Tag: This Is Us
Profile: Annie Morhauser, Glass Artist
An artist and the founder of Annieglass, Annie Morhauser’s handcrafted glass pieces are on display in the Smithsonian and the White House, and are in many private collections including those of Bill and Hillary Clinton, Oprah Winfrey, and Barbra Streisand. The Annieglass studio is located in Santa Cruz.
Place: Donnelly Chocolates
Becca visits World Famous Donnelly Chocolates in Santa Cruz, where Richard Donnelly shows us how he makes fine chocolate.
Profile: Class of ’54
Profile on Santa Cruz High School’s Class of 1954. These Class mates still meet up at lunch once a month and have for years. This is the story of friendship in a small town.
Profile: Jean Harman, W.A.S.P.
84-year-old Jean Harman first took to the skies as a seven-year-old child. Inspired by Amila Earhardt, she went on to get her pilot’s license at 18 and then later served as a WASP during World War II, ferrying North American AT-6’s.
Profile: Jill Tarter, Astronomer, SETI
Dr. Jill Cornell Tarter is an American astronomer and the current director of the Center for SETI Research. The mission of the SETI Institute (Search for Extra-terrestrial Intelligence) is to explore, understand and explain the origin, nature and prevalence of life in the universe. Tarter’s astronomical work is illustrated in Carl Sagan’s novel Contact.
Profile: Natalie Batalha, Planet Hunter
Natalie Batalha is a planet hunter. Batalha is a co-investigator for NASA’s Kepler mission, whose objective is to find earth-sized planets orbiting other stars in our galaxy.
Profile: Scott Weaver, Toothpick Artist
The man built the city of San Francisco…with TOOTHPICKS! A cute story about Scott Weaver and his amazing sculpture.
Profile: Roy Diaz
Emmy Award winning story about a Bataan Death March survivor, Sgt. Roy Diaz from Salinas, CA.
Profile: Roger Castillo, Citizen Scientist
The remarkable story about Roger Castillo, who discovered a the bones of a baby Colombian Mammoth in the Guadalupe River while walking his dog in San Jose.
Profile: Dr. Sandra Faber
Dr Sandra Faber diagnosed the problems with the Hubble Telescope and along with her team, developed a solution to fix the failure. Dr Faber is the Chair of Astronomy and Astrophysics at UC Santa Cruz. She has received numerous awards, including the 2009 Bower Award for Achievement in Science.
