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SANTA CRUZ, CA–Impressed by the flowers in those Olympic bouquets? Grow them yourself from Australian plants in the UCSC Arboretum’s extensive collection. The Arboretum is holding its annual Fall Plant Sale in conjunction with the California Native Plant Society on Saturday, October 14, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The sale will take place at…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The University of California, Santa Cruz, has named Sung-Mo (Steve) Kang as the new dean of the Baskin School of Engineering, starting in January 2001. Kang currently serves as professor and department head of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. A national leader in his field, Kang received…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The University of California, Santa Cruz, widely recognized as a major center for research on lead and other toxic elements in the environment, has now launched a new Department of Environmental Toxicology that will address a broad range of issues concerning potentially harmful chemicals and microbes in the environment. The department’s faculty study…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The Science Matters Book Club, which meets each month during the school year at the Central Branch of the Santa Cruz Public Library, 225 Church Street, holds its next meeting on Sunday, September 24, from 2 to 4 p.m. Science journalist Robert Irion will lead a discussion of "One Universe: At Home in…

SANTA CRUZ, CA-An internationally respected professor of English and literature has been selected to serve as dean of the Humanities Division at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Named to the position is Wlad Godzich, who comes to UCSC from the University of Geneva in Switzerland, where he was professor of English and comparative literature,…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–An information session for people interested in volunteering at the Seymour Marine Discovery Center is scheduled for Thursday, August 17, from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Seymour Center at Long Marine Lab. The session will include information about the full range of volunteer opportunities at the center and details about the upcoming…

Faye Crosby is available for interviews. See contact information below. SANTA CRUZ, CA–The most gratifying feedback Faye Crosby has received on her new book, Sex, Race, & Merit: Debating Affirmative Action in Education and Employment, came from a student who was a strong advocate of affirmative action–until she read the section of Crosby’s book that…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Teachers who want to bring their classes on field trips to the Seymour Center at Long Marine Lab during the 2000-01 school year should call now to request a School Programs brochure, which includes a new application form. This year, for the first time, the Seymour Center will be using a lottery system…

EDITOR’S ADVISORY What: Forty students from the Los Angeles area, including Compton High School and Dominguez High School, are taking a two-week "magical school bus" tour of University of California campuses. The students will be visiting UC Santa Cruz for six days. When: August 9-15 Where: Merrill College, UC Santa Cruz During their UCSC visit,…

Singer donates tickets to UCSC apprenticeship and the Organic Farming Research Foundation SANTA CRUZ, CA–Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Tracy Chapman has made her August 30 concert at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts a benefit for organic farming research and education. Chapman has donated a block of tickets to the Center for Agroecology and…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The University of California, Santa Cruz, announced this week the appointment of biologist Frank Talamantes to the position of Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies. Talamantes, a professor of molecular, cellular, and developmental biology, will begin a three-year term in the position on August 1. In announcing the appointment, Campus Provost and…

Editor’s Advisory What: You are invited to cover a breakfast forum with Santa Cruz County community leaders hosted by UC Santa Cruz Chancellor M.R.C. Greenwood to highlight some of the campus’s recent achievements and to provide an update on plans for growth and construction. When: Tuesday, August 1, 2000 7:45 a.m. to 10 a.m. Where:…