May 6, 2002
Making the News
An article about changes in Earth's magnetic field in the Daily Telegraph (London) quoted Gary Glatzmaier, professor of Earth sciences.
New Scientist magazine ran a story about research on the origins of modern mammals in Asia by graduate student Gabriel Bowen and associate professor of Earth sciences Paul Koch.
Award-winning fiction writer and legal studies lecturer Peter Orner floated a witty proposal in the pages of the San Francisco Chronicle recently, suggesting a certain West Coast university--"hey, maybe one with a prestigious journalism department!"--establish an in-house awards program to rival the East Coast-oriented Pulitzer Prizes.
Music professor David Cope was quoted in the Washington Times on the relationship between music and mathematics in the work of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Junior business major Mark Ng was interviewed by the Santa Cruz Sentinel for a story on the fundraising efforts he is spearheading to purchase new playground equipment for the Granary Child Care Center.
The world premiere of Rituel ll, a music and dance performance piece by
composer and associate professor of music Hi Kyung Kim, was reviewed by the
Sacramento Bee. The review noted that "The full house gave the hour-long
performance long and loud applause."
Professor of physics Joel Primack was quoted in a UPI wire story about space
debris and the problems it poses for the space shuttle, the International Space Station,
and satellites in low-Earth orbit.
Research geophysicist Steven Ward was quoted in a New York Times
article about tsunamis.
Graham Pearson, currently visiting UCSC as a Regents' Lecturer, was interviewed
on KGO Radio about his work on biosecurity issues. Pearson served as director general
of the United Kingdom Chemical and Biological Defense Establishment.
