November 4, 2002
UCSC in the News
A feature in Discover magazine on the 50 most important women
in science included University Professor of astronomy Sandra Faber,
professor of ecology and evolutionary biology Terrie Williams,
and professor of Earth sciences Marcia McNutt. Stories noting the
UCSC faculty who were featured in the magazine appeared in the San
Jose Mercury News, Contra Costa Times, and Santa Cruz Sentinel.
An article in the Contra Costa Times about the impact of global warming on California water supplies featured comments from Brent Haddad, associate professor of environmental studies, and Lisa Sloan, associate professor of Earth sciences.
KSCO Radio covered the New Teacher Center's $7.5 million NSF-funded
project to establish an "e-mentoring" system for beginning science
teachers. The San Jose Mercury News made note of the center's recent
reception in San Jose that honored new teachers, and a crew from KRON-TV
interviewed NTC director Ellen Moir.
Research by the Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group on ways to prevent
golden eagles and other raptors from being electrocuted by power lines
was covered in the San Jose Mercury News and Santa Cruz Sentinel
and on KCBS Radio. Researchers Brian Walton and Brian Latta
were featured in the coverage.
Marine ecologist Mark Carr was quoted in an article in the San
Francisco Chronicle about newly established marine reserves around
the Channel Islands. Carr serves on a scientific advisory panel on the
reserves.
Research on long-term memory in sea lions by marine biologist Ronald
Schusterman and postdoctoral researcher Colleen Reichmuth Kastak
received widespread coverage. After stories appeared in New Scientist
magazine and on the Reuters wire service, the researchers were contacted
for interviews by BBC Radio, CNN, National Geographic TV, and Discovery
Channel Canada.
Cal State Northridge's radio station picked up on a new report about the future of virtual education for high schools that has been endorsed by Francisco Hernandez, vice chancellor of Student Affairs. Hernandez also received coverage in the Boston Globe and Oakland Tribune for his role launching a new UC-sponsored free online test-preparation course.
Stories about a project led by assistant professor of astronomy Greg Laughlin and NASA astronomer Tim Castellano, in which amateur astronomers are being encouraged to conduct observations to help detect planets around other stars, ran in the Santa Cruz Sentinel and Christian Science Monitor.
Frank Galuszka, professor of art, authored an opinion piece that
ran in the Santa Cruz Sentinel about the "uglification"
of Santa Cruz.
Social psychologist Tom Pettigrew was featured on a KSBW-TV segment about hate and conflict.
The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about the online course taught
by Tara Madhyastha, assistant professor of computer engineering.
Tim Tinker, a graduate student in biology, was quoted in the San
Luis Obispo Tribune in a story about Tinker's research on sea otters.
An article in the Monterey Herald about the dredging of the Moss Landing Harbor included comments from Gary Griggs, professor of Earth sciences and director of the Institute of Marine Sciences.
The Monterey County Herald covered a public forum on Iraq in which
Alan Richards of environmental studies participated.
Highlights
of Making the News columns from the 2001-02 and 2002-03 academic years.
