Biologist James Estes was quoted in an Associated Press article about conflicts between sea otters and fishermen in Southern California that ran in the New York Times, Santa Cruz Sentinel, and a Los Angeles Times blog.
The journal Science wrote about 2004 UCSC grad Starry Sprenkle and her forest restoration project in Haiti. The article also quoted Sprenkle's undergraduate advisor Karen Holl, professor of environmental studies.
The Dallas Morning News reported on a government report co-written by economics professor Rob Fairlie that found the nation's 4 million minority-owned firms face large disparities in accessing capital, making it even more difficult to weather the recession.
A New York Times obituary of Jack Block, a prominent psychologist of personality, quoted psychology professor Per F. Gjerde, who worked with Block on some of his most influential studies.
The San Francisco Chronicle reviewed the Ensemble Parallèle's Bay Area production of the opera Wozzeck, lauding "the forceful and cogent leadership of (music professor) Nicole Paiement, the group's founder and artistic director," and praising "a performance marked by rhythmic clarity and tonal splendor ... this was a superb rendition."
A crew from Japanese TV channel NHK interviewed astronomer Garth Illingworth about his observations of the most distant galaxies ever detected.
The Santa Cruz Sentinel covered biologist Manuel Ares's research on myotonic dystrophy.
The Sentinel also published an extensive feature on emeriti professor of music David Cope and "Emily Howell," the computer program he created to compose music.
Coastal geologist Gary Griggs was quoted in a Malibu Times story about beach erosion in southern California.
The Sentinel covered the Faculty Research Lecture given by economist Dan Friedman.
The San Jose Mercury News and Sentinel quoted economics professor Michael Hutchison on the economic effect of stimulus funds.
Planetary scientist Francis Nimmo was quoted in stories about Saturn's moon Enceladus on MSNBC.com, Space.com, and Softpedia.
Biologist Myra Finkelstein was quoted in stories about lead poisoning in albatross chicks on Midway Atoll from UPI, Santa Cruz Weekly, Surfbirds News, and Environment News Service.
Associate professor of Theater Arts Ted Warburton and Porter College academic preceptor Bob Giges contributed the cover story for the February issue of Leonardo--the arts/technology journal published by the MIT Press--documenting their experiments in live telematic performance linking UCSC and NYU dancers via Internet2.
MacLeans.ca, the online site of Canada's most prominent news magazine, reported on post doc Chris Darimont's paper being named one of the top 100 science stories for 2009.
The Sentinel did too.
