Santa Clara University

SCU in the News is a biweekly compilation of select media highlights featuring faculty, staff or students.

• Ron Hansen

  Ron Hansen (English) was quoted in an article in Santa Clara Weekly about Amy Tan’s talk for the President’s Speaker Series. He called her a “Jewel in the sparkling tiara of Bay Area writers.”

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• Jerry Burger

  Jerry Burger (Psychology) talked to CBS 5 KPIX about superstitions in professional sports ahead of the Super Bowl, including his research that the unpredictable nature of sports makes the field a breeding ground for superstitious rituals.

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• Judy Nadler

  Judy Nadler (Markkula) was mentioned in a Dallas Morning News article about an ethics training she led for the Dallas city council, and in a Columbus Dispatch article about a school data manipulation investigation and the need for independent places where people can report problems.

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• Mike Malone

  Mike Malone (English) is cited as a key source for a new PBS documentary on Silicon Valley, in a story in the Wall Street Journal blog Digits. His student Liz Wassmann had an op-ed published in the San Jose Mercury News about the value of hands-on teaching.

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• Irina Raicu

  Irina Raicu (Markkula) was quoted in an ABC7 report about Internet freedoms and the suicide of Reddit co-founder Aaron Swartz.

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• John Giddings

  John Giddings (Engineering) spoke to NBC Bay Area and the San Jose Mercury News about his efforts to make a movie about SCU legend John Montgomery.

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• Barry Posner

  Barry Posner (Management) was quoted in a widely reprinted Wall Street Journal story, about the taboo of overweight CEOs.

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• Ram Bala

  Ram Bala (OMIS) appeared on NBC Bay Area to discuss a new company that is making edible bar codes for pills to combat counterfeits.

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• Thomas Massaro, S.J.

  Thomas Massaro, S.J. (JST) wrote a column for America magazine about "the essential question" that is often asked by those who've been through natural disasters.

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• Elspeth Rossetti

  Elspeth Rossetti (Career Center) was interviewed by KTVU about the winter career fair and the opportunities available in silicon valley. An article about the career fair also ran.

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