Media Highlights
March 2006
This summary highlights media placements members of the UCSC
community have garnered during the month of March 2006.
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 Cruz to bring
arts education into the community.
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