The New York Times quoted economics professor and department chair Carl Walsh extensively in an analysis of options open to the Federal Reserve in light of a slowing recovery.
Productions by Shakespeare Santa Cruz were reviewed in the Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, Santa Cruz Weekly, Good Times, andSanta Cruz Sentinel.
The Sacramento Bee quoted sociology professor and department chair Craig Reinarman in an article on marijuana use in California and Proposition 19 on the November ballot that seeks to legalize it.
News that authors of a new book about the groundbreaking marketing techniques of the Grateful Dead are donating 25 percent of its royalties to UCSC was reported by United Press International (UPI), the Boston Globe, St. Louis Globe Democrat, and the Money Times, plus hundreds of blogs and websites, as well as on the front page of the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
Community studies professor Mary Beth Pudup was quoted in Bay Citizen and the Bay Area section of the New York Times in an article on urban farming in San Francisco.
Physicist Joel Primack was quoted in a Discover magazine story about research on dark matter and galaxy formation.
Astronomer Claire Max, who served on a committee that released recommendations for the next decade of astronomy and astrophysics research, was quoted in stories about the report from Nature, MSNBC, and Space.com.
An article in the Contra Costa Times described a new book co-authored by American Studies professor emerita Judy Yung that provides the first comprehensive history of the Angel Island Immigration station in San Francisco Bay.
Astronomer Douglas Lin was quoted in an article in New Scientist about a study he coauthored indicating that Jupiter may have swallowed a "super-Earth" planet early in the history of the solar system.
Astronomer Stephen Thorsett was quoted in a Science Now story about a new pulsar discovery.
J.Weekly--the Jewish News Weekly of Northern California--ran two feature stories: one about UCSC's new Jewish Studies major, quoting history professor and Jewish Studies program co-founder Nathaniel Deutsch, plus an article on American Studies professor emerita Judy Yung and her new book on the Angel Island Immigration station.
The UK-based global newspaper the Guardian Weekly published a feature story about emeritus professor of music David Cope and "Emily Howell," the computer program he created to compose classical music.
Biologist Seth Rubin's research on the retinoblastoma tumor suppressor protein was covered by Biospace.com and HealthCanal.com.
