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SANTA CRUZ, CA–Scientific papers published in the 1980s and early 1990s by physicists at UC Santa Cruz were among the most highly regarded in the country, according to a recent study. UCSC’s Physics Department ranked seventh for the "citation impact" of papers published between 1981 and 1994. Some analysts view this measure–the average number of…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Chancellor M.R.C. Greenwood of the University of California, Santa Cruz, has announced a five-part initiative that characterizes UCSC’s approach to ensuring continued quality and diversity among the campus’s student body. The new program, "Partnership to Ensure Access and Quality," has two intertwined objectives: (1) to participate in the improvement of preparation for university…

TO: CAMPUS COLLEAGUES FROM: Chancellor M.R.C. Greenwood Proposition 209 is a sweeping measure affecting all public entities in California. Less than two-thirds of eligible Californians voted yesterday, and the majority of them approved the passage of Proposition 209. Santa Cruz County was one of only seven counties in the state to vote against the proposition.…

At approximately 8 p.m. on Wednesday, November 6, Chancellor Greenwood joined with student leaders to announce a consensus on addressing student concerns following the passage of Proposition 209. As a result, students have left the Hahn Student Services Building, which will open as usual on Thursday morning. The following is a copy of the consensus…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Eleven science students at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have received $5,000 scholarships from the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation. The students were honored today (November 6) at a ceremony in San Francisco. Now in its 24th year of awarding scholarships, the northern California chapter of the ARCS Foundation awarded…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Poet Michael Palmer will read from his work on Thursday, November 14, at 4 p.m., at the University of California, Santa Cruz, in Kresge College Seminar Room 159. The event is free and open to the public. Palmer is the author of Blake’s Newton (1972), The Circular Gates (1974), Without Music (1977), Notes…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–A psychology professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, is teaming up with 24 fourth- and fifth-grade teachers–several from local schools–to conduct a major three-year study of the vocabulary development of bilingual children. Professor Barry McLaughlin has received a $900,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Educational Research to…

Assistant professor of economics Menzie Chinn has been named a faculty research fellow in the International Finance and Macroeconomics group of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Chinn, who joined the UCSC faculty in 1991, specializes in international finance. He is currently working on capital-market integration in the Pacific Rim and the determination of exchange…

Donald Brenneis is a linguistic and social anthropologist who has spent years studying language, communication, and the relationship between talk and conflict. In Fiji, where overt arguments between adults are discouraged, Brenneis studied other genres that play important roles in village communication and politics, including gossip, insult, and oratory. More recently, Brenneis has been exploring…

During a recent visit to Roosevelt High School in Fresno, Chancellor Greenwood was interviewed about the Web sites Student Affairs has developed for prospective students. She also described UCSC’s expanding engineering program to reporters from the Santa Cruz County Sentinel, KSCO-Radio, KSBW-TV, and KCCN-TV. Manuel Pastor of Latin American and Latino studies praised a new…

Chancellor M.R.C. Greenwood has become UCSC’s ambassador of high technology lately, visiting high schools in San Jose and Fresno to show off the new tools the campus is offering college-bound students who need information about UC Santa Cruz. Greenwood’s visits to Silver Creek High School in San Jose and Roosevelt High School in Fresno are…

Students, staff, and faculty are invited to participate in planning the 1997 Martin Luther King, Jr., Convocation. The planning committee will meet on Friday, November 8, from 3 to 4 p.m. in the Student Center Third World Lounge. All major aspects of the event, including the choice of the keynote speaker, will be considered. For…