Campus News

In preparation for an extended piece on bilingual education, a crew from the Jim Lehrer News Hour was on campus last week to interview Roland Tharp at the offices of the Center for Research on Education, Diversity and Excellence. They also interviewed Tharp at Starlight Elementary School in Watsonville and filmed a CREDE working session…

At the base of a cliff below the Santa Cruz lighthouse, early morning low tide finds 47 student researchers from UCSC poking under boulders, peering into tide pools, and sifting through surf grass to find every species inhabiting the rocky zone between the tides. It looks like fun, and is, but there’s more to it:…

In conjunction with the dedication of UCSC’s new Music Center, Chancellor Greenwood announced the launching of the UCSC Music Campaign–a fund-raising program to broaden the scope and outreach of the campus’s Music Department. The campaign will support efforts to recruit top high school seniors through four-year merit-based scholarships as well as fund instrument and equipment…

A public talk by Assemblyman Fred Keeley on May 29 has been canceled. Keeley, who had been scheduled to discuss "How Is the California Legislature Treating the Environment this Year?" as part of an environmental studies course, must attend a special legislative session in Sacramento that day. Open Studios–a show of student artwork for the…

Lisbeth Haas, associate professor of history, has received the 1997 Elliott Rudwick Prize for her book Conquests and Historical Identities in California, 1769-1936 (University of California Press, 1995). The $2,000 prize is considered one of the most prestigious in the field. It is given biennially by the Organization of American Historians for an outstanding book…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–In conjunction with the dedication of the new Music Center at the University of California, Santa Cruz, UCSC Chancellor M.R.C. Greenwood announced the launching of the UCSC Music Campaign–a fund-raising program to broaden the scope and outreach of the campus’s Music Department. The campaign will support efforts to recruit top high school seniors…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Enjoy an afternoon of poetry and classical music in the Alan Chadwick Garden at the University of California, Santa Cruz, on Saturday, June 7. The event, "Poetry and Music in the Garden," features readings by four poets from noon until 2 P.M. It is free and open to the public. The poets who…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–At the base of a cliff below the Santa Cruz lighthouse, early morning low tide finds 47 student researchers from UC Santa Cruz poking under boulders, peering into tide pools, and sifting through surf grass to find every species inhabiting the rocky zone between the tides. It looks like fun, and is, but…

Donald Osterbrock, professor emeritus of astronomy and astrophysics and astronomer emeritus, UC Observatories/Lick Observatory, received an honorary doctoral degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison at commencement exercises on May 16. Osterbrock was on the University of Wisconsin faculty from 1958 to 1973, when he came to UCSC as director of Lick Observatory. The university cited…

The Jack Baskin School of Engineering at UC Santa Cruz represents a significant expansion of the campus’s existing engineering programs. New degree offerings will focus on fields expected to be in great demand, both regionally and nationally, in the next decade. Engineering students will benefit from UCSC’s traditionally strong educational approach and will participate in…

"An abundant supply of engineers educated in technological fields is essential for meeting the demands of our rapidly growing, technologically advanced economy. The School of Engineering envisioned at UC Santa Cruz will be an excellent way to meet the needs of both the students and businesses that desperately seek graduates trained in a variety of…

Computer scientist Robert Levinson’s thoughts on IBM’s Deep Blue supercomputer, which conquered world chess champion Garry Kasparov last week, appeared on Wired magazine’s World Wide Web site. In the article, titled "Deep Blue still has some learning to do," Levinson commented that while the machine is impressive, it’s a far cry from the "artificial intelligence"…