[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 100 (Wednesday, July 18, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1353]
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                         UCSC: TOPS IN RESEARCH

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                             HON. SAM FARR

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 18, 2001

  Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Speaker, it is with great pleasure and 
pride that I offer my congratulations to the students, faculty, staff, 
and administration at the University of California at Santa Cruz. The 
university has recently been named the second-best research institution 
in the world for physical sciences, based on the number of times 
research performed at UCSC has been cited by other scientists in 
journal articles.
  Opened in 1965, UCSC began as the ``Great Experiment'' of the 
University of California system. The campus, home to both redwood 
groves and vast meadows overlooking Monterey Bay and the Pacific Ocean, 
has experienced a steady increase in enrollment to more than 12,000 
students currently. The students, sons and daughters of farmworkers, 
doctors, teachers, and lawyers, have come with a common goal: to take 
advantage of the multitude of opportunities made available to them at 
this public university.
  These opportunities continue to expand. A branch of the Institute of 
Geophysics and Planetary Physics opened on the UCSC campus two years 
ago. The campus was already home to the Institute of Marine Sciences 
and the Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics. The University of 
California Lick Observatory, utilized by researchers throughout the 
University of California system, is also headquartered at UCSC.
  The success of the physical science program, and indeed of all the 
programs, at the University of California at Santa Cruz is due to the 
vision of the people who first studied, worked, and lived at the 
university. It is equally shaped by the dedication and hard work of 
those there now. They share a strong belief in the importance of 
improving the research facilities and academic opportunities while 
preserving the natural surroundings. This belief has fostered a unique 
academic community and I look forward to its continued success. 
Congratulations.

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