Public Affairs

Currents online is now accepting classified ads from faculty and staff. Before submitting an ad, please read the policies and submittal procedure. For sale: Fish tank. 20 gal. w/gravel, plants, fish, dwarf frogs. $20/obo. Francine 426-3312 For sale: large oak entertainment center. great cond. $100/obo; couch/futon frame. queen size. pine. $100/obo. Amie 426-0463 Wanted: used…

The Division of Arts is hosting a ceremony to dedicate the Siegfried Puknat Teaching and Practice Studios, named in memory of Siegfried Puknat, professor of German and comparative literature, and his wife, Elisabeth Mignon Puknat. The dedication is free and open to the public and takes place at 5 p.m. on Saturday, October 18, on…

Making the News highlights campus people interviewed or covered by news media. Thirtieth birthdays are always a big deal, and the media coverage of the 30th anniversary of the UCSC Farm & Garden was no exception. The San Francisco Chronicle featured the accomplishments of the Farm & Garden on the front of its Bay Area…

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No Other Research Group Has Learned So Much About How Seals And Sea Lions Process Information SANTA CRUZ, CA–A remarkable quartet of trained marine mammals is helping scientists push the frontiers of animal psychobiology by demonstrating, in unprecedented detail, how they see, hear, and think about the world around them. Years of careful experiments at…

From the accounting office to the police department, Business and Administrative Services (BAS) units provide a wealth of services to the campus community. A new series of lunch-time forums will give students, faculty, and staff an opportunity to learn about these services. At "Bag-It With BAS," the heads of BAS units will discuss what their…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–A professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has received a $165,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to fund a five-week summer institute in 1998 to explore the environment and world history. Edmund Burke III, a professor of history, received the grant for the institute, titled, "The Environment…

Astronomer Dennis Zaritsky, winner of a $500,000 fellowship from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, appeared on a KNTV evening newscast to discuss his studies of stars in two nearby galaxies. Watching the Apollo missions as a child inspired Zaritsky to enter his field, he said. The anchor stated correctly that UCSC is one of…

UCSC will kick off its annual United Way campaign on Monday, October 13, with a lunchtime ice-cream social. Chancellor Greenwood and other administrators will serve ice cream at the social, which will take place from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. at McHenry Library. Joyce Justus, special assistant to the chancellor, will act as a "trainer"…

An exhibit titled "Silence No More: Remembering the Japanese-American Internment" is on display at McHenry Library through December 20. The exhibit documents the history of the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, with a particular focus on California. It includes art and photography created in the internment camps, the internment experience as reflected…

Senior John Sanchez had no trouble keeping the audience’s attention recently as he discussed his summer research in South America. It wasn’t just his engaging stories of Amazonian adventures. Credit also must go to his subjects: venomous long-haired caterpillars, whose "urticating" (itch-producing) secretions show promise as antibacterial compounds. Sanchez was one of 19 UCSC undergraduate…

The Staff Advisory Board and the Office of the Chancellor have invited all staff employees to a "Welcome to the 1997-98 Academic Year Barbecue." The event will be held on Tuesday, October 14, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the East Field. The barbecue will feature a variety of picnic foods, including burgers, hot…