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Two graduates of UCSC–alumna Laurie Garrett (Merrill College ’75) and Joseph Palca, who received a Ph.D. degree in psychology in 1982–have been honored recently for their work as science reporters. Garrett, a science and medical reporter for Newsday, was one of 13 journalists awarded a prestigious Polk Award for 1997. The awards were announced in…

Fred Keeley discussed California’s coast and the Pacific Ocean at a recent environmental studies seminar at Natural Sciences 2. The state of the California coast and the Pacific Ocean was the subject of a recent lunchtime seminar led by state assemblymember Fred Keeley (D-27th District). Approximately 20 people attended Keeley’s talk on April 6. The…

March 20, 1998 THe Friendship Between Dr. Dean Mchenry And Chief Justice Of The United States Earl Warren It is fitting that the obituary of Dean E. McHenry, first UC Santa Cruz chancellor, appeared in many California newspapers on March 19, the 107th anniversary of the late Chief Justice Earl Warren’s birth. Warren, who served…

An excerpt from an upcoming book by psychologist William Domhoff was featured in the March/April issue of Mother Jones. The book (coauthored with Richard Zweigenhaft, a UCSC alumnus) is Diversity in the Power Elite: Have Women and Minorities Reached the Top? (Yale University Press, 1998). UCSC admissions counselor Hilda Hernandez-Meza was interviewed for the show…

Laura C. Engelken, coordinator for residential education at Merrill College, is the author of a chapter titled "Making Meaning: Providing Tools for an Integrated Identity" in the book Working with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender College Students: A Handbook for Faculty and Administrators (Greenwood Press, 1998), edited by Ronni L. Sanlo. The handbook, a guide…

The University Library will hold a sale of surplus maps and LP records on Saturday, April 18, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the foyer of McHenry Library. Over 2,000 maps will be available, including superseded world and foreign maps, road and tourist maps, and other geographical materials. A small selection of local-area and…

Robert Fairlie, assistant professor of economics, was invited to speak at the Department of the Treasury in Washington, D.C., on his research on race, immigration, and business ownership. The presentation of his research was part of the Treasury Department’s efforts to promote racial equality and understanding through President Clinton’s Initiative on Race. . . .…

All members of the campus community are invited to submit nominations for the 1998-99 Alumni Association awards. Three awards are given annually; one each to a faculty member, a staff member, and an alumnus or alumna of the campus. The association holds a tribute luncheon in honor of award recipients. Faculty and staff winners each…

A UCSC postgraduate researcher has received a prestigious postdoctoral fellowship from the Cancer Research Fund of the Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Foundation. The fellowship, worth a total of $101,500 over a three-year period, supports researcher Jamie Cate’s investigation of ribosomal structure. Large and complex molecules that are common to all living things, ribosomes are responsible for…

Conservation plans advocated by many organizations to protect the world’s biodiversity could leave half of all terrestrial species vulnerable to extinction, either immediately or in the near future, according to a recent commentary by Michael Soule, a UCSC research professor of environmental studies, and M. A. Sanjayan, who earned a Ph.D. in biology from UCSC…

UCSC’s annual "open house" celebration takes place Saturday, April 18, and all alumni, current and prospective students, and their families and friends are invited to attend. The fair features alumni reunions; presentations by UCSC’s programs in the arts, engineering, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences; a student music recital; and many other events.

SANTA CRUZ, CA­The University of California, Santa Cruz, has leased a 130- acre parcel at the former Fort Ord military base to Dynasty Farms, Inc., of Salinas, which will operate a certified organic mixed-vegetable farm on the site. Dynasty will hold the lease for a minimum of five years, said Lora Lee Martin, director of…