April 16, 2001 Making the News Professor of astronomy and astrophysics Stanford Woosley was quoted in stories about the cosmic origins of gold and silver in the San Francisco Chronicle and San Jose Mercury News. Woosley, an expert on the formation of new elements by stars, commented on a new theory proposed by other researchers. Professor of physics Michael Dine was quoted in a New York Times article about so-called dark energy in the universe. Dine commented that new findings about the rate of expansion of the universe had theoretical physicists scrambling to find an explanation. The New York Times also ran a story about research on wandering albatrosses by research biologist Scott Shaffer and professor of ecology and evolutionary biology Dan Costa. The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran an article about a new sustainable business practices award program developed by UCSC student interns while they were working for the Sustainable Business Institute in Los Gatos. Caroline Berger, internship coordinator for the Environmental Studies Department, and student interns Becky Zito, Lev Melodyev, and Natasha Starz were quoted in the article, Associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology Peter Raimondi was interviewed on KLIV radio about his research on coastal ecosystems. His co-investigator, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology Mark Carr, discussed their research on KSCO radio. The Santa Cruz Sentinel did a story recently on the women's water polo program and new head coaches Alan Cima and Randy Whitchurch; sophomore Andrea Durbiano was pictured, and seniors Dana Blankinship and Maria Zavala were quoted in the story.