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Media Highlights

June 2004

This summary highlights prominent media placements UCSC faculty and staff have garnered during the month of June 2004.

International

David Haussler, professor of biomolecular engineering, was quoted in an article in New Scientist magazine about highly conserved DNA sequences in animals.

National

Sociologist Hiroshi Fukurai was interviewed by the Christian Science Monitor about Japan's recent decision to reintroduce the jury system, a change that will take effect by 2009. Fukurai was also interviewed by the Daily Gazette in New York about strategies to create racial diversity on juries. . . . The marine natural products research of Phil Crews, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, is included in an article about the search for medicines from the sea in the May issue of Smithsonian magazine. . . . Newsday published a feature article about history of consciousness professor Angela Davis, focusing on her life and most recent book, Are Prisons Obsolete? . . . The Chronicle of Higher Education ran a beautifully illustrated story about the Science Illustration Program and its transfer to the UCSC Extension Program due to state budget cuts. Program coordinator Ann Caudle and several of this year's students were quoted in the story. . . . Economist Rob Fairlie was interviewed by a reporter at the Philadelphia Inquirer for an article about black business ownership. . . . Also in economics, Lori Kletzer was featured in a National Journal special report that identified the "people whose ideas who will help shape debate on 10 important issues of the day." Kletzer was singled out for her work on workforce quality. . . . Rem Stone, director of operations at Lick Observatory, was profiled in a feature story about the observatory on Mt. Hamilton in Sky & Telescope magazine. Several of UCSC's astronomy faculty were also mentioned or quoted in the story, including Sandra Faber, Steven Vogt, and Claire Max. . . . Slate magazine’s recent article about the nation’s on-again, off-again love affair with milk mentioned work by sociologist Melanie DuPuis. . . . American studies professor and department chair Tricia Rose was quoted in the Orlando Sentinel about sexist images and degrading lyrics in rap music. . . . The New York Times ran a story about the folded paper structures illustrating mathematical principles (now called "computational origami") that were created by the late David Huffman, who was a professor of computer science at UCSC. One expert in the field describes Huffman's work as "awesome." His daughter Elise Huffman, a senior graphic artist with UCSC Extension, is quoted in the story, as is Michael Tanner, a former colleague of Huffman's at UCSC. . . . The (Syracuse, N.Y.) Post-Standard cited a study by sociologist Mike Males in their coverage of a teen curfew proposal. . . . The (Massachusetts) Sunday Telegram profiled organic farmer Joe Lambro, a graduate of the the Farm's Apprenticeship in Ecological Horticulture.

State and regional

Peter Raimondi, professor and chair of ecology and evolutionary biology, was featured in a story in the San Luis Obispo Tribune about the impacts of human visitors on tidepool ecosystems. . . . Psychologist Craig Haney participated in a Commonwealth Club panel discussion about prison abuse in Iraq that was broadcast on KQED Radio in San Francisco, and he was scheduled for an interview on KUSP Radio. . . . Sociologist Mike Males penned an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times that countered the surging stereotype of teen girls as mean bullies. On the contrary, wrote Males, girls today are no more--and usually less--criminal and belligerent than girls a generation ago. . . . The San Jose Mercury News ran a profile of David Haussler, professor of biomolecular engineering, after he was awarded the Allen Newell Award for his pioneering work in computational biology. . . . Music professor Fredric Lieberman was quoted in a Los Angeles Times article about donations to UCSC by two foundations established by members of the Grateful Dead to help preserve the late composer Lou Harrison’s archive in the library’s Special Collections. . . . Sociologist Melanie DuPuis, editor of a new book about air pollution, appeared on KPFA Radio to discuss the history of air pollution policy. . . . American studies professor and department chair Tricia Rose was quoted in a San Francisco Chronicle article about efforts to involve the hip-hop generation in mainstream politics. The Chronicle also quoted American studies professor Judy Yung in a piece about the Bay Area’s Square and Circle Club, one of the oldest Chinese women's service organizations in the United States. . . . The San Francisco Chronicle also featured Alan Chadwick Garden manager Orin Martin in a story about the array of citrus that can be cultivated year-round by home gardeners. . . . Francisco Hernandez was quoted in a California Journal article about the impact of UC fee hikes on low-income students.

Local

The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a lengthy profile of Acting Chancellor Martin M. Chemers and an editorial on the positive mark he has already made in the community. . . . Donald Croll, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, was featured on KUSP Radio's Life on the Bay program in a week-long series about Croll's research on marine life in Monterey Bay. Croll was also quoted in a story in the Santa Cruz Sentinel and in a recent "On the Bay" column in the Watsonville Register-Pajaronian about the early arrival in the bay of blue whales this year. . . . The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran an article about history major Martin Smith, winner of the Melkonian Prize, the top honor of the UCSC Humanities Undergraduate Research Awards, describing his research on the Vietnam War. . . . Arts and Lectures director Michelle Witt and music lecturer Mary Jane Cope were quoted in the Santa Cruz Sentinel about a benefit concert to raise money for a community school for homeless children. . . . The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about UCSC's Science Illustration Program, with quotes from program director Ann Caudle and several current students. . . . Michael Urban of politics appeared on KUSP’s Talk of the Bay program, discussing the popularity of the blues in Russia. . . . The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a piece about UCSC alum Kent Nagano choosing music professor and Arts Division dean Edward Houghton’s new transcription of a Renaissance mass by composer Johannes Ockeghem to open the 2004 Ojai Music Festival. . . . Sociologist Mike Males penned an opinion piece for the Santa Cruz Sentinel that cited misconceptions about local rates of teen violence, suicide, and drug abuse. . . . Peter Raimondi, professor and chair of ecology and evolutionary biology, was quoted in an article about proposals for a desalination plant on Monterey Bay in Metro Santa Cruz. Raimondi has studied the potential impacts of a desalination plant on marine life. . . . The Santa Cruz Metro praised the Music Department’s growing opera program in a review that credited music lecturer Brian Staufenbiel and Professor Nicole Paiement with leading an inspiring production of Kurt Weill’s Street Scene. . . . The Santa Cruz Sentinel included a profile of Heather Mietz Egli, a UCSC alum and office manager at CATS instructional computing, in a story about high-tech employees who have moved to Santa Cruz from Silicon Valley.

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