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EXECUTIVE VICE CHANCELLOR SENIOR MANAGEMENT GROUP JOB # 97-11-54 FULL TIME/CAREER SALARY COMMENSURATE WITH QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE The University of California, Santa Cruz invites applications and nominations for the position of Executive Vice Chancellor. The Executive Vice Chancellor is the chief academic and budget officer of the campus and acts for the Chancellor in the…

SEARCH COMMITTEE, Executive Vice Chancellor: Barbara Rogoff, Professor, Psychology (chair) David Anthony, Provost, Oakes College/Professor, History Martin Chemers, Dean, Division of Social Sciences James Clifford, Professor, History of Consciousness Kathleen Dettman, Principal Administrative Analyst, Office of Planning & Budget J.J. Garcia-Luna, Associate Professor, Computer Engineering M.R.C.Greenwood, Chancellor (ex officio) Francisco Hernandez, Vice Chancellor-Student Affairs Leta…

UCSC got its 15 minutes of fame in the Dec. 1 issue of the Aptos Times, which featured psychologist Barbara Rogoff’s work, research on the coastline’s shifting sands by geologist Gary Griggs, chemist Phil Crews’s work on marine sponges, and biologist Gary Silberstein’s finding that a gene linked to the most common abdominal cancer in…

The Millennium Committee plans to hold two events during winter quarter to solicit input from the campus community. Faculty, staff, and students are invited to drop in at the Cowell Student Health Center Conference Room between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Tuesday, January 6, to discuss with members of the Millennium…

In a letter to the campus community, Julia Armstrong-Zwart, assistant chancellor for Human Resources, described proposed changes to UC’s electronic-mail policy. The policy has governed the use of faculty, staff, and administrative e-mail accounts on an interim basis since August 1996. It is proposed for full implementation, with the recent revisions, as soon as is…

Often, the most important experiences students have in college are the ones that take place outside classroom walls. That certainly seems true for 25 former UCSC students whose stories are told in a new book, Field Study and Life-Long Learning: A Research Project. The students all participated in the Merrill Field Program for Experiential Learning…

Global warming wasn’t making big headlines back in 1994, when UCSC economics doctoral candidate Changhua Sun Rich began her dissertation research. Rich was drawn to the subject in part by the issues of fairness that were being played out in the international arena. Since then, Rich’s work has placed her at the forefront of efforts…

If you were watching the night skies last week, you probably noticed the extraordinary lineup of eight neighboring planets that put on a beautiful show. Astronomer Frank Drake took a moment to interpret the show for readers of the Santa Cruz County Sentinel. Psychologist Nameera Akhtar was interviewed by Parenting magazine recently for a story…

Jie Qing Assistant Professor of Mathematics Jie Qing (pronounced "Jay Ching") joins the faculty following a postdoctoral appointment at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, and three years as an assistant professor at Columbia University. He earned his B.S. and M.S. from Peking University and his Ph.D. from UCLA, all in mathematics.…

In addition to the scheduled 1997-98 holidays (December 25, 26, and 31 and January 1) and weekend days (December 27 and 28 and January 3 and 4) much of the campus will be shut down on December 29 and 30 and January 2. For safety reasons, police and fire units will be on duty throughout…

Currents online welcomes submissions of opinion pieces from faculty and staff. To submit an opinion piece, see policies and submittal procedure. The economies of East Asia have been buffeted in recent months by bouts of speculative currency attacks, stock and real estate price declines, and banking problems. Media attention has focused on Thailand, Indonesia, Korea,…

UCSC’s Role Will Center On The Construction Of Two Giant Particle Detectors SANTA CRUZ, CA–About a dozen physicists, engineers, and technicians from the University of California, Santa Cruz, are among those who will participate in an international scientific collaboration to build a new high- energy particle accelerator and associated detectors near Geneva, Switzerland. Officials with…