Media Highlights
October 2006
This summary highlights media placements members of the UCSC
community have garnered during the month of October 2006.
National and international
Michael Mateas, assistant professor of computer science,
was prominently featured in a lengthy article about video games
in the Atlantic Monthly. . . . Craig Haney of psychology
appeared on NPR's Talk of the Nation program to
discuss the impact of supermax prisons on the people confined
in them. His appearance followed an interview he did with PBS
for a documentary called Home Grown about coping mechanisms
used by prisoners, including religion and gangs, to survive in
prison. Haney was also the subject of a lengthy article that appeared
in Oklahoma's Norman Transcript and other regional
papers. The piece traced Haney's career from his days as a graduate
student working on the famous Stanford Prison Experiment to his
current research on the effects of incarceration and the risk
posed to society of imprisoning so many people in such harsh conditions.
. . . . . . The Chronicle of Higher Education ran
a feature review of Intimate Politics, a new book by Bettina
Aptheker, professor of feminist studies and history, describing
it as a stunning new memoir.. . . Biologist Sofie
Salama's genetics research was mentioned in a Time
magazine article about the differences between humans and chimpanzees.
. . . Research on distant galaxies by astronomer Rychard Bouwens
was covered in the Christian Science Monitor. .
. . Sociologist Dane Archer was quoted in a widely published article
about men and their favorite chairs. The Albany Times Union
article appeared in many other papers, including the Chicago
Tribune, Toronto Star, Times Colonist, and Gazette
of Montreal. . . . An article about milk that quoted sociology's
Melanie DuPuis continued to make the rounds, appearing recently
in the New Orleans Times-Picayune and Houston
Chronicle. . . . A wildlife column in the Charleston
Gazette described research on the migrations of sooty
shearwaters led by biologist Scott Shaffer. . . . Biology graduate
student Shaye Wolf was featured in an article in Audubon
magazine, along with biologists Donald Croll and Bernie Tershy.
The story focused on their efforts to protect island-nesting seabirds
from rats and other nonnative predators. . . . Biologist Harry
Noller's research on the cellular protein factories called ribosomes
was covered in Biotech Week, Life Science Weekly, Science
Letter, Health and Medicine Week, and other newsletters.
. . . Psychology professor emeritus Bill Domhoff appeared in USA
Today's Cyberspeak Q&A column, responding to readers'
questions about dreams. . . . Psychology's Anthony Pratkanis was
quoted by the Washington Post in an article about
investment fraud. . . . The Times-News of Twin Falls,
Idaho, tapped politics professor Dan Wirls for comment in a story
about tapering state funds for homeland security. . . . UC Santa
Cruz Foundation trustee and renowned photographer Frans Lanting
is featured on the Apple Pro web site. The profile focuses
on Lanting's latest project, "Life: A Journey Through Time,"
and his conversion midway through the project to all-digital images.
. . . Water expert Brent Haddad of environmental studies appeared
on National Public Radio's Science Friday program
as part of a discussion of national and international water issues.
. . . An article in Technology Review on efforts
to develop cheap, fast genome sequencing featured biochemist David
Deamer. . . . American Theatre magazine noted
Shakespeare Santa Cruz's 25th anniversary and described the
two local exhibits honoring this milestone. . . . Biology graduate
student Michael Weise discussed his work with sea lions in an
episode of the PBS television series Jean-Michel Cousteau
Ocean Adventures. . . . David Haussler, professor of biomolecular
engineering, was quoted in a story in New Scientist
about comparisons of human and Neanderthal DNA. New Scientist
also ran a feature story on cosmology with quotes from physicist
Anthony Aguirre. . . . The Richmond Times-Dispatch
ran a story about biologist Terrie Williams and her research on
the physiology of carnivores. . . . The Dallas Morning News
relied heavily on Jonathan Fox of Latin American and Latino studies
for a story about Mexican immigrants pushing for dual citizenship
and what Fox calls civic binationality.. . . Music
professor David Cope appeared on CNN in a discussion about
his creation of computer programs to write music.
State and regional
The San Francisco Chronicle and Silicon Valley/San
Jose Business Journal were among the publications that
covered the news that psychology professor Dominic Massaro received
a coveted tech award from San Jose's Tech Museum of Innovation.
. . . Psychology professor and Academic Senate chair Faye
Crosby was quoted in a San Francisco Chronicle article
about a faculty-proposed ban on research funded by the tobacco
industry. Advocates said tobacco companies have distorted research
to deceive the public about the dangers of tobacco and employed
strategies that suppress academic freedom. . . . J,
a northern California Jewish newspaper, ran an article about physicist
Joel Primack and his wife Nancy Abrams, whose latest book is The
View from the Center of the Universe. . . . The Los
Angeles Times published an editorial by feminist studies
professor Bettina Aptheker about her new memoir Intimate Politics.
. . . Seismologist Thorne Lay was quoted in a story on Inside
Bay Area about North Korea's test of a nuclear device.
. . . The Marin Independent Journal ran a story
about a speech given by history of consciousness professor Angela
Davis at Marin Academy in San Rafael, where she denounced violence
and reminded students to use critical thinking skills.
Local
The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a front-page story
about Then & Now: Santa Cruz Coast, a new book by geologist
Gary Griggs and Deepika Shrestha Ross. The Aptos Times
also ran a story about the book. . . . Jonathan Fox of Latin American
and Latino studies was quoted in a Monterey Herald
article about the Mexican government's ban on U.S.-grown lettuce,
most of which is produced in California. . . . The Santa
Cruz Sentinel published a feature story about linguistics
professor Geoffrey Pullum. . . . Santa Cruz's Good Times
published a full-page poem by writing/literature lecturer Roxanne
Hamilton. . . . The Santa Cruz Sentinel noted that
literature professor Nathaniel Mackey is a National Book Award
finalist in poetry for his collection Splay Anthem. . .
. The Aptos Times ran a story about botanist Jean
Langenheim, who has received two major awards recently. . . .
Stories about the Packard Fellowship awarded to astronomer Constance
Rockosi ran in Bay City News and the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
. . . The Santa Cruz Sentinel, Astrobiology,
and Space Daily ran stories about astronomer Gregory
Laughlin's project to get members of the public involved in the
search for new planets.
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