Media Highlights

April 2006

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

National and international

Articles on global warming from Scientific American and Inter Press Service News Agency included quotes from James Zachos and Gary Griggs, both professors of Earth sciences. . . . Dan Wirls of politics participated in a live discussion on the Fox News program Hannity & Colmes about student opposition to the presence of military recruiters at campus job fairs. . . . The New York Times quoted economist Rob Fairlie in an article about entrepreneurship among the elderly. . . . Salon.com quoted a speech by assistant professor of literature Vilashini Cooppan in an article about how motherhood affects the careers of women in academia. . . . Research to develop new biosensor technology led by electrical engineer Holger Schmidt was covered in Laser Focus World, Nanotechnology Now, the Santa Cruz Sentinel, and Silicon Valley Business Journal. . . . History professor Dana Frank was quoted in a Minneapolis Star Tribune article about a recent decline in the country's “buy American” sentiment, noting that those who still try to buy American are naive to think that purchasing American products keeps corporations from taking their operations and jobs overseas. . . . Postdoctoral researcher Phil Howard of the Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems was interviewed live on CNBC recently for the show Closing Bell. He discussed the growth in sales of organic food. . . . An article in the International Herald Tribune about the official time standard included quotes from Steven Allen, a programmer/analyst for UCO/Lick Observatory. . . . Research by postdoctoral researcher Myra Finkelstein on increasing levels of environmental contaminants in albatrosses was reported by Science Now and Space Daily online news. Finkelstein was also interviewed on the CBC Radio program Quirks and Quarks about her research on albatrosses. . . . David Haussler, professor of biomolecular engineering, was featured in a Wired magazine story about his work to reconstruct the genomes of extinct mammalian ancestors. . . . Craig Haney of psychology was interviewed by National Public Radio for a story about supermaximum-security prisons. . . . New Teacher Center director Ellen Moir was featured in a Waterloo Cedar Falls (Iowa) Courier article about the center's mentoring program for new teachers. . . . The Edmonton Journal ran a story about history of consciousness professor Angela Davis in advance of an appearance at the University of Alberta, where she delivered a lecture titled “Reforming Race, Class and Gender in the 21st Century.”

State and regional

Craig Haney of psychology fielded a call from the Los Angeles Times about overcrowding in the California prison system. . . . The Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group and program manager Glenn Stewart were featured in stories about the peregrine falcons being monitored via webcam in San Francisco, including a story on KNTV (Channel 11) and articles in the San Francisco Chronicle and the Meriden (CT) Record-Journal. . . . Associate professor of literature Louis Chude-Sokei was interviewed on KPFA, KPOO, KBLX, and XM Satellite Radio about his work as organizer and planner/moderator of a daylong international symposium titled “Paris Is Burning Again” at the San Francisco Museum of the African Diaspora. . . . Paul Ortiz of community studies was interviewed recently on Hard Knock Radio on KPFA. . . . Economist Rob Fairlie was interviewed by KION-TV about the digital divide. . . . The San Francisco Chronicle reported the death of leading nature photographer Philip Hyde, noting that his work, valued at more than $1 million, was archived at UCSCs Special Collections in 2002.

Local

Biologist Barry Sinervo was featured in an article in the Santa Cruz Sentinel about his research on a salamander--possibly a new species--that lives in the caves on campus. . . . Literature professor Chris Connery was quoted in a Good Times feature story about former U.S. ambassador Joseph Wilson and his UCSC visit to headline a teach-in titled the “The War on Terror: A Credible Threat.” Metro Santa Cruz also ran a feature story on the event. Feminist studies professor Bettina Aptheker and politics professor Daniel Wirls were interviewed on two KZSC Radio programs about the teach-in. . . . The Mid-County Post and Sea Technology ran stories about research on marine mammals by Daniel Costa, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, and graduate student Michael Weise. . . . Gary Griggs, professor of Earth sciences, was quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about mud slides caused by heavy rains. . . . Psychology professor Aida Hurtado discussed the Chicano/Latino Research Center's programs during an interview with Community Television of Santa Cruz County for the program Latinos al Dia. . . . Politics professor Dan Wirls penned an op-ed for the Santa Cruz Sentinel that responded to media reports that the Bush administration is gearing up to attack Iran. . . . The Good Times noted that music professor David Cope would present a concert of works he created with the aid of “Emmy,” a computer program he invented that generates compositions in the styles of renowned classical composers. . . . Shakespeare Santa Cruz and UCSC's student-run theater company BarnStorm received gold and silver awards respectively in Metro Santa Cruz's Readers' Choice Goldies Awards. Theater arts lecturer Tandy Beal also won a silver award for best dance company. . . . Physics professor Joel Primack and his wife, lecturer Nancy Abrams, were featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about their new book on cosmology. . . . Stevenson College provost and philosophy professor Ellen Suckiel contributed an op-ed piece to the Santa Cruz Sentinel about the college’s response to cases of racist graffiti at UCSC. She was also quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about a campus lecture on stem cell ethics. . . . The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about physicist Michael Dine, who was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.

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