Campus News
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UCSC Arboretum, now in its 40th year, holds annual fall plant sale on Saturday, October 9
In the fall of 1964, one year before the first class of students entered the University of California, Santa Cruz, the first trees were planted in the UCSC Arboretum. Some of those plantings have since grown into the graceful trees of the Eucalyptus Grove, where the Arboretum’s plant sales are now held. And the Arboretum…
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UCSC students collaborate with Museum of Art and History to create innovative gallery exhibit
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SANTA CRUZ, CA–The Big and Bold exhibit now on display at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History is a prime example of the benefit derived from combining university research with an important cultural institution in the community. The gallery exhibit features an array of large and oversize graphic art from…
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Seymour Center lecture series focuses on women in marine science
The annual fall lecture series at the Seymour Marine Discovery Center this year highlights extraordinary women in marine science. The series, “Women Who Turn the Tides: Setting New Benchmarks in Marine Science,” includes presentations on three evenings in October, starting with a panel discussion on Wednesday, October 6. The other lectures will take place on…
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Alumnus Joseph DeRisi wins coveted MacArthur Fellowship
UCSC alumnus Joseph DeRisi, an associate professor of biochemistry and biophysics at UC San Francisco, is among 23 new MacArthur Fellows for 2004 named in September by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. DeRisi, 35, will receive $500,000 in “no strings attached” support over the next five years. DeRisi, who received his B.S.…
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Supervising producer of Fahrenheit 9/11 speaks at UC Santa Cruz October 6
Documentary filmmaker Tia Lessin, the supervising producer of Fahrenheit 9/11, will give a free public talk on Wednesday, October 6, at UC Santa Cruz. Lessin’s talk, “Documentary Film and Human Rights,” will take place from noon to 1:30 p.m. in Room 150 of the Communications Building. An accomplished filmmaker in her own right, Lessin has…
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UC Santa Cruz finalizes purchase of Texas Instruments site
The University of California, Santa Cruz announced today (September 27) the closure of escrow to purchase the land and facilities formerly occupied by Texas Instruments. All paperwork was finalized on September 24. The site is located at 2300 Delaware Avenue in Santa Cruz. “This is a unique and very desirable opportunity for our campus,” stated…
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UCSC builds on landmark NASA contract to expand UC presence in Silicon Valley
With over 100 employees and funding for current research tasks at about $18 million, the University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) at Moffett Field has quickly become a dynamic center of activity for the University of California, Santa Cruz, in the heart of Silicon Valley. Managed by UC Santa Cruz in partnership with NASA Ames Research…
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UCSC astronomer Claire Max receives 2004 E. O. Lawrence Award in Physics
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded the 2004 E. O. Lawrence Award in Physics to Claire Max, a professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Max, who is deputy director of the Center for Adaptive Optics at UCSC and holds a joint appointment at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,…
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Campus raises record $32.2 million in private gifts during 2003-04 year
For Immediate Release SANTA CRUZ, CA–UC Santa Cruz raised a record $32.2 million from private donors in 2003-04, an increase of 42 percent over the $22.7 million raised the year before. “This record level of support for UC Santa Cruz could not have come at a more critical time,” said Acting Chancellor Martin M. Chemers.…
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Fourteen new ‘blue light’ emergency phones installed
Fourteen new “blue light” emergency phones were installed on campus this summer, primarily in four large parking lots.