Author: Public Affairs

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Farmers are showing a growing interest in compost, and cities are under court order to reduce the volume of material sent to landfills. As part of a research project to explore the viability of a partnership between farmers and municipalities, the University of California, Santa Cruz, is sponsoring a free on- farm composting…

Grant Will Be Used To Study The Recent History Of Women And Work In China SANTA CRUZ, CA–A $150,000 three-year grant from the Henry Luce Foundation will support a collaboration between U.S. and Chinese scholars to study women in the labor force in China from 1949 to the present. The grant was awarded to three…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Contrary to those who complain that stringent environmental regulations place an unfair burden on business, Ronnie Lipschutz, an assistant professor of politics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, says tough environmental standards make a key contribution to public health. Lipschutz will discuss the relationship of environmental protection to community health on Thursday,…

James F. Sullivan, a veteran University of California administrator, will serve as interim vice chancellor of Business and Administrative Services at UC Santa Cruz, effective immediately. Sullivan replaces L. Edwin Coate, who is leaving the vice chancellor’s position to become vice president of business services at Mira Costa College in San Diego County. Executive Vice…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–In Santa Cruz County, outreach workers with the Santa Cruz AIDS Project and Santa Cruz Needle Exchange have been hitting the streets to offer injection drug users spot counseling, safe-sex information, condoms, clean needles, and referrals to treatment programs. Injection drug users are a critical group to reach in the battle against AIDS…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Good food, live music, great raffle prizes, and games for children are just a few of the reasons to visit the second annual Harvest Festival at the University of California, Santa Cruz, on Saturday, October 14. The event will be held at the 25-acre Farm on the UCSC campus. The festival was such…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Ten outstanding community college transfer students have received prestigious scholarships that will enable them to complete their undergraduate education at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Recipients of Leadership Opportunity Awards receive $10,000 scholarships for each of two years, as well as assistance finding paid summer work experience in a field that complements…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The sixteenth annual open house at the Long Marine Laboratory, set for Sunday, October 15, has something for everyone: adults who wish to learn more about Monterey Bay, students considering marine science as a career, and kids of all ages who want to see research up close or just pick up a prickly…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Faculty and staff at the University of California, Santa Cruz, received $38.8 million in contracts and grants for research last year, an increase of 19.5 percent from the amount received the previous year and twice the funding acquired just five years ago. The 1994-95 year marked UCSC’s thirteenth consecutive year of growth in…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–"Beneath the Surface: Scientific Encounters of the Mysterious Sea" is the theme for the fourth annual public lecture series presented by the Friends of Long Marine Lab. For three consecutive Tuesday evenings in October, leading marine scientists will discuss their research and captivate audiences with slides and videos from the undersea realm. The…

$4.4 Million Grant From The National Science Foundation Funds Five-Year Project SANTA CRUZ, CA–In one of the campus’s most ambitious partnerships with public schools, the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the Life Lab Science Program are coordinating a five-year, tri-county project designed to improve science education for K-6 bilingual students. A $4.4 million grant…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Page Smith, a nationally known historian, died early Monday morning two months after being diagnosed with terminal leukemia. He was 77. Smith, founding provost at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a professor emeritus of history, died less than two days after his wife, Eloise Pickard Smith. A noted artist and former…