August 18, 2003
UCSC in the News
Marine ecologist Jim Estes is featured in an article about the Alaska coast in the August issue of National Geographic magazine, along with researcher Tim Tinker. Estes was also quoted in a recent story in the San Jose Mercury News about new estimates of historic whale populations.
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The Baltimore Sun quoted theater arts professor Mark Franko and
cited his book The Work of Dance: Labor, Movement, and Identity in
the 1930’s, for an article about using dance as a form of political
protest.
Astrophysicist Stan Woosley was featured in a story in the Chronicle
of Higher Education about the link between gamma ray bursts and supernovae.
American studies professor Tricia Rose was quoted in a Denver Post article about the widespread appeal of hip-hop and black culture across the world. Her new book, Longing to Tell, was also reviewed in the Washington Post.
The Salinas Californian ran a review of botanist Jean Langenheim's new book, Plant Resins: Chemistry, Evolution, Ecology, Ethnobotany.
The Santa Cruz Sentinel interviewed astronomer Greg Laughlin for
a story about the exceptional view of Mars in the night sky this month
as the red planet makes its closest approach to Earth in 50,000 years.
Shakespeare Santa Cruz artistic director Risa Brainin was cited in reviews of the company’s production of Hamlet, published in the San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, and Monterey Herald.
The San Francisco Chronicle reported on research by Jean Brodie,
professor of astronomy and astrophysics, that revealed a dwarf galaxy
being disrupted and stripped of its stars by a giant spiral galaxy. The
story also ran in the Seattle Post Intelligencer.
Gary Glatzmaier, professor of Earth sciences, was featured in a story
about the Earth's magnetic field in the Mid-County Post.
Literature professor Carla Freccero was quoted in the Guardian UK
about Marvel Comics’ new gay comic book character, The Rawhide
Kid.
