Public Affairs

In a reception at the Cowell College Dining Hall, Myrlie Evers-Williams meets with a high school student who was brought to the convocation festivities as part of UCSC’s outreach efforts. Students at the reception came from Seaside, Salinas, Monterey, San Jose, and the San Joaquin Valley. They later attended the convocation at the Civic Auditorium…

For psychology professor Craig Haney, fielding a call from National Public Radio’s All Things Considered on Christmas Day was all part of being one of the nation’s leading experts on capital punishment. Haney and Harvard law professor Charles Ogeltree were featured in a show about jury decision making in several high-profile capital cases. It was…

Avrupalilastirilamiyacaklardansinizdir. That Turkish word may not come up often in everyday conversation, even in Turkey, but it is commonly used by linguists who are interested in the structure of words. Noted linguist Jorge Hankamer, dean of humanities and a professor of linguistics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, will discuss various facets of word…

UC Santa Cruz is hosting Exposed!, the ninth annual systemwide conference and general assembly of the University of California Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Association (UCLGBTA). The conference, which is being held February 6-8 in partnership with the Human Rights Campaign and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, will address lesbian, gay, bisexual, and…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Two longtime supporters of the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum who have recently given gifts totaling $750,000 will be honored at a private reception with Chancellor M.R.C. Greenwood on Saturday, January 31. Santa Fe resident Elspeth Bobbs gave $500,000 to establish the Ray Collett Arboretum Endowment to help support the facility’s general operating expenses.…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–During the November filing period, 15,889 prospective students applied for admission to UC Santa Cruz for fall 1998, an increase of 8.8 percent over applications received at the same time last year. The total was the most ever received by UCSC during the open filing period, reported J. Michael Thompson, UCSC’s associate vice…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Fog, breezes, and shifting currents are part of life in Monterey Bay, but how they arise and evolve is shrouded in mystery. A computer system called the Real-time Environmental Information Network and Analysis System (REINAS) is helping reveal the causes behind these weather changes. UC Santa Cruz dean of engineering Patrick Mantey, who…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–In a gift valued at more than $90,000, Sun Microsystems Computer Company has donated 10 workstations and related equipment to the University of California, Santa Cruz. The gift will enable UCSC to greatly expand its capabilities in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology and is the linchpin of a lab expansion that will more…

NAACP chair Myrlie Evers-Williams will deliver the MLK convocation keynote speech on January 29 Civil rights leader Myrlie Evers-Williams, whose activist husband was gunned down by a white supremacist in the family’s driveway 35 years ago, will be the featured speaker at the 14th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Convocation on Thursday, January 29.…

Illustration of rose by Maureen Carey, a McHenry Library staff member and graduate of UCSC’s Science Communication Program in illustration. Spring has come early to the McHenry and Science Libraries, which are abloom with roses right now. The "roses" are from books that were recently donated to the University Library, and will be on display…

Dragisa Lazarevich’s defense attorney contended at a preliminary hearing last week that local authorities could not prosecute Lazarevich for abducting his children to Serbia in 1989 because it would be double jeopardy. Lazarevich was tried and convicted by a Serbian court for the 1989 abductions. He was fined the equivalent of $40. Local prosecutors maintain…

The men’s water polo team finished the year ranked 23rd in the nation, and junior Sam Radetsky was named to the Division III All-American Squad, Second Team. The team’s success is particularly remarkable in that men’s water polo at UCSC was only resurrected this year after being dropped to club status in the early 1990s,…