February 3, 2003
UCSC in the News
A cover story in the February issue of National Geographic magazine about astronomers' efforts to understand the formation of the first galaxies includes a section on Sandra Faber, University Professor of astronomy and astrophysics, and the state-of-the-art spectrograph DEIMOS that she designed for the Keck Observatory in Hawaii.
Mark Kessler, a postdoctoral researcher in Earth sciences, received
widespread media coverage for his work explaining the origins of stone
circles and other mysterious patterns that form on the ground in northern
regions. The coverage included articles in the New York Times, Chicago
Sun-Times, Seattle Post Intelligencer, Arizona Republic, Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
Newsday, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Daily News, San Diego Union-Tribune,
Dallas Morning News, and Daily Telegraph (London). Kessler
also did several radio interviews. Online coverage included BBC News
and Discovery News. The Discovery Channel Canada, Scientific
American, and New Scientist magazine also covered the story.
American studies professor Judy Yung was quoted in the Ft.
Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel about the persistence of racial epithets against
Japanese-Americans.
Propaganda expert Anthony Pratkanis of psychology continues to be in demand, fielding recent calls about war propaganda from abcnews.com and foxnews.com.
Manuel Pastor of Latin American and Latino studies was tapped by the New York Times for comment on the economic downturn and the loss of jobs in Silicon Valley.
Research by Russell Flegal, professor of environmental toxicology,
and graduate student Douglas Steding on mercury contamination of
rainwater was covered in U.S. News and World Report and NASA's
Earth Observatory News.
The Wichita Eagle mentioned economist Lori Kletzer's research on NAFTA and job displacement in an article about the 10-year anniversary of the trade pact.
Psychology grad student Susan Greene was featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about her work with local women inmates, and she was interviewed by radio stations KSCO and KZSC.
The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a feature article about David Swanger, professor of education and creative writing, who recently donated a collection of letters from renowned American short story writer (and former UCSC instructor) Raymond Carver to the library’s Special Collections.
Professor of Earth sciences Gary Griggs was quoted in an article on shoreline erosion in the Monterey County Herald.
Highlights
of Making the News columns from the 2001-02 and 2002-03 academic years.
