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City officials, the developer, and UCSC administrators gathered on June 23 to celebrate the start of construction on a new building in downtown Santa Cruz. Dubbed "University Town Center," the building will house University Extension and approximately 100 UCSC and extension students. It will rise at the pictured site, the corner of Pacific Avenue and…

Winners of the poster competition pose with Chancellor Greenwood, Dean Kliger, and biology professor Lynda Goff at the Natural Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium. Front row: Erin Osborne, Rachel Karchin, M.R.C. Greenwood, Lynda Goff. Back row: Alexi Arango, Jake Mannix, Alice Baldridge, Chris Winchell, David Kliger. From toxic marine algae to solar energy cells to the…

Professor of history Jonathan Beecher receives the Palmes Acadèmiques medal from Emmanuel Delloye, France’s Attaché Culturel. The medal is the French government’s highest honor for academic achievement. Beecher received the medal for his work on French utopian socialist Charles Fourier. Family, friends, and colleagues attended a June 22 reception honoring Beecher. Pictured left to right…

John G. Davies, a San Diego attorney who has been a member of the University of California Board of Regents for six years, has been elected by his colleagues to chair the university’s governing board. The Regents, meeting today (Friday, June 19) in San Francisco, unanimously selected Davies to be chair of the 26-member board.…

A groundbreaking ceremony marking the start of construction on a 10,600-square-foot weight training and fitness center on campus took place on June 9 at the East Field. In addition to the traditional shovel ceremony, the event featured a wellness fair with holistic health activities including massage and acupressure, community drumming, a barbecue dinner, and the…

UCSC’s Long Marine Laboratory is holding a "Fishing Friendsy," a major membership drive from June 24 through September 30. A membership with the Friends of Long Marine Lab offers many benefits, including free visits to Long Marine Lab for an entire year, discount purchases at the gift and book shop, invitations to special events, and…

UCSC was featured prominently in coverage of the National Ocean Conference held June 11-12 in Monterey. Gary Griggs, director of the Institute of Marine Sciences, and James Gill, vice chancellor for research, were both quoted in an article in the San Francisco Chronicle about marine science facilities in the Monterey Bay region. Griggs and Chancellor…

The oceans held center stage for two days of high-level meetings June 11-12 in Monterey, where government officials, researchers, business leaders, environmentalists, and others gathered for the National Ocean Conference. Declining fisheries, polluted coastlines, global climate change, and damaged coral reefs were among the concerns discussed at the conference. President Bill Clinton and Vice President…

Biologist Douglas Kellogg, an assistant professor of biology, has been named a 1998 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences by the Pew Charitable Trusts. Kellogg, the first UCSC researcher to win this prestigious award, will receive a total of $200,000 to support his research over a four-year period. He is one of 20 junior faculty…

Peter Careaga, a senior reproduction graphics technician in Printing Services, died May 28 of leukemia; he was 28. Described by his coworkers as a very dedicated employee, Peter Careaga worked at UCSC for three years and was attending Cabrillo College. Barbara Sheriff, a longtime UCSC staff member, died June 15 in Santa Cruz of cancer;…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Are deer damaging your garden? The Arboretum at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has a safe and effective answer for beleaguered gardeners. The Arboretum is selling light-weight, high-strength, virtually invisible deer fencing. The fencing is made of black plastic, is eight feet high, and generally lasts about 10 years. The cost per…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–John B. Simpson, who has extensive experience in academic administration, a distinguished background in psychology, and a lifelong affiliation with the University of California, has been selected to become the next Executive Vice Chancellor at the university’s Santa Cruz campus. Simpson will assume the position as of July 1. Currently the Dean of…