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Media Highlights
July 2005
This summary highlights media placements members of the UCSC community have garnered during the month of July 2005.
National and international
Thorne Lay, professor of Earth sciences, was featured on the Science and Society program on WorldTalkRadio, discussing the great Sumatran earthquake. Lay was also quoted in an Associated Press story about the risk of another Indonesian tsunami that ran in dozens of newspapers throughout the country, including the Los Angeles Times, San Jose Mercury News, Sacramento Bee, Contra Costa Times, Monterey County Herald, New York Newsday, Charlotte Observer, and others. . . . The Financial Times cited work by economist Mike Dooley in recent coverage of the flow of capital from poor countries to rich nations; the paper also reported that Dooley is being considered as a Federal Reserve governor. . . . Research on global warming and ocean temperatures by ocean scientists Christina Ravelo, Margaret Delaney, and Michael Wara was reported in the New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, Salt Lake Tribune, Daily Mail (UK), Greenwire, Space Daily, PhysOrg.com, Innovations Report, and WorldChanging.com. . . . Vice chancellor of student affairs Francisco Hernandez was interviewed by Parade magazine about online education as part of the fall back-to-school issue, and Education Technology News quoted Hernandez in its coverage of the announcement that UC College Prep Online will develop virtual schools in Imperial, Butte, and Mendocino Counties. . . . Astronomers Greg Laughlin and Douglas Lin were quoted in stories about new planet discoveries in Science News and New Scientist magazines, the Guardian (UK), and Space.com. . . . American studies professor Tricia Rose was quoted in Black Issues in Higher Education about the significant increase in the academic study of hip-hop and black popular culture at colleges and universities across the country. . . . Undergraduate Kara Deyhle was the focus of an Albuquerque Journal article after she was named the 2005 Amy Biehl Youth Spirit Award winner. The award recognizes young people for their service to others. It was inspired by former Santa Fe resident and Fulbright Scholar Amy Biehl, who was killed in a 1993 riot in South Africa. Deyhle was honored for her work with a women's weaving cooperative in Chiapas, Mexico. . . . Nanotechnology Now and the Santa Cruz Sentinel ran stories about research by chemistry professor Jin Zhang on new hydrogen fuel technologies. . . . Gary Bloom, associate director of the New Teacher Center, penned a piece for Leadership about teacher-evaluation programs that would enhance professional development and free up administrators to focus on teachers who need more support. . . . Economist Joshua Aizenman wrote about financial liberalization in developing countries for the Federal Reserve Board San Francisco Economic Letter. . . . UCSC Extension's Science Illustration Certificate Program was praised in the June 23 edition of the journal Nature. The article emphasized the importance of digital illustration and said UCSC's program is “one of the few globally to have a broader purview than medical illustration." . . . Harvard University's Government Innovators Network ran an article about a cutting-edge Internet dance/theater collaboration between UCSC and New York University. The project was conceived by assistant professor of theater arts Ted Warburton. . . . A team of engineering students got some help on their senior project from SanDisk engineers, who rescued data from saltwater-soaked memory cards, and their story got widespread media coverage, including the Santa Cruz Sentinel and online news sites of USA Today, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Dallas Morning News, Baltimore Sun, Newsday, Forbes, Morningstar, CNet News, and more. John Vesecky, professor of electrical engineering, and student Roberto Menchaca were quoted in the stories. . . . Economist Rob Fairlie's work on black self-employment was featured in Black Enterprise, and Fairlie was also interviewed by Inc. magazine about his research on access to technology and entrepreneurship. The Long Island Business News also wrote about that research. . . . Paul Ortiz's book tour for Emancipation Betrayed, about black resistance to white supremacy in Florida, has included interviews on Ohio NPR affiliate WOSU, KPFA Radio in Berkeley, and KUSP Radio in Santa Cruz. . . . Fortune magazine cited work by economist Lori Kletzer in an article about job retraining and government programs.
State and regional
The San Jose Mercury News published an opinion piece coauthored by Chancellor Denice D. Denton and Intel chairman Craig Barrett about the new initiative to increase the number and quality of math and science teachers in California. . . . Mark Carr, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, was quoted in a story in the Los Angeles Daily News about effects of offshore oil rigs on fish populations. . . . Biologist Patricia Morris was quoted in a Los Angeles Times story about the elephant seal rookery near San Simeon. . . . The San Francisco Chronicle did a feature story about the apprenticeship in organic farming and gardening offered by the Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems. . . . Professor Emeritus Ronald Grieson coauthored an opinion piece about California's redistricting process that appeared in the Riverside Press-Enterprise.
Local
Psychology professor Aida Hurtado spoke with Metro Santa Cruz about identity politics and Mechicas, whose ancestors settled North America before Europeans and don't want to be considered immigrants to the United States. . . . The Santa Cruz Sentinel reported on UCSC's new oversight of NASA's Airborne Sensor Facility, with quotes from Eli Silver, professor of Earth sciences, Raphael Kudela, associate professor of ocean sciences, and Donald Potts, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology. . . . The Sentinel tracked down economist John Isbister for comment on the costly West Coast housing market and what could happen to local employment if the real estate bubble bursts. . . . Politics professor Ronnie Lipschutz penned an opinion piece for the Sentinel about the gap between the costs of running the University of California and the resources that support the system. . . . The Sentinel noted the publication of a new oral history by the University Library's Regional History Project about the impact of UCSC's Cowell Press. . . . The Sentinel ran a big front-page story about the continued relevance of an environmental report issued 35 years ago by UCSC students led by Gary Griggs, now director of the Institute of Marine Sciences. In addition, Griggs and Jonathan Zehr, professor of ocean sciences, were quoted in a Sentinel story about a major grant from the Moore Foundation for a marine microbiology lab. . . . Brent Haddad was interviewed by KSCO Radio about the new statewide desalination study he's overseeing.
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