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Media Highlights

February 2003

This summary highlights prominent media placements UCSC faculty and staff have garnered during the month of February 2003.

International

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 Daily Telegraph (London), 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, and Dallas Morning News . Kessler also did several radio interviews. Online coverage included BBC News and Discovery News. The Discovery Channel Canada, Scientific American, Time, and New Scientist magazine also covered the story. . . . The Financial Times of London consulted with economist Menzie Chinn for an article about international investors and spreading risk through diversification. . . . Australia’s Gold Coast Bulletin and U.S. New & World Report quoted history lecturer Bruce Thompson in articles about Soviet espionage. . . . Research on links between ocean currents and rockfish populations by oceanographer Margaret McManus and her colleagues in the Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans (PISCO) was featured in the San Francisco Chronicle, the Oregonian, and in the New Scientist and Nature magazines. . . . Valentine’s Day came just in time for a story about research on romantic love that appeared in the Toronto Star and Newsday. The article mentioned psychology’s Steve Wright, who is embarking on a study of the effects of love and friendship between people who belong to different social groups.

National

The Philadelphia Inquirer turned to physicist Joel Primack for expert commentary in a story about space debris, NASA's decision to slash the budget of its unit that studies space debris, and the possibility that a collision with space junk played a role in the destruction of the space shuttle Columbia. The Inquirer story also ran in other Knight-Ridder newspapers, including the Miami Herald. Primack was also quoted in a similar story in Newsday. Primack's concerns about the hazards of space debris were featured last year in an article in the Wall Street Journal. . . . 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. . . . American studies professor Judy Yung was quoted in the Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel about the persistence of racial epithets against Japanese Americans. . . . Anthropologist Alison Galloway appeared on the Discovery Channel’s New Detectives program about forensic science. . . . Propaganda expert Anthony Pratkanis of psychology continues to be in demand, fielding recent calls about war propaganda from abcnews.com and foxnews.com. . . . Research by Russell Flegal, professor of environmental toxicology, and graduate student Douglas Steding on mercury contamination of rainwater was covered in U.S. News & World Report and NASA's Earth Observatory News. . . . 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. . . . 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. . . . Reuters and KCBS Radio were among the media outlets that covered new research by psychology's Cam Leaper and UCSC grad Harriet Tenenbaum that documented the effect of parental attitudes on girls' interest--and performance--in science. The American Psychological Association also posted the story on its widely read PsychPort.com web site that features stories related to psychology. . . . Chris Le Maistre, managing director of the Center for Adaptive Optics, and Claire Max, professor of astronomy and astrophysics, were quoted in recent stories about the use of adaptive optics in vision science--Le Maistre in an Associated Press story and Max in the Indianapolis Star. . . . Research led by Andrew Fisher, associate professor of Earth sciences, on the circulation of ocean water through the seafloor was covered in the Santa Cruz Sentinel, Portland Oregonian, ScienceNow and Science Daily web sites, and the UPI wire service. Fisher also fielded calls from the Ottawa Citizen, National Post of Canada, and the TV program National Geographic Today. . . . Assistant professor of computer science Scott Brandt was featured in an article in Computerworld about the promise of "smart arrays" for data storage. . . . The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel described the work of poet/novelist and professor of literature Nathaniel Mackey in an article about the city’s African American performing arts groups. . . . An editorial about President Bush’s State of the Union address by Kresge provost Conn Hallinan appeared in the Baltimore Sun. . . . The New Orleans Times-Picayune ran an article about history of consciousness professor Angela Davis and her critique of the U.S. prison system. . . . The New York Times published an article about an online exhibition of nine new Internet-based artworks featuring assistant professor of film and digital media Warren Sack, who explained how his exhibit argues against the Internet's utopian promise. . . . Ellen Moir of the New Teacher Center was tapped by the Times Educational Supplement for comment on the wave of professionals making career changes and becoming teachers in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks. . . . The St. Louis Post-Dispatch ran a story in its travel section about the Seymour Marine Discovery Center. The center's director Julie Barrett Heffington was quoted in the story.

State and regional

History of consciousness professor Barbara Epstein was quoted in a San Francisco Chronicle article about peace march vandalism, as well as in a San Jose Mercury News article about the Internet’s effect on the antiwar movement. . . . The work of Tricia Rose, professor of American studies, was cited in a San Francisco Chronicle review of a new book describing how rap music has displaced the civil rights movement. . . . Steve Kang, dean of the Baskin School of Engineering, was quoted in the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal in a story about job prospects for engineers. Kang also wrote a commentary for the Journal on the goals of the Silicon Valley Engineering Council, of which he is president. . . . The Los Angeles Times cited professor of women’s studies Bettina Aptheker and ran a photo of her in an article about the antiwar movement. . . . Ellen Moir of the New Teacher Center was quoted in a San Jose Mercury News story about the risk of layoff facing some Silicon Valley new teachers. . . . UCSC professor of American studies Tricia Rose was quoted in the Sacramento Bee about cultural scholar Michael Eric Dyson’s new book, Why I Love Black Women.

Local

The Santa Cruz Sentinel published an extensive full-page profile of theater arts assistant professor Alma Martinez. . . . 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. . . . Anthropologist Hugh Raffles appeared on KSCO Radio, discussing his new book about the Amazon, which was also featured on the Micromedex web site. . . . The Santa Cruz Sentinel published a lengthy story about Jim Leap and the Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems, focusing on the research contributions the facility makes to the fast-growing organic food industry. . . . Hydrogeologist Andrew Fisher was interviewed for a story about seawater intrusion in Pajaro Valley that aired on KUSP Radio's Talk of the Bay program. . . . Paul Ortiz of community studies was profiled in the Santa Cruz Sentinel as part of its coverage of the antiwar resolution Ortiz had put before the Academic Senate. Ortiz was also quoted in a Sentinel story about street theater as a form of democratic expression. . . . The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about assistant professor of literature Jody Greene linking Santa Cruz to the first-ever international theater event for peace by staging a local reading of the Greek antiwar comedyLysistrata. . . . Political scientists Ronnie Gruhn and Ronnie Lipschutz joined historian Peter Kenez for a panel discussion on KUSP Radio about the U.S. conflict with Iraq. . . . The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured an article about award-winning author and journalist Barbara Ehrenreich, who presented a free public lecture as the first distinguished visitor sponsored by the new Institute for Advanced Feminist Research at UCSC.

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