UCSC in the News is a weekly column summarizing prominent media placements UCSC faculty, staff, and students have received.
Climate researcher Lisa Sloan was quoted in an AP story on the effects of climate change in California that ran in the San Jose Mercury News and Woodland Daily Democrat.
Research led by biologist Terrie Williams on brain proteins that enable marine mammals to tolerate low oxygen levels was covered by the Telegraph (U.K.), Medical News Today, Scientific American online, MSNBC.com, Science Daily, and Deeper Blue.
Anthropology graduate student Chelsey Juarez was featured on KQED Television's Quest program, which did an in-depth segment about Juarez's innovative technique for identifying the remains of Mexican migrants who die crossing the border into the United States.
Sociology's Craig Reinarman was quoted in a widely circulated Associated Press story about the exaggerated differences between crack and powdered cocaine that were used to justify much tougher sentencing laws for crack offenses. An editorial in the Las Vegas Review-Journal quoted Reinarman and referred to the AP story, which appeared in numerous papers, including the Commercial Appeal, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, and Star-Ledger.
Australia's The Courier Mail ran a story quoting assistant professor of theater arts Brandin Baron-Nusbaum about how current fashion trends date back historically hundreds of years.
Psychologist Campbell Leaper's work on the "chat gap" between men and women made headlines in the Prince George Citizen, furthering awareness of Leaper's myth-busting research.
Findings by visiting researcher Simon Day on the value of oral traditions in helping coastal populations survive tsunamis were covered in the Santa Cruz Sentinel, Hindustan Times, Yahoo News, and Live Science.
USNews.com noted that Republican presidential candidate John McCain has embraced wage insurance, a proposal first put forth by economist Lori Kletzer.
Assistant professor of film and digital media L. S. Kim was quoted in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Contra Costa Times for a story about reality TV.
The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about biologist Barry Sinervo's research on lizard mating strategies.
Earth scientists Adina Paytan and James Zachos were quoted in a Discovery News story about Paytan's research on carbon sequestration in the oceans.
A Discovery News story about the Thirty-Meter Telescope project included quotes from astronomer Sandra Faber.
The Virginian-Pilot noted that the archives of science fiction author Robert Heinlein, held by UCSC in Special Collections, will be made available online.
Media Highlights provides monthly summaries of "UCSC in the News" columns.
