Media Highlights
September 2006
This summary highlights media placements members of the UCSC
community have garnered during the month of September 2006.
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. . . .
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. . . . 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. . . . 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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