October 14, 1996

Headliners

It seems that everyone is interested in consciousness these days, prompted in part by the release last spring of philosopher David Chalmers's book, The Conscious Mind. The book, which instigated lively debate in mainstream newspapers and scientific magazines, continues to draw coverage in the U.S. and abroad, notably, in the Economist, the Times Literary Supplement, the London Times, New Scientist, the L.A. Times, "Lateline" on Australian TV, and NPR's "All Things Considered." . . .

Science printed a special news section on the latest theories about how new species form, and our own evolutionary biologist, Bill Rice, was prominent in two of the articles. One story referred to Rice's now-famous research on "sexually antagonistic coevolution" among fruit flies, which he published earlier this year. . . .

The San Francisco Chronicle routinely relies upon UCSC's astronomers and astrophysicists to comment on news about the universe. The latest examples: Doug Lin provided healthy skepticism on a theory that the early Earth was like today's Jupiter, and Stan Woosley put into perspective the most energetic bursts of gamma rays yet detected. On the national astronomy scene, Science News cited research by Sandy Faber and postdoc James Lowenthal on extremely distant galaxies. . . .

George Von der Muhll of politics received a Fulbright award, an achievement that was noted in the Sentinel. . . .

Fred Siff of Communications and Technology Services (CATS) spoke to KSCO's Michelle Chambliss in September about a partnership between UCSC and the Santa Cruz and Monterey county offices of education. CATS is helping the offices develop a regional computer network for K-12 schools. The Sentinel and KSBW-TV also reported on the story. . . .

Poet Nate Mackey was the subject of a two-page spread in the Chronicle of Higher Education. . . .

Professor of education Laurie Edwards's Lego/Logo workshop at Barrios Unidos made the "School Bell" column in the Sentinel, which also covered a series of videotapes produced by Jon Silver in conjunction with the National Center for Research on Cultural Diversity and Second Language Learning. The Aptos Times also covered the videos. . . . Also in education news, a professional development institute for teachers held at Life Lab was covered by KSBW-TV and the Watsonville Register-Pajaronian. . . .

Marine sciences grad student Michelle Paddack, who studies the effects of nearshore ecological preserves on populations of rockfish, hit the headlines recently in a Monterey County Herald story about Monterey Bay fisheries. That article also appeared in two large papers in the East Bay: the Oakland Tribune and the Contra Costa Times. . . .

Karl S. Pister Leadership Opportunity Program scholarship recipients Lia Cracraft, Leah Hunt, I Crow X, and Tina Bryson have been profiled in regional papers, including the Santa Cruz County Sentinel, the Monterey County Herald, and the Morgan Hill Times. . . .

Special Collections had its day in the sun when the College and Research Library News featured a Kenneth Patchen painted poem on the cover, one selected from our library's extensive Kenneth Patchen collection.

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