Campus News

SAN FRANCISCO–The University of California Board of Regents today (Friday, July 15) approved the sale for $2.4 million of a 410- acre redwood parcel to Save-the Redwoods League. The sale of the parcel, which contains some old-growth redwoods, ensures that the property will be available for public use. The land, called the "Miller property," is…

SAN FRANCISCO–Francisco J. Hernandez has been appointed to fill the position of vice chancellor for student affairs at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The appointment, which will take effect September 1, was approved today (Friday, July 15) by UC’s Board of Regents. Offered UCSC’s top student affairs post after a national search, Hernandez will…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–From kitchen scraps to municipal waste, earthworms are capable of transforming tons of organic matter into low-cost, usable fertilizer and compost. Known as vermiculture, the raising of earthworms to transform organic waste into useful products is gaining support from environmentalists, city planners, farmers, and educators. On Monday, July 18, one of the world’s…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Twelve outstanding community college transfer students have received Leadership Opportunity Awards that will enable them to complete their undergraduate education at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Recipients receive $10,000 scholarships for each of two years, as well as assistance finding paid summer work experience in a field that complements their academic studies…

Summer Institute To Run July 6-21 At UC Santa Cruz SANTA CRUZ, CA–If you think that only squares like math, you probably had an old-fashioned education: Dull lesson plans, lots of rote exercises, and nothing that seemed to apply to your life. Think again: Teachers are no longer slaves to dry textbooks, and math class…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The University of California, Santa Cruz, has received gifts totaling $500,000 from two private foundations toward the construction of an Education Center at the Joseph M. Long Marine Laboratory. The Wayne and Gladys Valley Foundation of Oakland donated $300,000 for the project, while the J. M. Long Foundation of Walnut Creek provided $200,000.…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Salz Leathers, Inc., of Santa Cruz has established a fellowship to support environmental research at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The Salz Graduate Fellowship in Environmental Chemistry will provide $16,000 per year to a graduate student who conducts research on the effects of inorganic contaminants in the marine environment–particularly within the Monterey…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–K-12 science teachers are invited to enroll in "Bringing Marine Science to the Classroom," a two-day workshop at the Long Marine Laboratory, a coastal research station run by the University of California, Santa Cruz. Participants will learn how to integrate current marine-science research into their classroom activities at the workshop, which is set…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Chancellor Karl S. Pister has announced the names of 35 undergraduate students at the University of California, Santa Cruz, who have received awards for outstanding achievement. Recipients of the awards were announced today (Wednesday, June 8), during an awards ceremony at University House. The awards are the Deans’ Undergraduate Awards, the Chancellor’s Undergraduate…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Reserve a place on your calendars now for the annual meeting of the Friends of the UCSC Library, which will feature a reading by some of the area’s most prominent poets. The event, which is free and open to the public, takes place Thursday, June 16, at 4 p.m. under the cherry trees…

SANTA CRUZ, CA-UC Santa Cruz’s Class of 1994 will hold commencement exercises on Saturday, June 18, and Sunday, June 19. This year, the following numbers of students are candidates for degrees or graduate certificates: 1,796, bachelor of arts or science degrees; 93, master’s degrees; 42, doctorate degrees; and 44, graduate certificates. Each of UCSC’s eight…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded prestigious graduate fellowships to twelve students and recent alumni at the University of California, Santa Cruz. NSF granted 950 graduate research fellowships and 150 minority graduate fellowships to students who will pursue careers in science, social science, mathematics, or engineering. About one of every seven applicants…