Public Affairs

In a letter to the campus community, Julia Armstrong-Zwart, assistant chancellor for Human Resources, described proposed changes to UC’s electronic-mail policy. The policy has governed the use of faculty, staff, and administrative e-mail accounts on an interim basis since August 1996. It is proposed for full implementation, with the recent revisions, as soon as is…

Often, the most important experiences students have in college are the ones that take place outside classroom walls. That certainly seems true for 25 former UCSC students whose stories are told in a new book, Field Study and Life-Long Learning: A Research Project. The students all participated in the Merrill Field Program for Experiential Learning…

Global warming wasn’t making big headlines back in 1994, when UCSC economics doctoral candidate Changhua Sun Rich began her dissertation research. Rich was drawn to the subject in part by the issues of fairness that were being played out in the international arena. Since then, Rich’s work has placed her at the forefront of efforts…

Dear Colleagues: On November 21, 1997, the Board of Regents authorized President Atkinson to extend health care benefits to adults in a long-term, committed domestic relationship with a UC employee who are either same-sex domestic partners or precluded from marriage under California law because of a family relationship. We are in the process of formulating…

Swing bands, theater performances, and collaborative art projects are only a few of the entertainment options available at First Night Santa Cruz, a family-oriented New Year’s Eve celebration in downtown Santa Cruz. To make it all happen, First Night organizers need more than 600 volunteers. As one of the event sponsors, UCSC is offering an…

Police Chief Jan Tepper was invited to Washington, D.C., in November to participate in the White House Conference on Hate Crimes. President Clinton, Vice President Gore, Attorney General Reno, and several Cabinet secretaries presided over the meeting, which was attended by representatives from law enforcement, prosecutors, education, clergy, social service agencies, and a number of…

Brent Haddad: Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies As an environmental policy expert, Brent Haddad investigates the use of market-based methods to manage natural resources. Such strategies, used, for example, to manage air and water pollution, involve the issuance of property rights that allow companies and individuals to trade their shares. Haddad’s work focuses on the…

For Sale: ’93 Nissan Sentra, 5 sp., AC, Cruise, AM/FM Cassette, power steering. 108K miles. Original owner. $5,000 or best offer. Bridget or Christine, 425-3549 For sale: Volvo sedan, 1982. Excellent condition, one owner, $4,000. June Gordon. 425-2060.

Join the Friends of the UCSC Library for the annual Dickens Holiday Evening at 4 p.m. on Friday, December 12, in the McHenry Library foyer. The gathering features music, food, and holiday items for sale. It is free, open to the public, and children are welcome. Highlights of the event include a performance by the…

UCSC’s vision of a leading center for coastal marine research in Santa Cruz surged forward last week, just as oil spills and a threatening El Niño served to remind residents of the fragility and mystery of our oceans. The U.S. Congress, in one of its last acts before adjourning for the year, voted to allocate…

The joy, the triumph, the delight, the madness! The boundless, overflowing, bursting gladness, The vaporous exultation not to be confined! Ha! Ha! The animation of delight Which wraps me, like an atmosphere of light, And bears me as a cloud is borne by its own wind. Percy Bysshe Shelley, Prometheus Unbound The music of the…

Myrlie Evers-Williams will deliver keynote address at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium on January 29 Civil rights activist Myrlie Evers-Williams will deliver the keynote speech at the 14th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Convocation. The event, which has been held on the UC Santa Cruz campus in past years, will take place at the…