Media Highlights

September 2006

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

National and international

Economist Lori Kletzer's work on the impacts of globalization on jobs was featured in a lengthy story in The Economist and made the Sunday New York Times business pages, with columnist Daniel Gross referring to a report coauthored by Kletzer in a column on the topic. And Kletzer's proposals to overhaul the unemployment system also got great play in the New York Times and the Christian Science Monitor. . . . Observations of some of the earliest galaxies to form in the universe by astronomers Rychard Bouwens and Garth Illingworth led to an interview with Illingworth on KGO Radio and stories in numerous media outlets, including the New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Bay City News Service, BBC News, Voice of America News, Science Now, New Scientist.com, Space Daily, and Space.com. . . . Economist Rob Fairlie fielded calls from the Wall Street Journal, American Public Radio's Marketplace, and Inc. magazine about his research on entrepreneurship. . . . The Nation magazine published an extensive feature article on literature professor Nathaniel Mackey, reviewing his latest book, Splay Anthem, and chronicling his work as a poet, literary critic, fiction writer, and journal editor, which has earned him national and international recognition. . . . The Chicago Tribune cited linguistics professor Geoffrey Pullum several times in an article about Vice President Dick Cheney's frequent use of the phrase "if you will." And the Philadelphia Inquirer ran a story about Far from the Madding Gerund, a new book coauthored by Pullum. The Orlando Sentinel, Monterey County Herald, and Albany's The Times Union also picked up the story. . . . Canada's Leader-Post ran a feature story on music professor David Cope and his work as a leader in the field of computer-created musical compositions. . . . The Boston Globe featured digital arts and new media graduate student Michael Dale--and the C-SPAN archive he cocreated for his thesis project--in an article about an event at Harvard, where attendees debated how to move wiki technology and values into education, politics, and the developing world. . . . The Associated Press picked up on a report by Manuel Pastor of Latin American and Latino studies for a story about black-Hispanic gang rivalries in Los Angeles. . . . The Associated Press also covered a major report about the growing activism of Mexican immigrants coauthored by Jonathan Fox of Latin American and Latino studies. The AP story was reproduced widely, including in the San Jose Mercury News and Fort Worth Star-Telegram, and stories also appeared in the Christian Post Reporter and the Catholic News Service. . . . Physicist Joel Primack and his wife Nancy Abrams were interviewed about their book, The View from the Center of the Universe, by John McLaughlin for the PBS-TV program McLaughlin One on One. . . . The Detroit Free Press cited research by economist Justin Marion in a story about the effects of Proposition 209, which banned the use of affirmative action in business and higher education. Marion's research indicates that the initiative has saved taxpayers money by no longer requiring that a portion of state and local road projects be set aside for businesses owned by minorities and women. . . . The Free Press also featured Ellen Moir of the New Teacher Center in an article about the challenges faced by new teachers. . . . Astronomer Sandra Faber was quoted in an article about dark matter in Chemical and Engineering News. . . . U.S. News & World Report tapped Susanne Jonas of Latin American and Latino studies during its coverage of immigrant activism and how the Latino vote could shape the November elections. She was also interviewed on KPFA Radio's Morning Show about Central American migrants. The discussion focused on the traumas and abuses migrants suffer as they cross Mexico and on deportations by the Mexican government. . . . TechWeb ran a story about video processing technology developed by electrical engineer Peyman Milanfar. . . . The Toronto Star included film expert B. Ruby Rich's recommendations in its coverage of the Toronto International Film Festival. . . . An article in New Scientist magazine about the effects of drug trafficking on wildlife conservation described efforts by biology graduate student Hoyt Peckham to save loggerhead turtles in Baja California. . . . Newhouse Newspapers relied heavily on the expertise of Melanie DuPuis of sociology for a story about the array of milk choices available today. The story was distributed to more than 20 newspapers across North America. . . . Research led by molecular biologist Harry Noller on the structure of the ribosome was featured on Biology News Net, Bionity.com, and PhysOrg.com. . . . Renee Tajima-Peña of community studies was quoted in an article that appeared in Diverse Issues of Higher Education about the Hurricane Katrina-related loss of a historian's archives documenting the lengthy history of Filipinos on the Gulf Coast. . . . The Arizona Republic tapped sociology instructor Mike Males for a story about adult drug deaths. Males noted that little is known about fatal drug use among boomers because the topic has not been studied closely. . . . Agence France Presse noted that UCSC linguistics chair Junko Itô accepted the Gauss prize for mathematics for her 90-year-old father, Kiyoshi Itô, at the 25th annual International Congress of Mathematicians presided over by Spanish King Juan Carlos.

State and regional

Earth scientist James Zachos was quoted in an article about global warming that ran in the San Jose Mercury News, Sacramento Bee, and about 35 other national media outlets. . . . The Berkeley Daily Planet noted that Karlton Hester, director of jazz studies at UCSC, was a panelist at a two-day symposium in Oakland on legendary saxophonist Charlie Parker and the significance of black artists in the 1950s. . . . The Sacramento Bee ran a story about Earth scientist Slawek Tulaczyk's research on Mount Shasta's Whitney Glacier. . . . Metroactive lauded Arts Division lecturer Julia Page's mixed-media installation in the "NextNew2006" show at the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art. . . . Reviews of the Shakespeare Santa Cruz summer plays, as well as a New Conservatory Theatre Center (NCTC) performance piece featuring associate art professor Elizabeth Stephens, appeared in Bay Area Reporter. . . . An article in the Contra Costa Times and San Jose Mercury News on climate change in California included quotes from Lisa Sloan, professor of Earth and planetary sciences.

Local

Research on lead poisoning in California condors led by environmental toxicologist Donald Smith was covered in the Monterey Herald, Salinas Californian, and Santa Cruz Sentinel. . . . Greg Gilbert of environmental studies pitched in to help KAZU Radio with its coverage of the E. coli outbreak. . . . The San Jose Mercury News enhanced its coverage of the California governor's race by tapping Manuel Pastor of Latin American and Latino studies for insight into Latino voting behavior. Pastor was also quoted in a Monterey Herald article about how the regional housing shortage and high cost of housing is hitting Latinos and African Americans. . . . Michael Mateas, assistant professor of computer science, was profiled in the Silicon Valley Business Journal. He was also a guest on the KGO TV (ABC San Francisco) public affairs show Beyond the Headlines for a one-hour special on computer games. . . . Gabriela Sandoval of sociology was quoted in a Monterey Herald article about the political representation of Latinos and the factors that depress Latino participation in elections. . . . Geologist Gary Griggs was interviewed on KSCO Radio about his new book, Then and Now: Santa Cruz Coast. . . . Psychology instructor and dream expert Veronica Tonay was quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about the dreams that accompany major life changes, like enrolling at a new school. . . . The Santa Cruz Sentinel published a story about psychology students who spent their summer in Costa Rica, where they worked in orphanages and foster homes, teaching literacy and other skills. . . . Psychology's Margaret Wilson was featured in the Aptos Times. . . . The Center for Agroecology's apprenticeship in organic horticulture was the subject of a feature article in the Santa Cruz Sentinel. . . . The Santa Cruz Sentinel announced the winners of the UCSC Library's 40th Annual Book Collection Essay Contest for UCSC students, sponsored by the Friends of the UCSC Library.

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