Public Affairs

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…

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…

The Dickens Project presents its 17th annual summer conference, the Dickens Universe, from August 3 to 9. The conference features seminars and lectures by distinguished Dickens scholars, films, videos, a book fair, daily workshops for teachers, Victorian teas, a full-scale Victorian dance, and other surprises. The program is designed for both teachers and the general…

Here are all of the questions that were submitted for Chancellor Greenwood’s consideration before her meeting with staff on June 24: 1. Kim Seidl, Assistant to the Merrill Provost, Pottery Co-Op Coordinator; also anonymously submitted My question relates to pay scales in comparison to other UC campuses. I saw a report on CNN the other…

Science News printed a series of illustrations from a supercomputer simulation by astrophysicist Lars Hernquist and Joshua Barnes, a collaborator from the University of Hawaii. The pictures, showing two spiral galaxies colliding and merging to create a bloblike elliptical galaxy, accompanied an article on the early stages of galaxy formation in the universe. Elliot Aronson’s…

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…