Media Highlights

March 2006

This summary highlights media placements members of the UCSC community have garnered during the month of March 2006. (See document with media outlets highlighted in bold.)

National and international

Astrophysicist Stan Woosley was quoted in stories in the Washington Post and Philadelphia Inquirer about a recently detected gamma-ray burst. . . . The Washington Post reviewed a new book by history professor Bruce Levine, Confederate Emancipation: Southern Plans to Free and Arm Slaves During the Civil War, calling it “brilliantly researched and persuasively argued.”. . . Film scholar B. Ruby Rich of community studies was quoted in the Life magazine cover story about actress Amy Adams. Rich was a juror at the annual Sundance Film Festival. . . . Astrophysicist Stan Woosley was quoted in stories in the Baltimore Sun, Monterey County Herald, Biloxi Sun Herald, Bradenton Herald, and Albany Times Union about a recently detected gamma-ray burst. . . . Economist Lori Kletzer's work figured prominently in a Washington Post editorial about U.S. jobs in the age of globalization. The column cited Kletzer's study last year that indicated it's the more highly skilled service-sector workers who are likely to lose their jobs to overseas competition. . . . Findings from biochemist Anthony Fink's lab on the formation of protein fibrils associated with Parkinson's disease were reported in Biotech Week, Life Science Weekly, Science Letter, Proteomics Weekly, and other newsletters. . . . Donald Croll, associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, was quoted in an Associated Press story about a federal ban on krill harvesting off the West Coast. . . . Sociology's Craig Reinarman, author of two books about cocaine, was quoted about the drug in a Time magazine article about drug use among baby boomers. Reinarman was also quoted in stories about Ecstacy that appeared in the SF Weekly and the East Bay Express. . . . The Honolulu Advertiser quoted art lecturer Paul Rangell in a story about the Honolulu Printmakers 78th Annual Exhibition for which he served as juror and visiting artist. . . . Virginia's Roanoke Times noted that history of consciousness professor Angela Davis would be one of several major speakers to appear at Virginia Tech this year in a lecture series that also includes former presidential adviser and ABC News correspondent George Stephanopoulos and the Rev. Jesse Jackson. And Indiana's Palladium-Item noted that Davis was listed in neoconservative author and commentator David Horowitz's new book The Professors: The 101 Most Dangerous Academics in America. . . . College and Research Libraries News announced that Virginia Steel was appointed as the new University Librarian at UCSC.

State and regional

The San Jose Mercury News ran a front-page story about a pair of peregrine falcons at the San Jose City Hall, with quotes from Glenn Stewart of the Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group, which has installed a nest box on the building. . . . KSBW TV (Salinas) interviewed Gabriel Elkaim, assistant professor of computer engineering, and several of his students for a story about his Mechatronics class's public demonstration of the droids the students designed to maneuver on a table and shoot Ping-Pong balls at a target. The Santa Cruz Sentinel also ran a story about the demonstration. . . . The San Jose Mercury News praised assistant theater arts professor Alma Martinez in a review of the Bay Area premiere of Nilo Cruz's 2003 Pulitzer Prize-winning play Anna in the Tropics. . . . The San Francisco Chronicle quoted environmental studies professor Steve Gliessman in an article about antiwar activism among UCSC students. . . . The San Jose Mercury News announced the summer lineup for Shakespeare Santa Cruz's 25th anniversary summer season amid the redwood groves.

Local

The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a front-page story about research on sea lions and other marine mammals led by Daniel Costa, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology. . . . The Mid-County Post ran a story about research on global warming by James Zachos, professor of Earth sciences. . . . The Santa Cruz Sentinel quoted Shakespeare Santa Cruz director and theater arts professor Paul Whitworth in an article about the festival's 2006 summer lineup. . . . The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about Mary Silver, professor of ocean sciences, and her research on algal toxins in Monterey Bay. . . . An article in the Mid-County Post on the long-range development plan for Long Marine Lab included quotes from LML manager Steve Davenport and Seymour Center director Julie Barrett Heffington. . . . University Librarian Virginia Steel was quoted in a Register-Pajaronian article about a $100,000 gift from the Hugh Stuart Center Charitable Trust in San Jose to create a new California History Room in McHenry Library's Special Collections. The Santa Cruz Sentinel also announced the gift. . . . Associate professor of history David Anthony was interviewed on KUSP's Talk of the Bay program about his new book Max Yergan: Race Man, Internationalist, Cold Warrior and the process of researching it. Anthony was also featured in a Santa Cruz Good Times article about the book. . . . Assistant professor of art Dee Hibbert-Jones was quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel article about a collaboration between UCSC students and the city of Santa Cruz to create a public art installation at the city landfill. . . . Theater arts professor and Shakespeare Santa Cruz artistic director Paul Whitworth was quoted in a Santa Cruz Good Times story about a special fundraising performance of the play Dear Liar, a prelude to SSC's 25th anniversary summer season. And Shakespeare Santa Cruz managing director Marcus Cato was quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel article about local arts groups considering the proposed Tannery Arts Center in downtown Santa Cruz as a place to expand their programs. . . . The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran an article about performances by New York's David Dorfman Dance company, noting the collaboration between UCSC's Arts & Lectures program and the Cultural Council of Santa CruzCounty to bring arts education into the community.

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