UCSC in the News is a weekly column summarizing prominent media placements UCSC faculty, staff, and students have received.
The Santa Cruz Sentinel reported on water-related research by UCSC's Lisa Sloan, Andy Fisher, and Brent Haddad in its coverage of a recent community forum that attracted a crowd of 150 people. Santa Cruz Metro also covered the announcement of Haddad's new Center for Integrated Water Research, which was unveiled during the forum.
Assistant professor of film and digital media L. S. Kim was quoted in The Augusta Chronicle for a story about reality television and race.
Astronomer Garth Illingworth was quoted in stories about the discovery of a distant galaxy in USA Today, Science Daily, SpaceRef, and Space.com (see Currents story).
Assistant professor of theater arts Patty Gallagher was featured in a Tuscon Citizen story about her performance in Samuel Beckett's demanding two-act monologue, Happy Days, at the Rogue Theater.
University Librarian Virginia Steel was quoted in a San Jose Mercury News story about UCSC's participation in Google's digital book project.
Electrical engineer Wentai Liu was quoted in a story about network technology for medical and consumer devices in Electronic Engineering Times.
Sociology's Dane Archer sat down for a question-and-answer session with Good Times about the link between war violence and an increase in violence at home.
Media Highlights provides monthly summaries of "UCSC in the News" columns.
