UCSC in the News is a weekly column summarizing prominent media placements UCSC faculty, staff, and students have received.
The presidential primary prompted calls to several political experts on campus, including Michael Brown, who fielded a call from the Riverside Press Enterprise about Barack Obama's support among inland black voters, and Sheldon Kamieniecki, who spoke with KAZU Radio.
A study of mating behavior in lark buntings by biologist Bruce Lyon was covered by the Christian Science Monitor and Vancouver Sun. (See Currents story)
Sociology's Andy Szasz penned an opinion piece for the Chronicle of Higher Education about "inverted quarantine," the subject of his new book, Shopping Our Way to Safety. (See Currents story)
University Librarian Virginia Steel and associate librarian Robin Dale were quoted in the Monterey County Herald about UCSC's participation in Google's digital book project. The San Francisco Chronicle also reported on the collaboration. (See Currents story)
Language and gender expert Campbell Leaper of psychology appeared on National Public Radio's Bryant Park Project, which did a segment on the emergence of "yo" as a gender-neutral pronoun.
An hour-long interview with physicist Bruce Schumm was aired on KUSF Radio's "Static Limit" program.
Biologist Barry Sinervo was interviewed by Philadelphia-based talk-radio host Michael Smerconish.
Andrew Fisher of earth sciences has done three interviews recently with local radio stations KSCO and KUSP about water, and environmental studies professor Brent Haddad was featured in a Good Times article about local water issues.
Actress and theater arts alumna Camryn Manheim was spotlighted in feature stories that ran in the Santa Cruz Sentinel and the Santa Cruz Good Times about her connection to UCSC and her appearance as keynote speaker for the campus's Scholarship Benefit Dinner. (See Currents story)
Science Daily and Space Daily ran stories about research on black holes by astronomer Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz.
Biologist Burney Le Boeuf was featured in a cover story about elephant seals in Good Times.
Music professor Linda Burman-Hall was featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about the 35th anniversary season of the Santa Cruz Baroque Festival.
The Mid-County Post ran an article about chemist Jin Zhang and his research on solar energy technology.
A report on bird deaths at the Altamont wind farms by biologist Brian Latta of the UC Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group was covered by the San Jose Mercury News, San Francisco Chronicle, and Associated Press.
Assistant professor of art Derek Conrad Murray contributed a review of art historian Darby English's book, How to See a Work of Art in Total Darkness, to Art Journal.
Astrophysicist Stan Woosley was quoted in an article about his research on supernovae in Science & Spirit.
A study of paired earthquakes by seismologist Thorne Lay and others was covered by U.P.I. and Space Daily.
Astronomer Jurg Diemand was quoted in an article in New Scientist about dark matter.
Literature Department chair Mary Kay Gamel and assistant dean of humanities Dario Caloss were quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about a memorial event held at UCSC for longtime faculty member Gary Lease, former chair and professor of the History of Consciousness Department.
Students Bryan Gigantino and Kevin Holmes were quoted in a Metro Santa Cruz story about UCSC's Kinetic Poetics Festival, the largest collegiate spoken word festival in the country. The Santa Cruz Sentinel also ran a story on the event.
Media Highlights provides monthly summaries of "UCSC in the News" columns.
