Media HighlightsFebruary 2007This summary highlights media placements members of the UCSC community have garnered during the month of February 2007. (See media outlets highlighted in bold.) National and internationalPsychology's Eileen Zurbriggen ran the international
media gauntlet to discuss the new report by the American Psychological
Association on the sexualization of girls. Zurbriggen, who chaired the
APA task force, was interviewed by the BBC World Service and the BBC's
Radio 4, USA Today, Bloomberg News, ABC's World News Tonight,
KION-TV, and satellite radio's the Judith Warner Show. The report
was featured in newspapers coast to coast, including the Washington Post
and a front-page spread in the Santa Cruz Sentinel. . . . Astronomer
Stan Woosley is featured in a National Geographic
magazine article about his research on supernovae and gamma-ray bursts. . . .
Manuel Pastor of Latin American and Latino studies made a
big media splash with CJTC's new report on environmental inequity in the
San Francisco Bay Area. The Oakland Tribune's coverage prompted
an Associated Press story that appeared in numerous papers, including the
Santa Cruz Sentinel and Monterey Herald, while the
Contra Costa Times, East Bay Business Times, Silicon Valley/San Jose
Business Journal, and two Chinese-language papers, Sing Tao Daily
and Mingpao, also covered the story. Television coverage included
stations KRON, KGO, KPIX, and KTVU, as well as Spanish-language stations
KSTS and KDTV. Radio coverage included KGO, KPFA, KQED, and KCBS. . . .
Anthropology's Adrienne Zihlman was quoted in a
Washington Post story about the revelation that chimpanzees
make and use weapons to hunt prey. . . . Biologist Daniel Costa
was quoted in stories about his research using satellite tracking to study
seals and sea lions in National Geographic News, Space Daily, Astrobiology
Magazine, and SpaceRef.com. . . . The Associated Press highlighted
the work of the New Teacher Center in a story about mentoring
programs designed to keep new teachers in the profession. . . . Economist
Mike Dooley was featured in the Financial Times.
Dooley has cofounded a capital management group that specializes in emerging
markets, in keeping with his analysis of the global economy. . . . History of
art and visual culture professor Catherine Soussloff contributed
a piece to Art Journal about book publishing in the field of art
history and visual studies. . . . Economist Robert Fairlie
was quoted in an FSB Fortune Small Business cover story about business
ownership. . . . Film critic B. Ruby Rich of community studies
was quoted in a story that appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer and
Lexington Herald Leader, among other papers, about whether the
character played by Isaiah Washington on Grey's Anatomy should
become gay in response to homophobic comments recently made by the actor. . . .
Seismologist Emily Brodsky was quoted in an article in
Science Now about the influence of earthquakes on volcanoes. . . . An
Associated Press article about language styles and patterns on the Internet
cited The Language Log, a popular blog co-created by linguistics professor
Geoffrey Pullum. The story was picked up by
Washingtonpost.com, SFGate.com, and MiamiHerald.com. . . .
Biologist Barry Sinervo was featured in a
Philadelphia Inquirer story about his research on the sexual strategies
of side-blotched lizards. . . . In an article about Korean educators impressed
by the "open classroom" philosophy of a local school, the Salt Lake City Tribune cited a book by psychology's
Barbara Rogoff. . . . Research on the Andromeda galaxy led by
astronomy graduate student Karoline Gilbert was covered by State and regionalNew findings on the temperature effects of irrigation by climate researchers Lisa Sloan, Mark Snyder, and Lara Kueppers were covered by the Merced Sun-Star, Central Valley Business Times, San Jose Mercury News, and Contra Costa Times. . . . The Los Angeles Times covered a recent tour of once-black Los Angeles neighborhoods that are becoming Latino, and covered the comments of tour leader Manuel Pastor of Latin American and Latino studies. The tour was organized by the nonprofit Community Coalition. . . . Brian Walton, coordinator of the Predatory Bird Research Group, was quoted in a Contra Costa Times story about bird deaths at the Altamont wind farm and a San Jose Mercury News article about bald eagles. . . . Film and digital media lecturer Isabel Reichert and her family were profiled in the East Bay Express. . . . The San Francisco Chronicle featured literature professor Nathaniel Mackey in a story/interview about his work as a poet. Local The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a front-page story about astronomer Gregory Laughlin and his efforts to enlist amateur astronomers in the search for distant planets. . . . The Sentinel also ran a front-page story about UCSC's standing as a leader in the national spoken-word movement; the campus's poetry slam team won the gold medal at the national college championships in 2005 and hosted a series of workshops and performances in February. . . . The Santa Cruz Good Times ran a story about a new book on whales and whaling edited by biologist James Estes. . . . The Good Times published a feature story on UCSC alum Aaron Platt who was nominated for a 2007 Independent Spirit Award--considered the Oscars of the independent film world--for his camera work on a movie written and directed by fellow alum, Cam Archer. The Santa Cruz Sentinel also ran a story about the former film student. . . . Geologist Gary Griggs was quoted in a Sentinel story about tar balls on local beaches. . . . A Sentinel article about new evidence that sea gulls prey on young salmon featured biologist Patricia Morris. . . . Psychology instructor Veronica Tonay was quoted in a Monterey County Herald article about the explosive nature of neighborhood feuds. . . . Feminist studies professor Bettina Aptheker was featured in a Good Times story/interview about her new memoirIntimate Politics. And Aptheker was quoted in a Sentinel article about a roundtable panel held at UCSC featuring nationally known activist scholars discussing issues of social justice, race, and feminism
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