Media Highlights
November 2006
This summary highlights media placements members of the UCSC
community have garnered during the month of November 2006. (See
document with media outlets highlighted
in bold.)
National and international
Astronomer Steven Vogt was featured in an article in Discover
magazine about the search for Earthlike planets, and a cover story
on planet hunters in Smithsonian magazine includes quotes
from astronomer Gregory Laughlin. Both stories were written
by Robert Irion, director of UCSC's Science Communication
Program. . . . The Buffalo News described Language
Log, a blog created by linguistics professor Geoffrey
Pullum and University of Pennsylvania phonetics professor
Mark Liberman, in a story about the linguistic crimes and misdemeanors
committed by politicians. . . . Marcia Ochoa of community
studies was featured in Ultimas Noticias, a major Caracas
daily newspaper. She was in Venezuela to deliver the keynote address
during a recent conference. . . . UCSC researchers are well represented
in the December issue of Sky & Telescope magazine.
The lead news story features new research on distant galaxies
by astronomers Garth Illingworth and Rychard Bouwens,
while astrophysicist Stan Woosley is quoted in two other
news stories on supernovae and gamma-ray bursts. The cover story
is an article on cosmology by physicist Anthony Aguirre,
who is featured in a video interview on the magazine's web
site. . . . A New York Times story about the Hubble
Space Telescope included a quote from astronomer Sandra Faber.
. . . John Brown Childs of sociology was featured in an
interview by the Pacific Radio Network's "Informed Dissent
Election Special Program," during which he discussed the
impact of grassroots transcommunal cooperation among diverse communities
and organizations in election year mobilizations. . . .
The Washington Times reviewed the recent book by physicists
Bruce Rosenblum and Fred Kuttner, The Quantum
Enigma. . . . James Zachos, professor of Earth and
planetary sciences, was quoted in a New Yorker magazine
article about the effects of carbon dioxide emissions on ocean
chemistry. . . . Sociology's Dane Archer, an expert on
nonverbal communication, was featured in a New York Times
article about the touchy issue of personal space--those invisible
zones people create around themselves to avoid intimacy. Archer
discussed several of his research projects and weighed in on important
cultural differences in preferences for personal space. . . .
Jonathan Zehr, professor of ocean sciences, was quoted
in a story about the microbial world that ran in various McClatchy
newspapers, including the Charleston Gazette, Kansas City Star,
and Minneapolis Star Tribune. . . . Research by geophysicists
Robert Coe and Gary Glatzmaier on reversals of Earth's
magnetic field was the subject of a story in Discovery News.
. . . The Buffalo News and Birder's World magazine
ran feature stories about the sooty shearwater migrations documented
by biologist Scott Shaffer.
State and regional
The Los Angeles Times quoted David Wellman of community
studies in its coverage of a $2.7 million settlement of a racial
harassment lawsuit filed by a firefighter. Wellman was hired by
the firefighter's attorney to review department records of discrimination
complaints. . . . Eureka's Times-Standard ran a story about
an appearance by history of consciousness professor Angela
Davis at Humboldt State University as one of the keynote speakers
of the campus's Dialogue on Race. . . . Michael Loik of
environmental studies was featured in a lengthy Contra Costa
Times article about how gardens can incorporate the Golden
State's water woes into their landscaping plans. Loik also appeared
in the Santa Cruz Sentinel article about Lisa Sloan's
work on how climate change could impact the Central Coast. . .
. Geophysicist Steven Ward was featured in a San Francisco
Chronicle story about Crescent City's vulnerability to tsunamis.
Local
Literature professor Nathaniel Mackey was quoted in a
Santa Cruz Sentinel front-page story announcing that he
won the 2006 National Book Award in poetry for his collectionSplay
Anthem. His award was cited in newspapers throughout the country,
including the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Los
Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Philadelphia Inquirer, Baltimore
Sun, and San Jose Mercury News. . . . Acting Chancellor
George Blumenthal was interviewed on the KUSP program Talk
of the Bay about town-gown relations, student protests, campus
growth, and other challenges facing the university (listen).
. . . The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a full-page feature story
and Metro Santa Cruz wrote an extensive cover story on
Intimate Politics, the new memoir by nationally renowned
feminist studies professor Bettina Aptheker. . . . The
Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about astronomer Michael
Bolte, who was recently appointed director of UC Observatories/Lick
Observatory. . . . The Mid-County Post ran a story about
research by environmental toxicologist Donald Smith on
lead poisoning in condors. . . . The Santa Cruz Sentinel
noted the publication of Bodies in the Making, a new book
of essays coedited by UC professors Helene Moglen and Nancy
Chen, based on a conference presented by UCSC's Institute
for Advanced Feminist Research. . . . Garth Illingworth
was also featured in a front-page story in the Santa Cruz Sentinel
about the Hubble Space Telescope. . . . Professor of literature
Rob Wilson was quoted in a Metro Santa Cruz feature
about his participation in a Veterans Day poetry reading and the
tradition of antiwar poetry in the United States. . . . The Santa
Cruz Sentinel ran a front-page story about the potential local
impacts of climate change, focusing on research led by Lisa
Sloan, professor of Earth and planetary sciences, and also
featuring biologists Mark Carr and Pete Raimondi.
. . . Mary Silver, professor of ocean sciences, was featured
in a story in the Santa Cruz Sentinel about red tides and
whether they affect surfers. . . . David Haussler, professor
of biomolecular engineering, was quoted in a story in the Santa
Cruz Sentinel about the use of DNA analysis to study human
evolution.
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