UCSC in the News is a weekly column summarizing prominent media placements UCSC faculty, staff, and students have received.
The Wall Street Journal, New York Sun, and Library Journal published reviews of humanities professor Jerome Neu's book, Sticks and Stones: The Philosophy of Insults, which explores the nature, purpose, and ultimate effect of insults.
The Arizona Daily Star raved about a performance by theater arts assistant professor Patty Gallagher at the Rogue Theater, describing her as work as "poetry in motion" and "a joy to watch."
Physicist Alan Litke's research on the neurology of vision was the focus of the cover story in the January/February issue of the particle physics magazine Symmetry.
Research on protein synthesis by molecular biologist Harry Noller and his collaborators was featured on PhysOrg.com.
Research on the chinook salmon population by fisheries biologist Rachel Barnett-Johnson was covered in the Watsonville Register-Pajaronian and the Daily Green.
The San Jose Mercury News interviewed actress Olympia Dukakis about her participation in a benefit for Shakespeare Santa Cruz, where she praised new artisitic director Marco Baricelli as "not only an extraordinary actor and director, but also a wonderful teacher."
The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about UCSC alumnus and Art Department lecturer Noah Buchanan who just completed two 11-foot tall commissioned paintings that will soon reside in a new Wisconsin church built in the classic Renaissance style.
Media Highlights provides monthly summaries of "UCSC in the News" columns.
