UCSC in the News

Wildlife biologist Glenn Stewart was quoted in coverage of the shooting of two peregrine falcons in Oakland, including stories in the San Francisco Chronicle and San Jose Mercury News.

The Monterey County Weekly ran a profile of marine biologist John Pearse in its "Local Heroes" series.

The San Jose Mercury News and Santa Cruz Sentinel ran stories about the Weldon Memorial Prize awarded to biomolecular engineer David Haussler.

Examiner.com and SantaCruz.com ran stories about the computer game design program and the Center for Games and Playable Media, featuring associate director Jane Pinckard and computer scientists Micheal Mateas, Jim Whitehead, and Noah Wardrip-Fruin.

Santa Cruz artistic director Marco Barricelli and SSC managing director Kyle Clausen were interviewed for a feature story in the Santa Cruz Sentinel on the company’s upcoming summer season.

Guitar International interviewed music lecturer William Coulter and classical guitar virtuoso Ben Verdery about a tour to promote their second duo album, Happy Here, an eclectic mix of classical repertoire, Irish folk music and the occasional rock tune.

The Santa Cruz Good Times ran a story on associate professor of film and digital media Warren Sack and his research on the social impact of technology.

Poems from an upcoming book by humanities lecturer Gary Young—Santa Cruz County’s first poet laureate, who teaches creative writing and directs the Cowell Press—were published by santacruz.com.

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