Public Affairs

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…

Laura C. Engelken, coordinator for residential education at Merrill College, is the author of a chapter titled "Making Meaning: Providing Tools for an Integrated Identity" in the book Working with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender College Students: A Handbook for Faculty and Administrators (Greenwood Press, 1998), edited by Ronni L. Sanlo. The handbook, a guide…

A UCSC postgraduate researcher 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 to all living things, ribosomes are responsible for…

The University Library will hold a sale of surplus maps and LP records on Saturday, April 18, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the foyer of McHenry Library. Over 2,000 maps will be available, including superseded world and foreign maps, road and tourist maps, and other geographical materials. A small selection of local-area and…

Conservation plans advocated by many organizations to protect the world’s biodiversity could leave half of all terrestrial species vulnerable to extinction, either immediately or in the near future, according to a recent commentary by Michael Soule, a UCSC research professor of environmental studies, and M. A. Sanjayan, who earned a Ph.D. in biology from UCSC…

UCSC’s annual "open house" celebration takes place Saturday, April 18, and all alumni, current and prospective students, and their families and friends are invited to attend. The fair features alumni reunions; presentations by UCSC’s programs in the arts, engineering, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences; a student music recital; and many other events.

SANTA CRUZ, CA­The University of California, Santa Cruz, has leased a 130- acre parcel at the former Fort Ord military base to Dynasty Farms, Inc., of Salinas, which will operate a certified organic mixed-vegetable farm on the site. Dynasty will hold the lease for a minimum of five years, said Lora Lee Martin, director of…

Santa Cruz–A public ceremony celebrating the life of Dean E. McHenry will be held on Saturday, April 25, on the University of California campus he helped found in the 1960s. McHenry’s family and the campus have planned the memorial, which is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. at the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum, one of…

To My Campus Colleagues: You may be aware of recent news reports describing the 1998 admissions statistics for the University of California, especially in regard to the serious decline of admissions of Chicano/Latino, African American and other underrepresented students at some of the other UC campuses. Presented in the context of SP-1 and Proposition 209,…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–A conference on film and the Holocaust takes place Wednesday, April 22, through Thursday, April 23, at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The conference coincides with Yom Hashoah–the international day of remembrance for victims of the Holocaust. Leading Holocaust and film scholars from around the country will convene for the conference, titled…