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UC in the News - March 2008

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Professor Richard Blaikie (Electrical and Computer Engineering)

• Kiwi scientists want more funding, The Press, 3.3.08;
• Top scientists urge more research funding, Radio New Zealand News, 4.3.08
• The Government is pouring 700 million dollars into farming and food research, Radio New Zealand, 11.3.08;
• A leading scientist says the Government could be missing research opportunities, Radio New Zealand, News, 11.3.08;
• Primary sector wins massive investment boost, Radio New Zealand, 12.3.08.

Associate Professor Ursula Cheer (Law)

• Prostitute's Collective wants action on a reality television show, Radio New Zealand, 13.3.08.

Associate Professor Andrew Cockburn (Computer Science and Software Engineering)

• Fast Kiwi mouse attracts interest from big players, The Press, 5.3.08;
• Kiwi mouse comes out of hiding, The Dominion Post, 10.3.08.

Associate Professor Peter Cottrell (The Press)

• Unstable star threatens Earth, The Press, 5.3.08;
• Exploding star could end Earth, Waikato Times, 5.3.08;
• Death star rays on way, Nelson Mail, 5.3.08;
• Threat of an exploding star, Auckland 95bFM, 12.3.08.

Professor Tim David (Mechanical Engineering)

• Brain drains revealed, The Press, 19.3.08.

Mr Alan Gilmore (Physics and Astronomy)

• Motorist spots glowing green meteor, Otago Daily Times, 7.3.08.

Associate Professor Jennifer Hay (Classics and Linguistics)

• Linguist to scrutinise Southland speech, Southland Times, 11.3.08.

Chris Hawker (Facilities Management)

• Schools ready to resist shootings, The Press, 29.3.08.

Professor Jack Heinemann (Biological Sciences)

• Milk proteins, beware of the tiny link, Healthy Options magazine, 31.3.08.

Dr Alan Hemmings (Gateway Antarctica)

• Menace of tourism in Antarctica, The Dominion Post, 8.3.08;
• Tourism boom threatens Antarctic environment, Taranaki Daily News, 11.3.08.

Dr George Hooper (Centre for Advanced Engineering)

• All good news as petroleum conference starts in Auckland, Otago Daily Times, 11.3.08;
• Insatiable energy demands create dilemma for country, Southland Times, 15.3.08;
• Rising energy prices pose dilemma, Ashburton Guardian, 15.3.08;
• Gas hydrates another untapped energy source for New Zealand, NZ Energy and Environment, 20.3.08;
• ‘Green’ power costly: study, Nelson Mail, 27.3.08;
• Govt denies claim of power price rise, Northern Advocate, 28.3.08;

• Govt hits out at report claiming 50 percent rise in power cost, Westport News, 28.3.08.

Professor Simon Kemp (Psychology)

• Bias keeps them guessing, Waikato Times, 19.3.08.

Associate Professor Susan Krumdieck (Mechanical Engineering)

• New approach to peak oil, Otago Daily Times, 10.3.08.

Dr David Leung (Biological Sciences)

• Cell duplication, Manawatu Standard, 3.3.08.

Professor Murray McEwan (Chemistry)

• Milestones for Syft Technologies, Laboratory News, 31.3.08.

Mr John McKenzie (Literacies and Arts in Education)

• Do we need to cosset youngsters' reading?, Southland Times, 1.3.08;
• Protecting young readers, Timaru Herald, 1.3.08.

Mr Stuart McMillan (Political Science and Communication)

• Getting much closer to bridging the ditch, National Business Review, 7.3.08;
• China's unemployment problem almost sure to get worse, National Business Review, 14.3.08;
• Climate change effects give rise to security concerns, National Business Review, 20.3.08.

Dame Malvina Major (Music and Theatre and Film)

• Last chance for date with a dame, Bay Weekend, 15.3.08;

• Charity concert incredible, Bay Weekend, 22.3.08.

Dr Mark Milke (Civil Engineering)

• Nutrient trading in Lake Taupo: getting it right, National Business Review, 14.3.08.

Associate Professor Greg Newbold (Sociology and Anthropology)

• Coast silly place to hide while on the run, The Press, 8.3.08;
• A bill to ban gang patches, Radio New Zealand, (Afternoons with Jim Mora), 12.3.08;
• Vigilanteism discussed, Radio Live, 13.3.08;
• Kurariki finds God and culture, New Zealand Herald, 15.3.08.

Professor David Penman (College of Science)

• The three important Ss, The Press, 5.3.08;
• How to put a price on saving the kakapo, The Press 12.3.08;
• Sustainability, science and 'Fast Forward' idea, The Press, 19.3.08.

Dr Simon Pollard (Physics and Astronomy)

• Honouring the spider man, Metropol, 13.3.08.

Dr John Raffensperger (Management)

• Nutrient trading in Lake Taupo: getting it right, National Business Review, 14.3.08.

Professor Roy Sharp (Vice-Chancellor)

• Teaching out, Education Review, 14.3.08.

Professor Bryan Storey (Gateway Antarctica)

• Evidence for climate change, Avenues Magazine, 1.3.08.

Professor Ken Strongman (Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Equity)

• Varsities still trail in female-staff ratio, The Press, 31.3.08.

Dr Rawiri Taonui (Māori and Indigenous Studies)

• Māori Party's man confident, The Press, 4.3.08;
• More Māori should drop the stresses of daily life and follow the footsteps of ancestors, Radio New Zealand (Morning Report), 14.3.08;
• Separate Māori seats on Auckland's city and regional councils, Radio New Zealand, 20.3.08.

Associate Professor Jim Tully (Political Science and Communication)

• Spin cycle, Dominion Post, 8.3.08.

Dr Jason Tylianakis (Biological Sciences)

• Vicious visitor sparks an alert, Mountain Scene, 6.3.08.

Professor Duncan Web (Law)

• Conduct and client care rules, LawTalk, 3.3.08.

Dr David Wiltshire (Physics and Astronomy)

• On dark energy, interview with Marvin Hubbard, Hills AM Radio, Dunedin, 4.3.08;
• Dark energy may just be a cosmic illusion, New Scientist, 8.3.08.
• Cosmology: Patchy solutions, Nature News and Views, 13.3.08.