Santa Clara University

An all-day conference sponsored by the Santa Clara Law Review and the High Tech Law Institute, which focused on the legal implications of self-driving cars, was covered in a story in The New York Times that was picked up by about four dozen other publications and sites, including Mashable, CNBC and The Sydney Morning Herald. The event was previewed by NBC and the San Jose Mercury News and its affiliated publications. In some stories, law student Kevin Rogan and professor Kyle Graham (Law) were quoted.

News that Santa Clara University had been selected for the 2013 Solar Decathlon(Engineering) was carried in numerous publications, including the Chronicle of Higher Education; Eco-Structure; Green Building Blog; Renewable Energy Magazine; Archinect Architecture News; Electronic Component News; Environmental Design + Construction; and PM Engineer.  NBC Bay Area did an extensive in-studio interview with SCU studentsJake Gallau (Engineering) and Jay Dubashi (Engineering) discussing the strategy the team will use for the competition.

The Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal profiled the Global Social Benefit Incubator (CSTS) as part of a package of stories on incubator programs, noting that GSBI “aims to not just benefit students, but the world.”

CBS5 and ABC7 attended the Engineering Career Fair and ran segments on the job market. Engineering students Ganesh Ramanathan and Luke Cashman were interviewed about their job-search experiences, and Elspeth Rossetti (Career Center) gave tips on selling your value as a job candidate.

Farid Senzai (Political Science) appeared on NBC Bay Area discussing the escalating threat of Iran.

Judy Nadler (Markkula) was quoted in The New York Times as part of a Chicago News Cooperative story about conflicts of interest when elected officials are also lobbyists.

Margaret McLean (Markkula) was quoted in a San Jose Mercury News story, reprinted in about 20 publications, about a Mexican immigrant who is in the U.S. illegally, being denied a transplant after his status became known.  She was also the expert adviser in a MSN Money Q&A focused on whether it is OK to keep money if a cashier gives you too much change. (No.)

KLIV interviewed Bob Michels (Counseling Psychology) about the goal of a recent panel on gang intervention in the South Bay.

Bill Sundstrom (Economics) was quoted in a Univision News story about estimates that the DREAM Act would yield billions of dollars for the U.S. economy.

Eric Goldman (Law) was quoted in a San Francisco Chronicle and BusinessWeek story about the arrest of the founder of Megaupload for copyright infringement. He also talked to The Wall Street Journal  about an unusual “sting” to capture misdeeds by Google ad-sales employees. He appeared in dozens of other stories after talking to KQED’s Marketplace, InsideCounsel,  The Washington Post, The New York Times,  The Christian Science Monitor, AP, Los Angeles Times, and others about Megaupload, SOPA, and other tech-law issues.

Kevin Burke (JST) was quoted in a Los Angeles Times story about how the Jesuit Loyola Marymount University has a lay Protestant president, discussing the Jesuit philosophy of “seeing God in the world.”

David Yosifon (Law) wrote an oped for the San Jose Mercury News and its affiliate papers, arguing that forcing certain jobs to stay in the U.S., via a tax incentive or penalty, would be bad for American overall.

Meir Statman (Finance) was asked to summarize his investment philosophy in 10 words or less for a Wall Street Journal blog. (“In the end, you cannot take your investments with you.”) He also spoke to Fortune, Bank Investment Consultant, and On Wall Street about investment behavior issues.

Kyle Graham (Law) talked to KQED News about a Supreme Court decision that law enforcement cannot place GPS devices on suspects’ cars without a warrant.

Anna Han (Law) spoke to Corporate Counsel magazine about Apple’s legal troubles related to its labor practices in Asian factories. 

A study about post-traumatic stress at the end of life, by David Feldman (Counseling Psychology) was cited in Mental Health Weekly Digest. 

David DeCosse (Markkula) wrote an oped for the  National Catholic Reporter arguing that the U.S. Conference of Bishops is ignoring the Catholic tradition of “conscience” as it reacts to a new HHS mandate. Writers at  U.S. Catholic Online and Bilgrimage praised the oped, calling it “super-informative” and “valuable.”

News that Ron Hansen (English) will deliver the commencement address at Loyola College was carried by Catholic Review.

Colleen Chien (Law) was quoted in a Reuters story that ran in over 50 sites or publications worldwide, about how Facebook was the target of opportunistic patent lawsuits just before its massive filing for an initial public stock offering.

Steve Diamond (Law) was quoted in a widely reprinted San Jose Mercury News story about defections from H-P’s board of directors, and in a MarketWatch story about the enormity and importance of Facebook’s IPO.