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SANTA CRUZ, CA–Dr. Ernest A. Ball, a well-known botanist and a UC professor emeritus of biology who affiliated with the Santa Cruz late in his career, died on August 30 in Capitola. He was 87. Dr. Ball was regarded as one of the pioneers of plant tissue culture research in a career that spanned 40…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Karen Holl, an assistant professor of environmental studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has received a prestigious Lindbergh Grant from the Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation to continue her work on tropical reforestation. The grant for $9,935 will support Holl’s research on the restoration of tropical rain forests in…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, received more than $45 million in external contracts and grants during fiscal year 1997, by far the highest total in the campus’s 32-year history. Research funds received from federal, state, and private agencies totaled $45,072,120 between July 1, 1996, and June 30, 1997. That figure…

Two UCSC graduate students in sociology won awards from the Environment and Technology section of the American Sociological Association during the group’s recent annual meeting. Valerie Kuletz received the "Boguslav Technology and Humanism Award," which recognizes papers, dissertations, or books that deal with the relationship of technology to traditional humanist social concerns. Kuletz was honored…

New toll-free number and 831 area code also announced Campus telephone users will have to learn new dialing habits, as UCSC has switched from four-digit to five-digit extensions for on-campus numbers. The effective date for the change was Saturday, August 23. Faculty and staff now must dial a "9" in front of administrative extensions. For…

They come from different worlds and at times don’t seem to speak the same language, but archaeologist Judith Habicht-Mauche and geochemist Russell Flegal have built a bridge between their two disciplines. In the process, this unlikely duo has opened the gates of time and shed new light on the activities of Native Americans in the…

Deep-fried artichoke hearts, shrimp cocktail, marbled cheesecake, and other delicacies take center stage Tuesday, September 9, at Catering Showcase 1997 in the College Eight/Oakes Dining Hall. All UCSC faculty and staff are invited to the event, which features free food and a raffle drawing. University Dining Services sponsors the showcase to introduce faculty and staff…

Harry R. Wellman, who interrupted his retirement to serve as acting president of the University of California from 1967 to 1968, died August 18 following a long illness. Known by colleagues as a "quiet facilitator," Wellman started working for the university in 1925 as an extension specialist in agricultural economics and played a key role…

Living Trust Of Charles Griffin Farr Identifies UC Santa Cruz As Recipient Of His Private Collection SANTA CRUZ, CA–Charles Griffin Farr, one of California’s great realist painters and a veteran of the San Francisco art scene, died August 5 at the age of 89. Farr, described not long ago by a reporter as "the grand…

Ranking Appears In U.S. News & World Report’s 1998 "Best Colleges" Issue SANTA CRUZ–In its 1998 assessment of colleges and universities, U.S. News & World Report names the University of California, Santa Cruz, the 25th best public campus in the country. The ranking appears in the magazine’s 11th annual "America’s Best Colleges" issue, on the…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The University of California, Santa Cruz, received more than $13.5 million in private support in the form of gifts and grants during the fiscal year that ended June 30–the highest total recorded in UCSC’s 32-year history, according to the campus’s Development Office. The total was more than double that received by the university…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Thirty years ago, on a scrub-covered hillside of the young UC Santa Cruz campus, Alan Chadwick planted a revolution in gardening. The iconoclastic Englishman was a pioneer of organic, French-intensive gardening in northern California, and his influence has made its way from that steep hillside to farms around the world and to the…