CUNY At The Oscars  Professor Consulted on Winning Dolphins
Documentary  The City University of New York was well
represented at the Oscars this year.  "China's Unnatural
Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province," co-produced by two
professors, was nominated for best documentary short.  And the
crew of the winning documentary feature, "The Cove," received
technical assistance from a Hunter College cognitive psychology
professor.  Ming Xia, political science professor at The College
of Staten Island, and Peter Kwong, professor of Asian American
studies, urban affairs and planning at Hunter College,
collaborated on the 38-minute HBO documentary with
producers/directors Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill. The film was
about the parents of children who perished in the 2008
earthquake that killed about 87,000 people in China. Xia, a
native of Sichuan Province who speaks the local dialect, served
as a guide and translator.  "I was excited to see the film
getting nominated for an Oscar because of the two talented
directo