Media Coverage
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Memo to Secretary Kerry: Stop funding the bad guys in Honduras
Rhode Island's Providence Journal published an op-ed piece by history professor Dana Frank on Honduras that originally ran in the Los Angeles Times.
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Two UC Santa Cruz undergrads explore rare underwater event in Mediterranean
The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about undergraduates Hannah Perlkin and Emily Tucker and their research on Mediterranean seagrass with biologist Pete Raimondi.
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Ban on lead bullets pushed for all hunting in California
Environmental toxicologist Donald Smith was quoted in a San Jose Mercury News article about efforts to ban lead bullets in California to protect endangered condors from lead poisoning. The story also ran in the Sacramento Bee, Los Angeles Daily News, Contra Costa Times, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Pasadena Star-News, Idaho Statesman, and other newspapers in California…
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The Force: How much military is enough
The New Yorker quoted from politics professor Dan Wirls' book Irrational Security: The Politics of Defense from Reagan to Obama in an article about the U.S. defense establishment and defense industry.
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How particle smasher and telescopes relate
Physicist Joel Primack was featured in a CNN.com article about the Large Hadron Collider.
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Tiny mutation may have shaped modern humans, scientists say
Biomolecular engineer Ed Green was quoted in a Los Angeles Times article about the discovery of a gene that shaped human evolution.
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Lead Exposure on the Rise Despite Decline in Poisoning Cases
Environmental toxicologist Russ Flegal was quoted in a Scientific American article about ongoing concerns about the health effects of lead exposure. Flegal was also quoted in stories about lead pollution from UPI and Huffington Post.
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With Brawls And Calls, Love Is In The Air For Elephant Seals
Biologist Caroline Casey is featured in an NPR Valentine's Day story about the mating behavior of elephant seals.
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Why don't women propose, Young have traditional views of marriage
The Santa Cruz Good Times, Health.com, and the British Psychological Society reported on grad student Rachael Robnett's study of marriage proposal preferences. Just in time for Valentines Day.
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Major parties offer scant lure to youthful voters
Jonathan Fox, chair of Latin American and Latino Studies, was quoted in a Capitol Weekly article on registration and voting patterns among young California voters.
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The Latin America Mistake–Memo to Secretary Kerry: Stop funding the bad guys in Honduras.
History professor Dana Frank contributed an op-ed to the Los Angeles Times urging the U.S. State Department and Democrats to stop a large military buildup now ocurring in Honduras–"ostensibly to stop a drug war"–that Frank notes is actually working to support a corrupt post-coup regime of Honduran President Porfirio Lobo. The Sacramento Bee also picked…
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Despite young leader, N. Korea still cranks out old-style propaganda
Psychology professor Anthony Pratkanis was quoted in a report from Georgia Public Broadcasting on the propaganda campaign waged by North Korea's new leader.