UCSC in the News is a weekly column summarizing prominent media placements UCSC faculty, staff, and students have received.
The Irish Times quoted linguistics professor Jim McCloskey for an article about attitudes towards the Irish language in Ireland.
The Times of London quoted Shelley Stamp, chair of the Film and Digital Media Department, for a story questioning the existence of an alleged colorful Hollywood publicist of the silent movie era who was featured in a new book by a British publicist.
The Santa Cruz Sentinel and San Jose Mercury News ran a story about the Baskin School of Engineering's Research Review Day that featured electrical engineer Ali Shakouri, computer engineer Sri Kurniawan, and acting dean Michael Isaacson.
Economist Lori Kletzer was a guest on KUSP Radio's "Talk of the Bay" program, where she discussed the economy, jobs, and more.
Physicists Abraham Seiden and Michael Dine were featured in a story about the inauguration of the Large Hadron Collider in the Santa Cruz Sentinel and San Jose Mercury News.
The Santa Cruz Sentinel tapped economist Michael Hutchison for comment on the recent drop in regional home prices.
A front page story in the Santa Cruz Sentinel focused on sea turtle research by biology graduate student Hoyt Peckham.
Denver's Rocky Mountain News interviewed Shakespeare Santa Cruz artistic director Marco Barricelli for an article about Glengarry Glen Ross, David Mamet's 1983 play about real estate salesmen desperately trying to prosper.
Environmental toxicologist Russell Flegal was quoted in an article in Chemistry World magazine about the U.S. EPA's new air quality standards for lead.
Good Times Weekly published a feature story on the Sony lawsuit settlement which provides scholarships for UCSC computer gaming majors, quoting associate professors of computer science Jim Whitehead and Michael Mateas.
Metro Santa Cruz ran a story about associate professor of film and digital media Gustavo Vazquez, whose documentary film, Que Viva la Lucha, was featured at the Pacific Rim Film Festival.
The Women's Review of Books reviewed Bodies in the Making, a 2006 book created by UCSC's Institute for Advanced Feminist Research, for a survey of works about remaking the body.
The Santa Cruz Sentinel reported that Sierra magazine's Bob Schildgen (aka Mr. Green) has been added to the lineup of UCSC's celebration of Central Coast environmental poet Robinson Jeffers, presented by the Humanities Division.
Media Highlights provides monthly summaries of "UCSC in the News" columns.
