October 21, 1996
Headliners
UCSC faculty have been called on lately by
national and international television for their expertise, including
anthropologist Susan Harding, who was a consultant during
the planning and production of a new six-part PBS documentary
called "With God on Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right
in America." Harding was one of a handful of consultants
who worked closely on the production. . . . Also in anthropology,
Adrienne Zihlman was videotaped by American Portrait Films
of Pennsylvania for a piece on human evolution. . . .
The author of a comprehensive story on science
and religion in the Los Angeles Times turned to cosmologist
Joel Primack as her first source. Primack spoke of the
ramifications as modern cosmology closes in on the beginning of
the universe, and also discussed the relevance of Jewish mysticism.
. . .
Earth scientist Bob Anderson was just
the person to answer a question from a reader in Scientific
American about how the wind creates ripples in sand. You can
check out Anderson's reply in the "Ask the Experts"
column at the magazine's new online site: http://www.sciam.com.
. . .
Psychology's Anthony Pratkanis spent
two days reenacting a classic social psychology experiment for
a segment on "Dateline NBC." . . . And psychologist
Barbara Rogoff spent two days with folks from the BBC,
who interviewed Rogoff about her research projects in Guatemala
and Salt Lake City, and about a Spanish class that she's teaching
at Gateway School. . . .
Manuel Pastor,
new chair of Latin American and Latino Studies, coauthored an
opinion piece in the Christian Science Monitor about Argentina's
economy in the wake of the removal of Finance Minister Domingo
Cavallo. . . .
An article by economist Carl Walsh about
New Zealand's central bank reforms and inflation-fighting successes
appeared in Rhode Island's Providence Journal-Bulletin.
. . .
A Monterey County Herald article on
sea otters in Elkhorn Slough featured marine sciences master's
student Jennifer Jolly, who talked about the animals' foraging
behaviors. . . .
Marine biologist Burney Le Boeuf surfaced
in a CNN report on great white sharks. . . .
San Jose Mercury News columnist
Angelo Figueroa wrote about the students at Aromas School, and
he mentioned UCSC's plans to publish the kids' bilingual book
about the university.
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