Public Affairs

An audience gathered at Porter College Quad under last Thursday’s sunny skies for a performance of traditional dance by Su-Nu-Nu Shinal, Pomo Indian dancers. The troupe traveled from the Mendocino area to perform for UCSC students, faculty, staff, and children from the UCSC Children’s Center. The performance was organized by theater arts student Carie Warner…

"Globalization: The Challenge and the Opportunities" is the title of a talk by Gita Sen, professor of economics and social sciences at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, India; visiting professor at the Center for Population and Development Studies at Harvard University; and Research Coordinator on Alternative Development Frameworks–Development Alternatives with Women for a New…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–If you’re interested in alternative agriculture and enjoy working with people, now is the time to consider volunteering as a docent at the 25-acre organic Farm at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Applications are available now for the six-week docent training program, which begins May 14. During the training, docents will learn…

SANTA CRUZ, CA-A postgraduate researcher at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has received a prestigious postdoctoral fellowship from the Cancer Research Fund of the Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Foundation. The fellowship, worth a total of $101,500 over a three-year period, supports researcher Jamie Cate’s investigation of ribosomal structure. Large and complex molecules that are common…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–A professor of history at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has received the French Government’s highest honor for academic achievement. UCSC professor of history Jonathan Beecher has been awarded France’s Palmes Academiques–a decoration given to those who have advanced the cause of French culture, education, and the arts. The Palmes Academiques was…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–If El Nino showers bring spring and summer flowers, then this should be a banner year for gardeners. Help your garden bloom with selections from the annual UC Santa Cruz Farm & Garden plant sale on Saturday and Sunday, May 2-3. Hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day in the Barn…

SANTA CRUZ, CA-The University of California, Santa Cruz, will host the Banana Slug Spring Fair on Saturday, April 18. UCSC alumni, current and prospective students, and their families are invited to the annual celebration, which features faculty lectures, artistic performances, facility tours, and alumni reunions. The fair begins at 9 a.m. It drew more than…

Fred Keeley discussed California’s coast and the Pacific Ocean at a recent environmental studies seminar at Natural Sciences 2. The state of the California coast and the Pacific Ocean was the subject of a recent lunchtime seminar led by state assemblymember Fred Keeley (D-27th District). Approximately 20 people attended Keeley’s talk on April 6. The…

March 20, 1998 THe Friendship Between Dr. Dean Mchenry And Chief Justice Of The United States Earl Warren It is fitting that the obituary of Dean E. McHenry, first UC Santa Cruz chancellor, appeared in many California newspapers on March 19, the 107th anniversary of the late Chief Justice Earl Warren’s birth. Warren, who served…

Robert Fairlie, assistant professor of economics, was invited to speak at the Department of the Treasury in Washington, D.C., on his research on race, immigration, and business ownership. The presentation of his research was part of the Treasury Department’s efforts to promote racial equality and understanding through President Clinton’s Initiative on Race. . . .…

An excerpt from an upcoming book by psychologist William Domhoff was featured in the March/April issue of Mother Jones. The book (coauthored with Richard Zweigenhaft, a UCSC alumnus) is Diversity in the Power Elite: Have Women and Minorities Reached the Top? (Yale University Press, 1998). UCSC admissions counselor Hilda Hernandez-Meza was interviewed for the show…

All members of the campus community are invited to submit nominations for the 1998-99 Alumni Association awards. Three awards are given annually; one each to a faculty member, a staff member, and an alumnus or alumna of the campus. The association holds a tribute luncheon in honor of award recipients. Faculty and staff winners each…