Public Affairs

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The David and Lucile Packard Foundation of Los Altos has granted $309,757 to the Arboretum at the University of California, Santa Cruz, home to some of the world’s finest collections of plants from the Southern Hemisphere and California. The Packard Foundation will award the grant over the next three years to help the…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–A gene linked to the most common abdominal cancer in children also may contribute to the development of breast cancer, according to a study at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and Oregon Health Sciences University. A team led by UC Santa Cruz biologist Gary Silberstein found evidence that a gene called WT1,…

The California Association of Nurserymen has bestowed its 1997 Research Award upon Professor Ray T. Collett, director of the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum. The award recognizes Collett’s contributions to the California nursery industry, the California Association of Nurserymen, and the horticultural community at large. Collett, one of the campus’s original faculty members, and his staff…

Ronnie Lipschutz stepped up to the microphone to do live, on-air analysis on KION-TV on June 30, as Hong Kong’s shift to Chinese rule became a reality. . . . Also in politics, Dan Wirls penned an op-ed that appeared in the Santa Cruz County Sentinel about the scandal behind unbridled military spending. . .…

"Music at McHenry Library"–an exhibit of publications, recordings, and other artistic creations that reflect strong musical activity of instructors in the Music Department and in other disciplines–is on display in the entry area of McHenry Library. Selections from special archival library holdings are also featured. The exhibit runs through August 29th. Call (408) 459-4000 for…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–California’s citizens, be they environmentalists or petroleum industrialists, are united in their hopes that the state will never suffer a catastrophic oil spill along its coastline. But if the unthinkable occurs, rescue workers are now much better prepared to deal with the resulting onslaught of tarred sea otters, seabirds, and other wildlife. That…

New Data Reflect Overall Increase In Underrepresented Minorities Expressing Intent To Attend There is an 85 percent increase in the number of Regents Scholars who have indicated an intent to enroll at UC Santa Cruz, from 23 in 1996 to 40 expected this fall. Regents Scholars intending to attend UCSC hold average Scholastic Aptitude Test…

Establishment Of Chair Coincides With The 50th Anniversary Of Indian Democracy SANTA CRUZ, CA–A $250,000 gift from a Los Gatos, Calif., couple to the University of California, Santa Cruz, has established one of the country’s few endowed chairs in India studies, and is the first step in a vision to establish an international center for…

Nearly 25,200 California high school graduates are planning to attend the University of California as freshmen in the fall, up about 1,100 or nearly 5 percent over last year. Complete information on total enrollment, including graduate student enrollment, is not yet available. Over 62 percent of the students offered freshman admission for the fall say…

When faculty and staff opened their homes to UCSC students in the 1980s through the Host Home Program, there were often more hosts than students wanting to participate, said Carol Douglas-Hammer of Housing, Dining, and Child-Care Services. That’s a "dilemma" Douglas-Hammer would like to see repeated, as she and Wanda Amos of Community Rentals prepare…

Variations on a City Garden is the title of a symposium and garden tour presented by the Arboretum on Saturday and Sunday, July 19 and 20. On Saturday morning, three well-known Santa Cruz landscape architects, Ellen Cooper, Michael Arnone, and Roy Rydell, will share plans and solutions for city gardens; in the afternoon there will…

Chancellor Greenwood had a simple message for staff members during a recent lunchtime question-and-answer session: Staff play a vital and valuable role in the operation of UC Santa Cruz, and she will do everything she can to encourage them to contribute their ideas and enthusiasm. Staff are a source of valuable cost-saving ideas, as well…