UCSC in the News
In Hurricane Katrina news:
The New York Times called on racism expert David Wellman
of community studies to discuss the racial divide apparent even
in relief concerts. Wellman was quoted in a Los Angeles Times
article about the debate over whether race played a role in
response efforts. Wellman was also quoted in the Sacramento
Bee, discussing how the natural disaster has shined a spotlight
on the vulnerability of black Americans. His comments were picked
up by the Monterey County Herald. . . . The New York
Times contacted professor emeritus of psychology Elliot
Aronson in the wake of the Katrina disaster for insight
into the surge of lawlessness that broke out. . . . Politics
professor Daniel Wirls helped the San Jose Mercury
News sort out the political fallout for President Bush of
his handling of the Katrina disaster. Wirls also fielded a call
from the Santa Cruz Sentinel about a judge's ruling that
the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional. . . . Tom Pettigrew,
research professor of psychology and an expert on racism, was
a guest on Community TV's Voices program, discussing
"the storm after the storm." . . . Senior cook Bruce
Holgers was featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story
about volunteers pitching in to help hurricane victims. After
a brief Red Cross training, Holgers was flown to Baton Rouge
to help feed the hungry. . . . The new community studies internship
to help hurricane-stricken areas coordinated by Mike Rotkin
got broad play, including coverage by the Associated Press,
KTVU TV, the San Jose Mercury News, Tuscaloosa (Alabama)
News, Contra Costa Times, Modesto Bee, radio stations
in Pennsylvania, Louisiana, and Alabama, as well as the Santa
Cruz Sentinel, the Monterey County Herald, and KSBW
TV. . . . Theater arts lecturer Don Williams was quoted
in a Santa Cruz Sentinel article about the role of race
in the government response to Hurricane Katrina.
Ann Pace, assistant director of the Center
for Biomolecular Science and Engineering, was quoted in a Santa
Cruz Sentinel story about a training grant for stem cell
research.
Susanne Jonas of Latin American and Latino studies
was a guest on WNYC's Leonard Lopate Show about post-war
Guatemala.
Astronomer Sandra Faber was mentioned in
the Santa Cruz Sentinel's "Name Dropping" column,
and also in an article on Physorg.com about new observations
of blue stars around a supermassive black hole in the Andromeda
galaxy.
The Washington Times cited the work of economist Lori
Kletzer in a story about the hidden cost of free trade and
the shortcomings of worker-retraining programs.
The Houston Chronicle quoted history professor Dana Frank about about what it really means to buy American, noting that "trade policy, not consumer demand, drives global commerce" as it creates job losses and closed plants, and hurts workers while boosting corporate bottom lines. Vermont's Times Argus also picked up the story.
An article in Science News about the most distant gamma-ray burst ever discovered included a quote from astrophysicist Stan Woosley.
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