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December 15, 1997
UCSC got its 15 minutes of fame in the Dec. 1 issue of the Aptos Times, which featured psychologist Barbara Rogoff's work, research on the coastline's shifting sands by geologist Gary Griggs, chemist Phil Crews's work on marine sponges, and biologist Gary Silberstein's finding that a gene linked to the most common abdominal cancer in children may also contribute to the development of breast cancer.
Physicist Abe Seiden was featured in the Santa Cruz County Sentinel's coverage of UCSC's involvement in an international high-energy particle-physics project based in Switzerland.
UCSC's Banana Slug memorabilia, including fuzzy slippers, made West magazine's list of great gifts for holiday giving. The same issue mentioned the Life Lab Science Program in an article about the surge of gardens being developed as educational tools at public schools.
In a year-end write-up about the local ag industry, Watsonville's Register-Pajaronian lauded Chancellor Greenwood's outreach to local farmers and the appointment of Carol Shennan as the new director of the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems.
In a story about a resurgence of interest in the Vietnam War, the New York Times mentioned several popular classes on the subject offered by universities around the country, including one at UCSC taught by community studies lecturer Geoffrey Dunn.
Psychologist Veronica Tonay's books about dreaming received favorable notices in the Sentinel and in Bruce Bratton's column in the Good Times.
Art student Noah Buchanan was the focus of a feature story in the Santa Cruz County Sentinel. A junior, Buchanan recently illustrated a children's book which won an award for excellence from the American Bookseller's Association. Artist Frank Galuszka, who has mentored Buchanan this year, was also quoted for the story.