Public Affairs

SANTA CRUZ, CA–What may be the classroom of the future is in use today at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where faculty are incorporating videoconferencing and advanced computer technology into courses ranging from network engineering to Hebrew. At a news conference and open house today, UCSC administrators demonstrated the high-tech teaching facilities recently installed…

Nearly 30 members of the campus community turned out on Saturday, May 2, at Seacliff State Beach in Aptos for the American Heart Walk. Chancellor Greenwood chaired the event, which raised funds for the American Heart Association. Approximately 120 people participated, with 76 people walking and 44 volunteering in other capacities. As of May 7,…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–One of the world’s leading experts in African and African-Atlantic visual cultures will present a free public lecture on the topic on Thursday, May 14, at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The talk, "Afro-Oceanic Art: Towards a New Century," will be presented by distinguished art historian Robert Farris Thompson, the Colonel Trumbull…

SANTA CRUZ, CA-The University of California, Santa Cruz, is nationally ranked for the number of bachelor’s degrees it confers on Hispanic students, according to a report in the magazine Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education. The ranking was based on the 268 bachelor’s degrees UC Santa Cruz awarded to Hispanic students in the 1994-95 school year,…

But UCSC Researchers Find That Differences In Communication Styles Are Not Uniform–and That The Differences May Be Related To The Conversation Topics Men And Women Select SANTA CRUZ, CA–Psychologists have for some time observed differences in the ways that fathers and mothers communicate with sons and daughters. But a recently completed "meta-analysis" of the body…

When employees witness improper activity taking place on the job it can create a dilemma–with whom should the problem be discussed, what might the repercussions be if they air their concerns? The UC Whistleblower Policy was developed to answer such questions and to protect those who need to report misconduct. While the complete policy can…

John Isbister, professor of economics, is the recipient of a 1997 Myers Center Award for the Study of Human Rights in North America for his book The Immigration Debate: Remaking America (Kumarian Press, 1996). In this book, Isbister presents the arguments on both sides of the current immigration debate and provides an analysis of the…

The 11th annual Bike-to-Work/School Day takes place on Thursday, May 21, and a free breakfast awaits faculty, staff, and students who leave their cars behind when coming to the campus. The bagels, coffee, fruit, and other treats that UCSC will serve at the Student Center from 6:30 to 9:30 a.m. on May 21 are only…

KZSC’s fund drive, which begins this month, is an annual occurrence, but this year’s event is a special one because it marks the campus radio station’s 25th year of broadcasting. The station’s 25th Anniversary Pledge Drive begins May 11 and runs through May 22 with a fund-raising goal of $25,000. Located at 88.1 FM, KZSC…

A new book on three blues matriarchs garnered more news coverage this week for its author, hist. con.’s Angela Davis. A feature story in the Santa Cruz County Sentinel preceded a downtown talk by Davis. Shortly after that story came out, Davis spoke with a reporter from France’s Le Figaro for a story on how…

Peter Hall, whose honors in political science include the field’s prestigious Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award, will deliver the inaugural Richard Gordon Memorial Lecture at UCSC on Monday, May 11. Hall is a professor of government and senior associate of the Center for European Studies at Harvard University. The free public lecture, titled "Comparative Capitalism in…

Jane McHenry, Dean McHenry’s wife of 63 years, and Chancellor Greenwood converse before the ceremony honoring the founding chancellor, on April 25 at the UCSC Arboretum Henry McHenry, Dean McHenry’s son and a professor of anthropology at UC Davis, greets Associate Vice Chancellor Jim Gill. Former UC president Clark Kerr, a college roommate, longtime friend,…