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The University of California Office of the President (UCOP) is moving to a new building in downtown Oakland–just across the street from the site where UC first opened its doors 130 years ago. Nearly 1,000 UCOP employees will move into the new headquarters at 1111 Franklin St., between 11th and 12th streets, beginning April 25.…

Winners of the 32nd Annual Book Collection Contest were feted in a ceremony held April 16 in McHenry Library. The annual contest, which is sponsored by the Friends of the UCSC Library, features a competition for UCSC students and one for local high school students. This year Santa Cruz and Aptos High Schools, Bellamarine Prepatory…

Faculty and guest lectures airing this month on UCSC Forum are listed below. The show airs on Community Television, Channel 72, at 8 p.m. Sundays and is rebroadcast at 4:30 p.m. Wednesdays. 5/3: 1998 Martin Luther King convocation featuring Myrlie Evers-Williams (repeat) (rebroadcast 5/6) 5/10: Judy Yung, "Unbound Feet" (rebroadcast 5/13) 5/17: Anatole Leikin, "Romantic…

UCSC alumnae Selene Tsoi (left) and Veronica Kenny enjoy the sunshine at a reception prior to the College Eight 25th Anniversary Dinner. Calisse Donathan and her father, Timm, study the Banana Slug Spring Fair program before starting their day. Prospective students and their families plan their day at the Music Center registration area and gather…

"How can UCSC enhance its administrative nimbleness?" This question, posed by the Millennium Committee, is one that Staff Human Resources has also been asking. The question has taken the form of the Staff Human Resources Service Center Project–a far-reaching project to review the functions of the campus’s service centers and identify both successful approaches and…

How sheeplike are we? A Los Angeles Times story exploring the phenomenon of the human tendency to follow without asking questions quotes UCSC psychologist Anthony Pratkanis. He noted when food is involved, as was the case when Oprah Winfrey publicly swore off hamburgers during the mad cow disease scare, the tendency to jump on the…

Kevin James (right) presented Steven Jung with a $40,000 check at the class of ’78 reunion dinner. SANTA CRUZ, CA-In honor of its 20-year reunion, the class of ’78 at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has donated $40,712 toward a scholarship program for students with financial need. It is the largest gift ever made…

Researchers in the lab of Harry Noller, Sinsheimer Professor of Molecular Biology, have taken another key step toward solving the puzzle of how ribosomes carry out protein synthesis, a fundamental process in all living cells. The new study, published in the April 10 issue of the journal Science, identified a key stretch of RNA at…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Danny Scheie, assistant professor of theater arts at the University of California, Santa Cruz, won the Best Actor Award from the Bay Area Critics Circle for his performance in The Last Hairdresser. The award was presented April 6 in a ceremony held at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. Scheie played…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The American Heart Association’s annual American Heart Walk takes place this year on Saturday, May 2, at Seacliff State Beach in Aptos. Companies and individuals are being sought to participate in this worthy fund-raising event, both in the 10K and 5K walk/run and as volunteers. M.R.C. Greenwood, chancellor of the University of California,…

A San Francisco Examiner article about the search for alien life-forms featured astronomer Frank Drake, known for his work in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) project. The March-April 1998 issue of VIA, the California Automobile Association’s magazine, featured excerpts from Melanie J. Mayer’s Klondike Women: True Tales of the 1897-98 Gold Rush (Ohio University…

Dean E. McHenry’s official portrait, taken early in his tenure as chancellor. Photo: Moulin Studios Note: Parking will be provided for the ceremony in the East Remote parking lot, not at the base of campus as was previously reported. A public ceremony celebrating the life of Dean E. McHenry will be held on Saturday, April…