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Print

• Maclean’s Magazine “When B.C. gets hit” (May 16, 2005)
• Delhi Newsline “CM’s (Chief Minister’s) Office to be Quake-resistant” (April 28, 2005)
• JO (Jordan) Magazine “When the Earth Moves” (March 2005)
• The Chronicle of Philanthropy “Learning the Lessons of Disaster” (Jan. 20, 2005)
• The Chronicle of Philanthropy “Learning the Lessons of Disaster” (Jan. 20, 2005)
• The New Republic “Rising Tide” (Jan. 17, 2005)
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel “Preventive Steps Could Make World’s Next Disaster Less Painful” (Jan. 9, 2005)
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• La Presse “Un fossé sismique sépare riches et pauvres” [A Seismic Gap Separates Rich and Poor] (Jan. 4, 2005)
• International Herald Tribune “Disasters Ahead May Be Worse” (Jan. 3, 2005)


• The New York Times “The Future of Calamity” (Jan. 2, 2005)
• The Washington Post “The Tidal Wave That Touches Our Safe Shore” (Dec. 30, 2004)


• The Washington Post “When Disaster Strikes” (Dec. 27, 2004)


• The Vancouver Sun “450,000 B.C. Kids Face Quake Danger in Schools” (Aug. 4, 2004)


• San Jose Mercury News “Shaky Ground” (May 25, 2004)


• San Francisco Chronicle “Experts Find Fault With Miniseries” (April 30, 2004)
• The Times of India “When the Ground Beneath Your Feet Shakes” (April 16, 2004)
• La Stampa “Terremoti Uguali, Drammi Diversi” [Similar Earthquakes, Dissimilar Destruction] Feb. 18, 2004)
• U.S. News & World Report “Aftershock” (Jan. 12, 2004)
• The Washington Post “Quake Disasters Can Be Prevented” Opinion (Dec. 30, 2003)
• Science News “On Shifting Ground” (Aug. 23, 2003)
• Los Angeles Times “Comparing Earthquakes Aids Scientists” (May 24, 2003)
• Ventura County Star “Deadliest Quake Grows More Likely” (May 2, 2003)
• The Knoxville News Sentinel “Killer Quake Probable in Next Century” (May 1, 2003)
• Gentry “Foundations for the Future” (May 2003)
• India Currents “Natural Hazards” (May 2003)
• San Francisco Chronicle Magazine “On Solid Ground: Brian Tucker Makes It His Business to Assess Cities’ Earthquake Scenarios” (April 6, 2003)
• Civil Engineering Magazine “U.S. Group Begins Seismic Assessment of Cities in India, Central Asia” (Feb. 2003)
• Pomona College Magazine “Outsmarting Disaster” (Winter 2002)
• San Mateo County Times “Group Helps Quake-Prone Nations Retrofit for Safety” (Dec. 30, 2002)
• IndiaWest “Bay Area NGO to Help Indian Cities Prepare for Quakes” (Dec. 20, 2002)
• Silicon Valley Biz Ink “MacArthur Fellow Helping to Shake Things Up” (Dec. 13, 2002)
• Science “Bracing for the Shocks Of the Future” (Nov. 8, 2002)
• Chronicle of Philanthropy “On Solid Ground” (Oct. 31, 2002)
· Palo Alto Weekly “Palo Altan Gets $500,000 to Save World from Earthquakes”
(Sept. 27, 2002)

• USA Today “The Smart Money is on These 24 MacArthur Grant Winners” (Sept. 25, 2002)
• New York Times “Winners of MacArthur Grants Announced (Sept. 25, 2002)
• Los Angeles Times “Eight Californians Win MacArthur Fellowships” (Sept. 25, 2002)
• Chronicle of Philanthropy “MacArthur Foundation Names 24 New Fellows” (Sept. 25, 2002)
• San Francisco Chronicle “Genius Award for Refrigerator Man, 2nd Bay Area Winner Helps Prevent Quake Damage” (Sept. 25, 2002)
• San Jose Mercury News “Reward for Genius” (Sept. 25, 2002)
• Oakland Tribune “2 Bay Area Scientists Awarded $500,000” (Sept. 25, 2002)
• San Mateo County Times “Stanford Seismologist, S.F. Scientist among 24 “Genius” Grant Winners” (Sept. 25, 2002)
• Contra Costa Times “Two in Bay Area Named MacArthur Genuises” (Sept. 25, 2002)
• Chronicle of Philanthropy “MacArthur Foundation Names 24 New Fellows” (Sept. 25, 2002)
• The New York Times “Study Predicts Worse Quakes in Himalayas” (Aug. 28, 2001)
• San Jose Mercury News “Palo Alto Group Says Know-How for Safe, Cheap Buildings Already Exists” (Feb. 7, 2001)
• San Jose Mercury News “Chilling Quake Threat Haunts L.A.” (Dec. 15, 1999)
• San Jose Mercury News “Quake Experts Headed to Columbia” (Feb. 15, 1999).

Television

• KGO TV (CH. 7 – ABC), San Francisco, CA, News Segment on GHI Response to October 8, 7.6 Earthquake in Pakistan (Oct. 10, 2005).
• CNN International, Hong Kong, Live Q&A with Dr. Tucker on Natural Disasters in Developing Countries (Jan. 12, 2005)
• KNTV (Ch. 11 – NBC), San Francisco, CA, News Segment on Bay Area MacArthur Fellows (Sept. 25, 2002)
• KTVU (Ch. 2 – Fox), Oakland, CA, News Segment on Bay Area MacArthur Fellows (Sept. 25, 2002)

Radio

• NPR “Morning Edition” (Jan. 10, 2005)
• PRI/KCRW “To The Point” (Jan. 3, 2005)
• BBC/PRI/WGBH “The World” (Oct. 15, 2002)
• KALW “Work With Marty Nemko” (Oct. 6, 2002)
• NPR “All Things Considered” (Sept. 25, 2002)

Online Newsmagazines

• Business Standard(www.wired.com/news) “Shaken, but not Stirred!” (Jan. 27, 2007)
• Wired News (www.wired.com/news) “Planners Ferret Out Urban Risks” (Jan. 15, 2005)
• Nepal News (www.nepalnews.com) “Too Little Too Slow” (Jan. 14, 2005)
• Planet Ark (www.planetark.com) “Donors, Poor Nations Get Wakeup Call From Tsunami” (Jan. 13, 2005)
• Jersey City Reporter (jerseycityreporter.com) “Bringing Calm After the Storm” (Jan. 04, 2005)
• National Geographic News (www.nationalgeographic.com/news) “’Supercities’ Vulnerable to Killer Quakes, Expert Warns” (May 5, 2003)
• Geotimes (www.geotimes.org) ”Unnecessary devastation in Iran” (Dec. 31, 2003)
• Geotimes (www.geotimes.org) “Seismologist wins ‘Genius Grant’” (Oct. 4, 2002)