Astronomers Garth Illingworth and Rychard Bouwens garnered widespread media coverage for their discovery of the most distant galaxies ever observed, including stories in the New York Times, USA Today, Boston Globe, New York Daily News, London Times, The Australian, New Zealand Herald, U.S. News & World Report, Santa Cruz Sentinel, San Jose Mercury News, Science News, Wired News, Nature News, Science Now, Science Daily, National Geographic News, World Science, Hindustan Times, Asian News International, and an AP wire story. Illingworth was also interviewed on the Patt Morrison Show on Los Angeles NPR affiliate KPCC.
AIDS vaccine hailed among "Best of 2009"
An AIDS vaccine developed by biomolecular engineer Phil Berman was part of a vaccine regimen that showed some success in a recent clinical trial, earning it spots on two of Time magazine's "Best of 2009" lists: "Top Ten Medical Breakthroughs" and "50 Best Inventions."
Economics professor Lori Kletzer was quoted in a USA Today article on long-lasting scars from the recession even when the economy recovers. "We live in a big, dynamic economy, so some people will reinvent themselves. But a significant minority will have permanent, lasting earnings loss," Kletzer said. "They'll have to relocate, and some will see real turmoil."
Theater arts professor Paul Whitworth was praised by the Wall Street Journal for his performance playing the title role in a Florida production of Bertolt Brecht's "The Life of Galileo."
Jonathan Fox, professor of Latin American and Latino Studies, was quoted in an Associated Press article on counting immigrants of indigenous groups in the 2010 census. "More indigenous migrants are willing to come out in public and claim their ethnic identity," Fox said. But that progress hasn't happened equally around the country," he said. The article was used around the country including the New York Times and ABCnews.com.
The San Jose Mercury News reported that art lecturer and abstract painter Tim Craighead was one of four Santa Cruz artists chosen to receive a $20,000 Rydell Visual Arts Fellowship for 2010-2011 to pursue their artistic interests.
Research by ocean scientist Christina Ravelo on the response of Earth systems to ancient episodes of global warming was reported in the Santa Cruz Sentinel, Science Daily, PhysOrg.com, Hindustan Times, Asian News International, and Agence France-Presse.
Research on supernova remnants by astronomers Laura Lopez and Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz was covered by Science Daily, Space Daily, PhysOrg.com, Daily Galaxy, Hindustan Times, and Asian News International.
An article in Physics World about a dispute over the discovery of "dark energy" included quotes from physicist Michael Riordan.
Astronomer Greg Laughlin was quoted in stories about the occurrence of a "blue moon" on New Year's Eve in the Sacramento Bee, St. Petersburg Times, and Associated Press. Laughlin was also quoted in a National Geographic News story about the discovery of five new planets by NASA's Kepler mission.
Natural reserves director Gage Dayton was featured in a story about the Younger Lagoon Reserve in Good Times Santa Cruz.
Astronomer Raja Guhathakurta was quoted in a Space Daily story about the shape of the Milky Way's dark matter halo.
Additional coverage of research on the nesting behavior of coots by biologists Bruce Lyon and Dai Shizuka appeared in the San Diego Union-Tribune, Montreal Gazette, Calgary Herald, Edmonton Journal, and Windsor Star.
Additional coverage of research by planetary scientist Francis Nimmo on the habitability of the moons of Saturn and Jupiter appeared in Discovery News, Hindustan Times, and Asian News International.
The Library's head of Special Collections, Christine Bunting was a featured guest on KZSC radio's "Talkabout" program to discuss the Grateful Dead Archive.
Latino Connection ran an article about creative writing/film alumna Reyna Grande and her new novel, Dancing with Butterflies.
The Santa Cruz Sentinel lauded Shakespeare Santa Cruz in a story about theater highlights of 2009, noting "the company's Julius Caesar, set in the stunningly beautiful Festival Glen, provided a glorious spectacle of some of the Bard's best displays of language and passion." KION-TV also did a story on the new SSC season lineup.
In a story about Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, South Carolina'sAnderson Independent-Mail quoted literature professor John Jordan, director of The Dickens Project at UCSC.
In an article in In These Times, Bill Domhoff, research professor of psychology and sociology, wrote that liberals and progressives have an opportunity to unite and cooperate in the face of gathering attacks from the right. The article was based on a longer piece in American Behavioral Scientist.
