Media Highlights

August 2007

This summary highlights media placements members of the UCSC community have garnered during the month of August 2007.

National and international

Computer scientist Luca de Alfaro developed a program to color-code Wikipedia entries for reliability that received coverage in the in the London Times, Jerusalem Post, Chronicle of Higher Education, San Francisco Chronicle, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Monterey County Herald, the German magazine Spiegel, and the web sites Boing Boing and Dr. Dobb's Journal. . . . The Chronicle of Higher Education is the latest publication to write about professor emeritus Elliot Aronson's new book, Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me). . . . Biologist Daniel Costa was featured in a story in Technology Review magazine about researchers using seals to gather data on the oceans and climate change. And Cosmos magazine featured Costa and fellow biologist Scott Shaffer article about high-tech animal tracking in .. . . New Teacher Center director Ellen Moir was featured in an article about Scotland's educational system that appeared in The Times Educational Supplement, Britain's leading education publication. And the New Teacher Center's partnership with Durham Public Schools in North Carolina was featured in Medill Reports, a publication of Northwestern University. . . . Physicist Abe Seiden was quoted in a Chicago Tribune article about plans for a new particle accelerator at Fermilab. . . . Biochemist David Deamer was quoted in an AP story about artificial life that ran in the Halifax Herald (Canada) and in an article about the origins of life on LiveScience.com. . . . Psychology's Bill Domhoff fielded a call from Real Simple magazine for an upcoming article about dreams. . . . An interview with politics professor Michael Urban about how the outcome of the presidential election might impact Russia was reproduced in the press extracts of What the Papers Say Part B. . . . The Grand Rapids Press ran a story about the pervasiveness of pornography that quoted psychology's Eileen Zurbriggen. . . . Assistant dean of the arts Keith Muscutt was quoted in a Louisville Courier-Journal story about the discovery by Peruvian archeologists of the earliest documented gunshot victim in the Americas. . . . Economist Rob Fairlie's work on entrepreneurship was cited in an Indianapolis Business Journal article about the number of young people who want to work for themselves. . . . Physicist Jason Nielsen was quoted in an article in New Scientist magazine about possible observations of the hypothetical subatomic particle known as the "Higgs boson." . . . The Albuquerque Journal ran a story on a new book by Humanities Division lecturer Emily Abbink about the history of Santa Fe's nearly 400-year-old seat of government. . . . An article in New Scientist about a spectacular supernova included quotes from astrophysicist Stan Woosley. . . . Postdoctoral researcher Kena Fox-Dobbs is featured in a two-part National Geographic TV special, "Prehistoric Predators," about the dire wolf and sabertooth cat. . . . The Arizona Daily Star noted that assistant theater arts professor Patty Gallagher, an expert in Balinese dance, clowning, and Shakespearean drama, will be presenting workshops about the use of masks during her tenure as artist-in-residence for Tucson's Rogue Theater.

State and regional

Campus veterinarian Dave Casper was quoted in a story in the San Jose Mercury News and Santa Cruz Sentinel about dead juvenile salmon sharks washing up on local beaches and in a Napa Register story about harbor porpoises in the Napa River. . . . Assistant professor of theater arts and design Brandin Baron-Nusbaum was featured in a Contra Costa Times article about how current fashion trends date back historically hundreds of years. . . . The San Francisco Chronicle and Santa Cruz Sentinel ran obituaries for Gurdon Woods, the sculptor and visionary arts educator who helped establish the UCSC Art Department.

Local

Astronomer Constance Rockosi spoke to KGO Radio about Google Sky, a new program for astronomy buffs, and was joined by fellow astronomers Garth Illingworth and Xavier Prochaska to discuss the program on KSBW-TV News. . . . The Santa Cruz Sentinel reported on Native Hubs: Culture, Community, and Belonging in Silicon Valley and Beyond, a new book by assistant professor of American studies Renya Ramirez about how urban Native Americans, who travel back and forth from city to reservation, can strengthen their culture and identity. . . . Metro Santa Cruz ran a story about electrical engineer Holger Schmidt's research on optoelectronics for biological sensors. . . . Don Rothman, senior writing lecturer and founding director of UCSC’s Central California Writing Project, contributed an op-ed to the Santa Cruz Sentinel about the value of Shakespeare and the presence of Shakespeare Santa Cruz in the community. . . . The Santa Cruz Sentinel, Monterey County Herald, and San Jose Mercury News ran feature articles on Shakespeare Santa Cruz (SSC), quoting managing director Marcus Cato and artistic director/theater arts professor Paul Whitworth. In reviews of SSC's Endgame, the Santa Cruz Sentinel noted that Beckett's absurdist tragicomedy is "enlivened by Whitworth's commanding performance" and Santa Cruz's Good Times said that the play is "arguably the best platform yet for Whitworth's astonishing trove of talent." Metro Santa Cruz also reviewed a performance of SSC's Much Ado About Nothing, noting that the production "strikes the perfect comic note." . . . And the Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a feature and photo spread on Shakespeare Santa Cruz actor and theater arts lecturer Mike Ryan, also quoting theater arts professor and SSC artistic director Paul Whitworth.

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