Campus News

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Children in recreation programs and day camps are invited to attend a special summer offering at the Long Marine Lab in Santa Cruz: a fun two-hour educational program aimed at children in grades K-5. The program, designed for groups of 10 to 30 children, will occur on Fridays from 10 a.m. to 12…

Although University of California, Santa Cruz, students are away for the summer, there are still plenty of educational activities occurring on the campus. Here are a number of programs at UCSC this summer that would make interesting stories: Monterey Peninsula College Math/Science Upward Bound (June 28- August 7). Forty high school students take part in…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The University of California, Santa Cruz, Foundation has elected Stoddard P. Johnston of Pebble Beach to serve as president of the board, announced Daniel G. Aldrich III, assistant chancellor for University Advancement at UCSC. In addition, the Foundation has added five new trustees. Johnston is chairman and CEO of KBOQ, a classical music…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Kevin Karplus, his last name notwithstanding, does not drive a car, nor has he ever possessed a driver’s license. This computer scientist has had one modus transporandi for the last 23 years: the bicycle. But you won’t see him winning races or tearing up off-road trails. Rather, Karplus devotes his energy to cycling…

SANTA CRUZ–Professor of linguistics Jorge Hankamer has been appointed dean of the Humanities Division at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The appointment took effect July 1. Humanities is one of four academic divisions at UCSC; the others are Arts, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences. Each division is home to a wide range of departments…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Fans of Charles Dickens are invited to attend the Dickens Universe Public Day, a special one-day program featuring speakers, refreshments, a film, and informal discussions on the popular Victorian author. Public Day is presented as part of the fifteenth annual Dickens Universe at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and is designed for…

Three-week institute at UC Santa Cruz to run July 10-27 SANTA CRUZ, CA–Balancing the checkbook. Remodeling the house. Playing the stock market. Understanding science and technology. It all adds up to a lot of math, and woe to those who can’t keep up. But thanks to teachers from the Monterey Bay Area Mathematics Project, area…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Carl E. Walsh, a professor of economics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has been named associate vice chancellor of planning and programs for the campus. The appointment is effective July 1, 1995. Walsh will work with Executive Vice Chancellor Michael Tanner and the staff of the Planning and Budget Office on…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Using the waves from earthquakes as sonar-like "pings" to probe below the earth’s crust, a seismologist has learned surprising new details about giant slabs of rock that dive into the planet at the roots of southern California’s dramatic Transverse Ranges. The study seems to verify what researchers suspected: A kink in the San…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Three new officers have assumed the helm of the board of directors of the Friends of Long Marine Lab, a community group that supports public education, student research, marine- mammal rescue, and other activities at the Joseph M. Long Marine Laboratory. In addition, two other citizens have joined the board as new members.…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Pelicans and cormorants often gather in shallow water near Santa Cruz. But in the summer of 1991, one such gathering took a bizarre and tragic twist. The birds seemed intoxicated, swimming in circles and squawking pitifully. Over the next few weeks, more than 100 carcasses of seabirds washed ashore near Santa Cruz. After…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Inspired by the impact a professor’s mentorship had on their son, a Los Gatos couple has pledged a gift of $250,000 to the University of California, Santa Cruz, to establish an endowed chair in environmental studies. The gift from Dr. Alan G. Giberson and Margaret S. Lyons Giberson of Los Gatos, California, establishes…