Consolidate Nationwide Program SANTA CRUZ, CA–Over the past decade a growing number of colleges and universities have adopted a new approach to teaching foreign languages. Called "Foreign Languages Across the Curriculum" (FLAC), the method encourages students to apply their foreign language skills to the study of a variety of…

SANTA CRUZ–November is the month to apply for fall 1996 admission to the University of California. In an effort to provide better admissions service to local students and increase the eligibility and the number of applications to universities and colleges, the UC Santa Cruz Admissions Office and Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos have launched a new…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–On October 28 several San Francisco community organizations will host an event celebrating the publication of a new book on the history of Chinese American women in San Francisco. The event will also honor three women’s organizations and several of the women who play a central role in the book, titled Unbound Feet:…

SANTA CRUZ–Two women, who half a century ago were caught up in events that indelibly changed their lives and the world around them, will speak about their experiences this month at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Alice McGrath, now 78, was a member of the defense team for a 1940s murder case that inspired…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Thao Vo found new freedom last year in a little black box the size of a television remote control. A senior at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Vo used this little box and his laptop computer to hook up to the Internet from a bench outside the Science Library, from atop a…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Molecular biologist Charles Wilson of the University of California, Santa Cruz, has received a $500,000 fellowship from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation of Los Altos, the foundation announced today (October 4). Wilson is one of twenty young researchers across the U.S. to earn the prestigious fellowships, worth $100,000 per year for five…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Taking in an evening of theater will be as simple as turning on the television this fall. On October 9, an eleven-week series titled "UCSC Theater Arts Board Presents" will air on the Community Television of Santa Cruz County channel (TCI cable channel 71). The series features twenty works produced in the spring…