Campus News

John G. Davies, a San Diego attorney who has been a member of the University of California Board of Regents for six years, has been elected by his colleagues to chair the university’s governing board. The Regents, meeting today (Friday, June 19) in San Francisco, unanimously selected Davies to be chair of the 26-member board.…

A groundbreaking ceremony marking the start of construction on a 10,600-square-foot weight training and fitness center on campus took place on June 9 at the East Field. In addition to the traditional shovel ceremony, the event featured a wellness fair with holistic health activities including massage and acupressure, community drumming, a barbecue dinner, and the…

Peter Careaga, a senior reproduction graphics technician in Printing Services, died May 28 of leukemia; he was 28. Described by his coworkers as a very dedicated employee, Peter Careaga worked at UCSC for three years and was attending Cabrillo College. Barbara Sheriff, a longtime UCSC staff member, died June 15 in Santa Cruz of cancer;…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Are deer damaging your garden? The Arboretum at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has a safe and effective answer for beleaguered gardeners. The Arboretum is selling light-weight, high-strength, virtually invisible deer fencing. The fencing is made of black plastic, is eight feet high, and generally lasts about 10 years. The cost per…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–John B. Simpson, who has extensive experience in academic administration, a distinguished background in psychology, and a lifelong affiliation with the University of California, has been selected to become the next Executive Vice Chancellor at the university’s Santa Cruz campus. Simpson will assume the position as of July 1. Currently the Dean of…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–UC Santa Cruz’s Long Marine Laboratory is holding a "Fishing Friendsy," a major membership drive from June 24 through September 30. A membership with the Friends of Long Marine Lab offers many benefits, including free visits to Long Marine Lab for an entire year, discount purchases at the gift and book shop, invitations…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Biologist Douglas Kellogg, an assistant professor of biology at UC Santa Cruz, has been named a 1998 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences by the Pew Charitable Trusts. Kellogg, the first UCSC researcher to win this prestigious award, will receive a total of $200,000 to support his research over a four-year period. He…

Digging in (l to r): Chancellor Greenwood, Churchill Grimes, Kathleen McGinty, Sam Farr, D. James Baker, and Rolland A. Schmitten. Churchill Grimes describes for the audience the layout planned for the NMFS Santa Cruz Laboratory, which he will direct. Kathleen McGinty said the new lab would support the kind of research needed to address problems…

UCSC will establish a new Center for Ocean Health at the Joseph M. Long Marine Laboratory, a research and education facility operated by the campus. Construction of the new center will be largely funded by a $5 million grant from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. The Center for Ocean Health facility will provide flexible…

UCSC will host nearly 60 camps, conferences, institutes, and meetings this summer, on subjects ranging from Karposi’s Sarcoma to virtual reality. More than 10,000 visitors are expected to come to the campus for the 10-week conference season, which lasts from June 28 to September 5 this year. The conference program generates roughly $3 million each…

UCSC construction activity will rise with the temperature this year, as a number of projects get started in June, July, and August. The following is a list of projects either breaking ground or under way this summer. Bay Tree Bookstore expansion and Graduate Commons: Construction is expected to start in August on the 6,600-square-foot commons…

The staff of the University Library Map Room invite the campus community to a reception honoring founding map librarian Stanley Stevens and celebrating the arrival of the "Stanley D. Stevens Honorary Map" on Thursday, June 18, at 4 p.m. in the Donald T. Clark Courtyard of McHenry Library. Stevens’s colleagues in the Western Association of…