Decisions for cutting UC Davis' budget by approximately $40 million will be announced Tuesday, June 1, by Provost Larry Vanderhoef. The cuts are needed to accommodate a reduction of nearly 30 percent in state funding since 1990-91. Recommendations for cuts were announced April 15 by a committee of faculty, staff and students. Among the suggestions: consolidate programs, close the office of the vice chancellor for facilities, require athletics and the Graduate School of Management to become self-supporting, dissolve the geography department. Since then, Vanderhoef has conducted several public forums and solicited written comments on the recommendations. More than 1,000 letters have been received from alumni, faculty, staff, students, legislators, public agency representatives and other members of the public. Vanderhoef has released some decisions early, due to a student referendum. He will discuss the rest of his decisions in a news briefing 2-3 p.m. in the Allewelt Room of the Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center.