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SANTA CRUZ–November is the month to apply for fall 1996 admission to the University of California. In an effort to provide better admissions service to local students and increase the eligibility and the number of applications to universities and colleges, the UC Santa Cruz Admissions Office and Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos have launched a new…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–On October 28 several San Francisco community organizations will host an event celebrating the publication of a new book on the history of Chinese American women in San Francisco. The event will also honor three women’s organizations and several of the women who play a central role in the book, titled Unbound Feet:…

SANTA CRUZ–Two women, who half a century ago were caught up in events that indelibly changed their lives and the world around them, will speak about their experiences this month at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Alice McGrath, now 78, was a member of the defense team for a 1940s murder case that inspired…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Thao Vo found new freedom last year in a little black box the size of a television remote control. A senior at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Vo used this little box and his laptop computer to hook up to the Internet from a bench outside the Science Library, from atop a…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Molecular biologist Charles Wilson of the University of California, Santa Cruz, has received a $500,000 fellowship from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation of Los Altos, the foundation announced today (October 4). Wilson is one of twenty young researchers across the U.S. to earn the prestigious fellowships, worth $100,000 per year for five…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Taking in an evening of theater will be as simple as turning on the television this fall. On October 9, an eleven-week series titled "UCSC Theater Arts Board Presents" will air on the Community Television of Santa Cruz County channel (TCI cable channel 71). The series features twenty works produced in the spring…

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…