UCSC in the news

December

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  December 31, 2015 - Diablo Magazine

  The Unflinching Eye: Filmmaker Cary Fukunaga

  Diablo Magazine featured an extensive profile of acclaimed filmmaker and UC Santa Cruz history alumnus Cary Fukunaga.

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  December 31, 2015 - Indiewire

  Oscar Shortlisted Doc Short 'Last Day of Freedom' is a Gentle Animated Look at Complex Issues

  Indiewire ran an article about Last Day of Freedom, a film by associate professor of film and digital media Dee Hibbert-Jones that is shortlisted for an Academy Award nomination in the category of Best Documentary, Short Subject.
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  December 29, 2015 - Variety

  The Curious Case of the Missing Women in Film Criticism

  Film and digital media professor B. Ruby Rich was quoted in Variety for an article about the lack of women in the field of film criticism.

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  December 27, 2015 - Cambridge Times

  Why France is failing its Muslims

  Anthropology professor Mayanthi Fernando was interviewed by the Cambridge Times, an Ontario, Canada newspaper in a report about Muslims in France and Canada.

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  December 28, 2015 - Los Angeles Times

  Daniel Press: To help stop global warming, curb short-lived pollutants

  Environmental studies professor Daniel Press and Veerabhadran Ramanathan of UC San  Diego co-wrote an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times calling for restrictions on methane, carbon soot, ozone and hydrofluorocarbon coolants.

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  December 22, 2015 - Daily Mail

  Aerosols are causing global warming on Jupiter

  Research on Jupiter's atmosphere by planetary scientist Xi Zhang was featured in an article in the Daily Mail (U.K.).
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  December 17, 2015 - KPIX

  Scientists raise new concerns about toxic algae bloom

  KPIX TV and KTVU TV interviewed ocean scientist Raphael Kudela about his research on the west coast toxic algae bloom. Kudela was also featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about the unprecedented toxic algae bloom.
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  December 09, 2015 - New Scientist

  Frozen kingdom: The lost world under Antarctica’s ice

  Glaciologist Slawek Tuiaczyk was featured in a New Scientist magazine article about the expedition that drilled into subglacial Lake Whillans in Antarctica.
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  December 16, 2015 - Gizmodo

  There's mercury in California fog

  Environmental toxicologist Peter Weiss-Penzias was quoted in coverage of his research on mercury in fog, including stories in Popular Science, Gizmodo, CNBC, Santa Cruz Sentinel, San Jose Mercury News, Contra Costa Times, and Good Times Weekly.
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  December 15, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Rydell fellowships in the arts announced

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran an article announcing that three faculty members from the Arts Division were awarded Rydell Visual Arts Fellowships by the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County.
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  December 15, 2015 - National Public Radio

  Scientists see U.N. climate accord as a good start, but just a start

  Marine biologist Kristy Kroeker was quoted in a National Public Radio story about the U.N. climate agreement. The story was broadcast on public radio stations across the country.
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  December 15, 2015 - Astronomy

  Gamma rays tell story of their travels

  Physicists Jonathan Biteau, Caitlin Johnson, and David Williams were quoted in coverage of their study of gamma rays from a distant blazar, including stories from Astronomy, PhysOrg, Smithsonian, and other media outlets.
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  December 13, 2015 - Truthout

  T.J. Demos: Playful protesters use art to draw attention to inadequacy of Paris climate talks

  T.J. Demos, professor of history of art and visual culture, wrote a news analysis in Truthout on activists who created a variety of protests at the UN climate talks in Paris.

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  December 14, 2015 - Washington Post

  Many exoplanets may hide water in their thick clouds

  Astronomer Jonathan Fortney was featured in coverage of his team's research on "hot Jupiter" exoplanets, including stories in the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Fox News, Space.com, Sky & Telescope, Sci-News, Tech Times, Space Daily, EarthSky, Discovery News, and other media outlets.
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  December 14, 2015 - San Jose Mercury News

  California's stranded sea lions suffering from brain damage caused by algal blooms

  Widespread coverage of a study of sea lions with brain damage from algal toxins included stories in the San Jose Mercury News, San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Post, Newsweek, KTVU, Discovery News, NBC News, Reuters, Sacramento Bee, Yahoo News, Daily Mail, Guardian, Science, National Geographic, UPI, and other media outlets.
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  December 12, 2015 - San Jose Mercury News

  Ocean acidification: 'Evil twin' of global warming threatens Monterey Bay

  Marine biologist Kristy Kroeker was quoted in a story about ocean acidification in the San Jose Mercury News and Santa Cruz Sentinel.
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  December 11, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Deep-sea corals illuminate past and present ocean dynamics

  Ocean scientists Matthew McCarthy and Kelton McMahon were featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about their research using deep sea corals to study past ocean dynamics and climate.
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  December 11, 2015 - Science News

  Debate grows over whether X‑rays are a sign of dark matter

  Physicists Stefano Profumo and Tesla Jeltema are quoted in a Science News story about the debate over evidence of dark matter signals. 
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  December 10, 2015 - Astronomy

  Top space stories of 2015: Scientists spot youngest cluster of galaxies

  The discovery of a quartet of quasars by astronomer J. Xavier Prochaska and colleagues was featured as one of Astronomy magazine's "Top Space Stories of 2015."
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  December 09, 2015 - Boom: A Journal of California

  Rethinking Shari’a, Voices of Islam in California

  An article on Muslims in California by Mark Fathi Massoud, associate professor of politics, and Kathleen M. Moore, of UC Santa Barbara, was published online in Boom: A Journal of California, a quarterly published by UCLA. The editors published the piece early because of its timeliness.

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  December 07, 2015 - Morning Ag Clips

  Internships support agroecology track

  The agriculture trade website Morning Ag Clips picked up the piece about agroecology internships on campus.

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  December 10, 2015 - Earth Island Journal

  More than words

  The Earth Island Journal featured a story about work by assistant professor of linguistics Maziar Toosarvandani to save an endangered Northern Paiute dialect that’s now down to a handful of speakers.
  
  
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  December 10, 2015 - The Navhind Times

  Politics of Sexuality

  The Navhind Times featured an interview with associate professor of feminist studies Anjali Arondekar about her research on the politics of sexuality in India.
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  December 07, 2015 - Washington Post

  Mark Massoud: How can universities deal with racism? Learn from war zones

  The Washington Post published an op-ed by politics professor Mark Fathi Massoud on how universities can learn from post-war reconciliation when responding to allegations of racism.

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  December 05, 2015 - Yahoo News

  Is climate change killing American starfish?

  Marine biologist Melissa Miner was quoted in a story about sea star wasting disease from AFP news wire that was widley distributed and ran in Yahoo News, Daily Tribune, PhysOrg, New Age, Manila Bulletin, and other media outlets.
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  December 05, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Scientists transform space research, tech with fleets of tiny satellites

  Planetary scientist Ian Garrick-Bethell was quoted in a story in the Santa Cruz Sentinel and Contra Costa Times about the use of small "cube satellites" in space research.
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  December 04, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Climate: The ‘blob’ is gone, but not its problems

  Ocean scientist Clarissa Anderson was featured in a story about the unusual oceanographic conditions on the west coast in the Santa Cruz Sentinel and Monterey Herald.
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  December 04, 2015 - KSBW

  Robot wars at UC Santa Cruz

  KSBW TV covered the robotics competition in computer engineer Gabe Elkaim's mechatronics course.
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  December 03, 2015 - Interview magazine

  Interview with Cary Fukunaga

  An interview with Emmy Award-winning history alumus Cary Fukunaga by acclaimed documentary filmmaker Michael Moore in Interview magazine noted that Fukunaga "did his undergraduate work with the fightin' Banana Slugs of UC Santa Cruz."

November

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  November 30, 2015 - Rolling Stone magazine

  Acid Tests Turn 50: Wavy Gravy, Merry Prankster Ken Babbs Look Back

  UC Santa Cruz's Grateful Dead Archivist Nicholas Meriwether was quoted in Rolling Stone magazine for an article about the 50th anniversary of an event with Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters that took place in Santa Cruz, providing a launching point for the Grateful Dead and a public turning point for the counterculture that followed. Stories also appeared in the San Jose Mercury News and the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
  
  

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  November 23, 2015 - Huffington Post

  Best Films Books of 2015

  The Huffington Post included "Lois Weber in Early Hollywood," a book by film and digital media professor Shelley Stamp, in an article about "books every film buff or film historian will want to know about" published in 2015.
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  November 19, 2015 - Philadelphia Inquirer

  Jesse Thorn bringing hip radio variety show 'Bullseye' to Philadelphia

  The Philadelphia Inquirer featured a story about alumnus Jesse Thorn, noting that he started his nationally syndicated public radio show Bullseye, then called The Sound of Young America, while a student at UC Santa Cruz, adding, "Think of what Thorn does as Fresh Air if Terry Gross had a passion for hip-hop and alternative comedy."
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  November 25, 2015 - U.S. News and World Report

  From Megaphones to Muzzles: Free speech is under fire on college campuses

  Feminist studies professor Bettina Aptheker was quoted in a U.S. News and World Report article about how attacks on free speech at college campuses are now coming from students.
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  October 01, 2015 - Recycling Today

  Driven by data: UC Santa Cruz uses data and automation to drive to zero-waste

  Recycling Today reported on campus grounds services use of technology to both reduce waste and to make waste collection more efficient.

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  November 18, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Tandy Beal & Co.’s ‘Nutz’ returns with a dazzling re-imagination of a Christmas season classic

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a story about a collaboration between the Theater Arts Department and Tandy Beal & Company for a three-week holiday show featuring over 30 dancers and world circus artists.
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  November 23, 2015 - KION

  UC Santa Cruz gets big honor in stopping food waste

  KION television news was on hand as the Environmental Protection Agency presented UC Santa Cruz Dining with the top national award for food waste source reduction – reducing wasted food on the front-end through training, menu-planning, and ordering.

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  November 21, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Minimum wage coalition forms in Santa Cruz

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel wrote about a coalition forming to raise the minimum wage that was announced at the Working for Dignity event organized by the UCSC Center for Labor Studies and sociology professor Steve McKay.

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  November 20, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Surfin’ Staches brings wackiness to Cowell Beach to raise funds for mens health research

  Cancer genomics expert Josh Stuart was quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about the "Surfin' Staches" fundraiser for prostate cancer research organized by the Genomics Institute.
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  November 18, 2015 - Good Times Weekly

  Algae doom

  Ocean scientist Raphael Kudela was quoted in a Good Times Weekly article about the toxic algae bloom that has closed the Dungeness crab season.
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  November 18, 2015 - Nature

  Genetics: Big hopes for big data

  Biomolecular engineer Josh Stuart was quoted in a Nature article about advances in cancer genomics.
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  November 01, 2015 - En Route Air Canada

  Interview with Melissa Caldwell

  En Route, the in-flight magazine of Air Canada, published a profile and interview with anthropology professor Melissa Caldwell.

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  November 16, 2015 - KION

  UCSC takes proactive approach to protecting students abroad

  KION reported on UC Santa Cruz students who are studying in Paris.

   

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  November 12, 2015 - KSBW-TV

  Movie filmed on Central Coast nearly 100 years ago

  KSBW-TV featured a story about a project by UC Santa Cruz alumnus James Mockoski to restore the silent suffrage film, Mothers of Men, filmed in Santa Cruz nearly 100 years ago, including an interview with film and digital media professor Shelley Stamp. The Santa Cruz Sentinel also featured a front page story on the project.
  
  
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  November 12, 2015 - Atlantic Magazine

  Visiting Day: The Unrelenting Stress of Family Prison Visits

  The Atlantic featured Visiting Day, a new short by film and digital media assistant professor Jennifer Maytorena Taylor, about the personal and financial toll that incarceration takes on prisoners’ loved ones, in its "Editors Picks," a curated showcase of short films selected by the magazine.

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  November 17, 2015 - San Jose Mercury News

  Bay Area Dungeness crab fishermen stoic despite financial hardship

  Ocean scientist Raphael Kudela was quoted in a story about the delay of the Dungeness crab season that ran in the San Jose Mercury News, Contra Costa Times, Santa Cruz Sentinel, San Mateo County Times, Tri-Valley Herald, Alameda Times-Star, and other Bay Area newspapers.
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  November 16, 2015 - Photonics

  Optofluidic systems detect Ebola, flu viruses

  Electrical engineer Holger Schmidt was quoted in an article in Photonics Media about his research on optofluidic technology for virus detection.
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  November 11, 2015 - KQED

  Santa Cruz students track working poor with ‘Census of the Invisible’

  KQED News printed a version of a California Health Report on the “Working for Dignity” project by sociology professor Steve McKay’s class.

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  November 11, 2015 - Good Times

  Brutes of Labor

  Good Times Weekly covered the “Working for Dignity” event in Watsonville on wage theft and the issue of low-wage work in Santa Cruz County.

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  November 07, 2015 - Watsonville Register-Pajaronian

  Study launches wage theft clinics

  The Watsonville Register-Pajaronian reported on the “Working for Dignity” event in Watsonville and associated clinics to help workers in cases of wage theft.

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  November 11, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Former state Poet Laureate Al Young to read at Morton Marcus event

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about award-winning poet, novelist, and former UC Santa Cruz lecturer Al Young, who is this year's featured guest at the sixth annual Morton Marcus Memorial Poetry Reading taking place at the UC Santa Cruz campus.
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  November 12, 2015 - Good Times Weekly

  Storm warning

  Geologist Gary Griggs is featured in a Good Times Weekly cover story about El Nino weather patterns and expected impacts on the Central Coast.
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  November 11, 2015 - Science News

  Phobos starting to crack under pressure

  Planetary science grad student Mikey Nayak was quoted in a Science News article about Mars's moon Phobos.
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  November 06, 2015 - San Francisco Chronicle

  If you don’t have to buy flood insurance, should you?

  Hydrogeologist Andrew Fisher was quoted in Kathleen Pender's business column in the San Francisco Chronicle about El Nino and flood insurance. 
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  November 08, 2015 - San Jose Mercury News

  California's first offshore wind farm proposed near Hearst Castle

  IMS director Gary Griggs was quoted in a San Jose Mercury News story about plans to build an offshore wind farm off the coast of Morro Bay.
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  November 04, 2015 - USA Today

  More than a decade after release, they all come back

  Distinguished psychology professor Craig Haney was quoted in a USA Today article that followed nine Texas inmates who were released from prison in 2002. The Crime Report published its own article about the USA Today article.

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  November 06, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Social sciences break research frontiers

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel attended the Social Sciences Research Frontiers Evening and published a wrap-up article along with a nice photo.

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  November 05, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Wage theft clinic Thursday in Watsonville

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel wrote an advance article on a Working for Dignity event in Watsonville. Bloomberg Business also picked up the article.

   

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  November 05, 2015 - KQED Quest

  Mercury in San Francisco Bay

  Environmental toxicologist Russ Flegal is featured in a KQED Quest program about mercury in San Francisco Bay, broadcast on many state public television stations.
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  November 04, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Santa Cruz proves an incubator for genomics technology

  Genomics experts David Haussler and Ed Green are featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel article about local genomics technology companies based on UCSC research.
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  November 04, 2015 - Sacramento Bee

  California health officials warn of toxic crab, seek delay in Dungeness season

  Marine scientists Raphael Kudela and Clarissa Anderson were featured in news coverage of the delay of the Dungeness crab season due to the toxin domoic acid from an unprecedented toxic algae bloom along the west coast, including stories from the Sacramento Bee, San Francisco Chronicle, Santa Cruz Sentinel, KQED Radio, National Public Radio, KCBS Radio, KPCC Radio, Huffington Post, Al Jazeera, Wired, Bloomberg News, and KION TV.
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  November 02, 2015 - Radiolab

  Musical DNA

  Radiolab, a nationwide syndicated radio program produced by New York City public radio station WNYC, featured a piece about emeritus professor of music David Cope, who wrote a computer program that creates brand new compositions based on the patterns found in the work of great composers.
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  November 03, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UCSC hosts film executives for free panel

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a story about "The Business of Entertainment," an Arts Division public panel of industry leaders in film and television, quoting Arts Dean David Yager and panelist David Korduner, a UCSC alumnus who is Associate National Executive Director of the Directors Guild of America. The story was picked up by Bloomberg Business.
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  November 02, 2015 - Nature World News

  White-nose syndrome: Devastating disease found in Chinese bats

  Biologists Joseph Hoyt and Marm Kilpatrick were quoted in coverage of their discovery of the bat disease white-nose syndrome in China, including stories from Nature World News, PhysOrg, Science Codex, and others.
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  November 02, 2015 - Environmental Monitor

  Scientists dig hundreds of meters beneath subarctic seafloor for climate answers

  Paleoceanographers Karla Knudson and Christina Ravelo were featured in an Environmental Monitor news story about their research on climate change and the Bering Sea.
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  November 02, 2015 - New Scientist

  Molten metal storms rage on orphan planet that lost its star

  Astronomy grad student Caroline Morley was quoted in a New Scientist article about a planet with an atmosphere of molten metal.

October

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  October 29, 2015 - KPBS

  Edison never told federal regulators of San Onofre equipment design flaw

  Daniel Hirsch, a lecturer in nuclear policy, was quoted by San Diego public radio station KPBS in a report on the San Onofre nuclear power plant. 

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  October 29, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Students sink teeth into food justice issues

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel joined 300 middle and hich school students on the UCSC farm for a harvest festival put on by Food, What?!

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  October 19, 2015 - Wall Street Journal

  Radiation sensors in major U.S. cities turned off because they don’t work

  A Wall Street Journal report on radiation sensors installed across the country in the aftermath of 9/11 included expert comments and observations by Daniel Hirsch, a lecturer in nuclear policy at UCSC.

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  October 22, 2015 - NPR

  The startling racial divide in pay for restaurant workers

  A study co-authored by Chris Benner, professor of sociology and environmental studies, was the subject of numerous reports including NPR and the Oakland Tribune.

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  October 19, 2015 - Modern Farmer

  A Q&A with Mark Lipson: How has organic certification stood up to the test of time?

  Alumnus Mark Lipson, now a researcher with the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, was the subject of an interview in Modern Farmer.

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  October 28, 2015 - Al Jazeera

  Antarctica's science seekers

  Glaciologist Slawek Tulaczyk was on an episode of Al Jazeera's "The Stream" about research in Antarctica.
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  October 31, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UC Santa Cruz study shows female mosquitofish have larger ecological impact than male mosquitofish

  Biologists Eric Palkovacs and David Fryxell were featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about their research on mosquitofish.
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  October 27, 2015 - San Francisco Chronicle

  Cassini spacecraft set to dive into Saturn moon’s jetting vapors

  Planetary scientist Francis Nimmo was quoted in a San Francisco Chronicle story about the Cassini mission to study Saturn's moon Enceladus.
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  October 26, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Carmel Film Festival to screen UCSC film professor’s documentary

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a story on a new documentary film by assistant film and digital media professor Jennifer Maytorena Taylor about gang violence intervention workers that screened at the Carmel International Film Festival and debuted on Al Jazeera America television.
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  October 23, 2015 - UPI

  Astronomers watch supermassive black hole shred star

  Astrophysicist Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz was quoted in a UPI story about new observations of a black hole destroying a star.
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  October 22, 2015 - Nature World News

  Sea ice and circulation: North Pacific sea ice plays significant role

  Ocean scientists Christina Ravelo and Karla Knudson were quoted in coverage of their research on the role of sea ice in ocean circulation and climate, including stories from Nature World News, PhysOrg, Space Daily, and Science 2.0.
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  October 22, 2015 - PhysOrg

  Mummified seals reveal ecological impact of ice change

  Paleontologists Paul Koch and Emily Brault were quoted in a PhysOrg story about their research on mummified seal remains in Antarctica that hold clues to the impact of past climate change on Antarctic seal species.
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  October 22, 2015 - NIH Director's Blog

  Shining light on Ebola virus for faster diagnosis

  Electrical engineer Holger Schmidt's research on a biosensor chip system for detection of Ebola virus was featured on the blog of NIH Director Francis Collins.
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  October 21, 2015 - Scientific American

  Astronomers may have witnessed two black hole births

  Astrophysicist Stan Woosley was quoted in a Scientific American article about dying stars that become black holes.
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  October 14, 2015 - National Geographic

  Where do pumas den?

  The Santa Cruz Puma Project was featured in a National Geographic online report on puma dens.

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  October 15, 2015 - California Health Report

  ‘Census of the Invisible’ documents the plight of the working poor in coastal California

  The “Working for Dignity” project by sociology professor Steve McKay’s class was featured in the California Health Report, an independent, non-profit journalism project covering health and health policy throughout California.

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  October 12, 2015 - KLIV

  Inside Silicon Valley on KLIV radio in San Jose

  Professor Chris Benner, environmental studies and sociology, was interviewed on KLIV radio show "Inside Silicon Valley" about his new book “Equity, Growth, and Community: What the Nation Can Learn From America’s Metro Areas.”

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  October 20, 2015 - Scientific American

  Study Sees Ecological Risks as Solar Expands

  Biologist Barry Sinervo was quoted in an article in Scientific American and Climate Central about the ecological impacts of large solar energy installations.
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  October 20, 2015 - Bio-IT World

  Dovetail Genomics Launches Genome Assembly Service with Twist on Hi-C Method

  Biomolecular engineer Ed Green is quoted in a Bio-IT World news story about Dovetail Genomics, a company based on genome assembly technology developed by Green's lab at UC Santa Cruz.
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  October 15, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UCSC Research Review Day highlights engineering achievements

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel covered Research Review Day at the Baskin School of Engineering, with quotes from engineering dean Joe Konopelski and biomolecular engineers David Deamer and Mark Akeson.
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  October 14, 2015 - Guardian

  Handheld DNA reader revolutionary and democratising, say scientists

  Biomolecular engineer Mark Akeson was quoted in stories about a new handheld DNA sequencing device based on nanopore technology developed in part at UC Santa Cruz, including articles in the Guardian, Medical News Today,Medical Device Technology, Biospace, and other media outlets.
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  October 06, 2015 - Medical News Today

  Study reveals key structure in telomerase enzyme, a target for cancer drugs

  Biochemist Michael Stone's research on the telomerase enzyme was covered by Medical News Today, Bionity, and other outlets.
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  October 06, 2015 - R&D Magazine

  On-chip optical sensing technique used to detect multiple flu strains

  Electrical engineer Holger Schmidt's work on novel optical biosensor technology was covered in R&D Magazine, Medical News Today, Bionity, Health Canal, and other outlets.
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  October 05, 2015 - Watsonville Register-Pajaronian

  'A very optimistic experience:' UC Santa Cruz celebrates a half-century

  The Watsonville Register-Pajaronian wrote about the campus's 50th anniversary by visiting with a pioneer alumna who 50 years ago had been followed by the paper on her first day of classes.

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  October 03, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UC researchers combat deadly bat fungus

  Biologist Winifred Frick was quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about research on white-nose syndrome in bats. 
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  October 05, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Donation supports UC Santa Cruz Natural Reserves

  Biologists Gage Dayton and Beth Howard were quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about the Webster Presidential Chair for the UC Santa Cruz Natural Reserves.

September

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  September 30, 2015 - Space.com

  Something strange is happening inside Saturn

  Astronomer Jonathan Fortney was quoted in a story about puzzling features of Saturn from MSN, Space.com, Yahoo, and other outlets.
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  September 28, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UCSC visionaries honored at celebration

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel attended the Fiat Fifty Founders Celebration and wrote an article about it.

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  September 27, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UC Santa Cruz’s inaugural year was unlike any experience before, or since

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel published a Sunday page one feature on UCSC’s first year, 1965.

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  September 25, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Oakland artist Raymond Saunders featured at UCSC

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel announced that celebrated Oakland painter and artist Raymond Saunders is the center of a new exhibit opening at the Mary Porter Sesnon Gallery at UC Santa Cruz titled “Raymond Saunders: Black is a Color.”
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  September 27, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Endowed chair established at UC Santa Cruz

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a story about a gift from arts alumnus Ken Corday that helped establish a new Presidential Chair in writing for television and film, quoting David Yager, dean of the Arts Division, and Irene Gustafson, chair of the Film and Digital Media Department.

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  September 24, 2015 - Wallet Hub

  2015’s States Where Hispanics Are Most Assimilated

  Catherine S. Ramírez, associate professor of Latin American and Latino studies,  was quoted in an “ask the experts” portion of an article about Hispanic assimilation in Wallet Hub, an online site based in Washington, D.C.

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  September 24, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UCSC Foundation honors food activist Alice Waters

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel interviewed Alice Waters in advance of the Founders Celebration where she will receive the UC Santa Cruz Foundation medal.

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  September 25, 2015 - Optics & Photonics News

  A Chip-Based System for Detecting Ebola

  Coverage of electrical engineer Holger Schmidt's development of chip-based technology for Ebola detection includes stories in Optics & Photonics News, CNET, Yahoo, Gizmodo, Medical News Today, Santa Cruz Tech Beat, Biotechnology News, Nanotech Now, Times of India, and other media outlets.
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  September 23, 2015 - Los Angeles Times

  Three California universities celebrate 50 years

  The Los Angeles Times wrote about the 50^th anniversary of UC Santa Cruz (and two other California universities). The article featured the Founders celebration and quoted Chancellor Blumenthal.

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  September 23, 2015 - U.S. News and World Report

  San Francisco Bay Area College Road Trip: UC—Santa Cruz

  US News and World Report visits UC Santa Cruz in its college road trip feature in the 2016 edition of the Best Colleges guidebook, calling it a “nature-lover’s dream.”

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  September 15, 2015 - New York Times

  'The Roots of Organic Farming on Campus'

  New York Times columnist and food advocate Mark Bittman describes his spring visit to the UC Santa Cruz farm in an op-ed column and accompanying video.
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  September 18, 2015 - Inside Science

  Citizen science atop urban cliffs

  Biologist Glenn Stewart is featured in a story from Inside Science about the Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Group's work with peregrine falcons
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  September 18, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Exhibit tells the story of UCSC campus design

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran an article about “An Uncommon Place: Shaping the UC Santa Cruz Campus,” an exhibit on campus featuring architectural images and renderings from the university’s earliest years.
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  September 18, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Whale fossil uncovered in Scotts Valley

  Paleontologist Matthew Clapham was quoted in stories about a whale fossil found in Scotts Valley from the Santa Cruz Sentinel, Monterey Herald, Christian Science Monitor, Inside Bay Area, Tech Times, and other media outlets.
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  September 15, 2015 - The Atlantic

  Fighting Ebola with a palm-sized DNA sequencer

  Biomolecular engineer Mark Akeson was quoted in an Atlantic magazine story about the use of nanopore sequencing, a technology pioneered at UCSC, to help fight the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
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  September 15, 2015 - National Geographic

  Starfish are still dying, but here's reason for hope

  Marine ecologist Pete Raimondi is quoted in an update on sea star wasting disease from National Geographic.
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  September 15, 2015 - Quanta

  How the body’s trillions of clocks keep time

  Biochemist Carrie Partch is featured in an article about biological clocks in the online magazine Quanta.
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  September 15, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UCSC professor studying hearts say Maverick’s surfer had highest recorded rate

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about biologist Terrie Williams and her research on heart rates in athletes and wild animals.
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  September 10, 2015 - CNBC

  Toxic algae may threaten West Coast marine economy for years

  CNBC ran an in-depth story on the toxic algae bloom along the west coast, with quotes from ocean scientist Raphael Kudela.
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  September 08, 2015 - Edible Monterey Bay

  Pie potluck and dinner to celebrate hay barn renovation at UCSC

  Edible Monterey Bay online published a thorough article about the Hay Barn dedication, wrapping in details about the barn’s reconstruction and future uses as a multi-use teaching, office and event space.

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  September 07, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Farm to label: Alumnus helped bring organic labeling policy to the nation

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel published an article about alumnus Mark Lipson who was closely involved in helping set national organic food labeling standards and has now joined the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems as a research associate.

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  September 08, 2015 - Smithsonian

  When Seals Molt, They Leave Behind Mercury

  Environmental toxicologists Russ Flegal and Jennifer Cossaboon were quoted in coverage of their research on mercury in molted hair from elephant seals, including stories in the Australian, BBC Radio, KPCC Radio, New Scientist, Science News, Washington Post, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Yahoo News, PhysOrg, Xinhua, Die Welt, Environmental Research Web, Medical News Today, International Business Times, and other media outlets.
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  August 29, 2015 - International Examiner

  Possibilities remain vibrant within Yamashita’s ‘Anime Wong’

  Literature professor Karen Tei Yamashita was featured in an International Examiner story about her anthology, Anime Wong: Fictions of Performance, documenting the texts of her past performances.
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  September 02, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Dickens Project receives NEH grant

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel announced that the Dickens Project at UC Santa Cruz has received a $119,417 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for a four-week NEH Summer Seminar designed for middle and high school teachers that will be held on campus in 2016.
  
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  September 03, 2015 - Wall Street Journal

  Large number of inmates in solitary poses problem for justice system, study says

  The Wall Street Journal quoted Craig Haney, distinguished professor of psychology, in an article on a report that as many as 100,000 prisoners are being held in solitary confinement in the U.S.

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  September 03, 2015 - Reuters

  Dan Wirls: Why it’s so much easier for Congress to vote for war than peace

  Reuters published an op-ed co-authored by politics professor Dan Wirls on the congressional politics surrounding the Iran nuclear agreement.

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  September 03, 2015 - Surfing Magazine

  Maverick’s At 180 Beats Per Minute

  Biologist Terrie Williams was featured in coverage of her exercise physiology research in Surfing Magazine, Medical News Today, Santa Cruz Waves, Science Blog, Science 360, Medical Xpress, and other media outlets.

August

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  August 27, 2015 - Wired

  What are the odds Stephen Hawking will answer your Reddit AMA question?

  Wired turned to computer scientist Dimitris Achlioptas for help with a statistics question about Stephen Hawking's upcoming Reddit AMA.
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  August 25, 2015 - Relix magazine

  Grateful Dead’s 30 Trips Around the Sun: First Look at Box, Premiere of Music and Essay

  A story in Relix magazine about the upcoming commemorative box set celebrating the Grateful Dead’s 50th anniversary noted that it includes a 288-page book with an extensive essay written by Nicholas Meriwether, the Grateful Dead Archivist at UC Santa Cruz.
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  August 26, 2015 - National Geographic

  From the U.S. to Saudi Arabia, women had to fight to vote

  Distinguished Professor of Feminist Studies Bettina Aptheker was quoted in a Natiional Geographic story about how women around the world have had to actively fight for women’s suffrage.
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  August 25, 2015 - Mother Jones

  A giant glob of deadly algae Is floating off the West Coast

  Coverage of the west coast toxic algae bloom continues with a story in Mother Jones, with quotes from ocean scientist Raphael Kudela.
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  August 23, 2015 - Green Bay Press Gazette

  Talib Akbar's behavior deteriorated during his time in the 'hole’

  An article on solitary confinement by the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Reporting used comments made by Craig Haney, distinguished professor of psychology, to the New York Times and the PBS program Frontline. It was published in the Green Bay Press Gazette and Chippewa Herald.

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  August 18, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UCSC alumnus and film undergrad win awards

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel announced that Emmy Award-winning alumnus Cary Fukunaga and current film and digital media undergraduate student Jeny Amaya have been honored with 2015 Princess Grace Awards.
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  August 21, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Warmer water temperatures bring southern species

  Research diver Colin Gaylord was quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about the effects of unusually warm water on marine life.
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  August 20, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Fog belt: Santa Cruz trees faring better than some in drought

  Michael Loik, associate professor of environmental studies, was quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel article on how trees in the area are suffering from the drought.

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  August 19, 2015 - KQED Forum

  Toxic algae bloom poisons marine life from California to Alaska

  Ocean scientist Raphael Kudela was a guest on KQED Forum to discuss the toxic algae bloom along the West Coast.
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  August 18, 2015 - Seattle Times

  Cascadia fault chatters and pops with little quakes

  Seismologist Susan Schwartz was quoted in a Seattle Times article about earthquakes on the Cascadia fault. The story also ran in several other newspapers in the Pacific Northwest.
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  August 17, 2015 - Modern Farmer

  Meet Alan Chadwick, the high priest of hippie horticulture

  An article in Modern Farmer magazine remembers Alan Chadwick, who started the campus garden that now bears his name and led to the Apprenticeship in Ecological Horticulture. The colorful profile by Santa Cruz writer Sara Solovitch describes how Chadwick arrived, how he left, and how UCSC’s leadership in sustainable agriculture education stems in part from his actions.

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  August 17, 2015 - Sacramento Bee

  It’s not just poor and uneducated Mexicans who move to the U.S.

  Astrophysicist Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz is featured in a story about highly educated Mexicans who move to the United States that ran in the Sacramento Bee and other McClatchy newspapers around the country.
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  August 18, 2015 - Huffington Post

  Arctic GEOTRACES Week One

  Postdoctoral researcher Katlin Bowman is blogging for the Huffington Post about the U.S. GEOTRACES Arctic expedition, which includes ocean scientist Phoebe Lam and other UC Santa Cruz researchers.
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  August 14, 2015 - Sacramento Bee

  California scientists try to stay ahead of bat-killing disease

  Biologists Joseph Hoyt and Winifred Frick are quoted in a Sacramento Bee article about the threat of white-nose syndrome for bats in the western states. 
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  August 14, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Venerable UCSC Arboretum celebrates a half-century of research, teaching and landscape innovation

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a feature story about the 50th anniversary of the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum, with quotes from Phyllis Norris, Stephen McCabe, and Jessica Fiske Bailey.
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  August 14, 2015 - New Scientist

  Extreme measures put California condors on brink of recovery

  Environmental toxicologist Myra Finkelstein is quoted in a New Scientist magazine story about the recovery of the California condor population.
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  August 13, 2015 - Scientific American

  Origin of life: First cells may have been glued together

  Biomolecular engineer David Deamer was quoted in a story about the origins of life in Scientific American and Chemistry World.
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  August 13, 2015 - Washington Post

  The mating game secrets and bloody rivalries of the giant elephant seal

  Biologists Caroline Casey and Colleen Reichmuth were quoted in coverage of their research on elephant seal vocal communications, including stories from the Washington Post, Voice of America, Science Daily, Science Newsline, Nature World News, Yahoo India, Business Standard, and others.
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  August 11, 2015 - Scientific American

  Massive Toxic Algae Blooms May Prove a Sign of Climate Change to Come

  Ocean scientists Raphael Kudela and Clarissa Anderson are quoted in ongoing coverage of the massive bloom of toxic algae along the west coast, including stories from Scientific American, Vice News, Capitol Public Radio, BBC Radio, KSBW TV, National Journal, Climate Wire, and the Monterey Herald.
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  August 01, 2015 - Inside Philanthropy

  What Can Two Recent Grants Tell Us About the Warhol Foundation's Funding Priorities?

  Inside Philanthropy and the Santa Cruz Sentinel featured stories about a grant from the The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts to support an artist residency and exhibition developed by the Institute of the Arts and Sciences at UC Santa Cruz and the Institute of Contemporary Art in San Jose, with help from the UC Lick Observatory.
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  August 02, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UCSC receives $1 million for Dickens Project

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel announced a new $1 million Jordan-Stern Presidential Chair to support literature studies and the Dickens Project in the Humanities Division.
  
  
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  August 05, 2015 - KQED

  What would really happen if a tsunami hit San Francisco?

  Geophysicist Steven Ward is featured in a KQED News story about the possible effects of a tsunami on the San Francisco Bay Area.
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  August 05, 2015 - Boing Boing

  Carry the frustration of injustice in this game about racist police violence

  Boing Boing ran a feature story about a game developed by Akira Thompson, a graduate student in the Games & Playable Media program, in which a player takes the role of a poor black American attempting to go to his corner store and return safely home.

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  August 04, 2015 - Bay Nature

  Edges of extinction

  Ecologist Barry Sinervo is featured in an article in Bay Nature about his research on climate change impacts on reptile and amphibian populations.
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  August 04, 2015 - Associated Press

  Toxic algae blooming in warm water from California to Alaska

  Ocean scientist Raphael Kudela was quoted in an Associated Press story about the toxic algae bloom on the west coast. The story ran in dozens of news outlets throughout the United States, Canada and other countries, including the Orange County Register, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Salinas Californian, Oregon Herald, CBS News, Huffington Post, Yahoo News, CBC News, Vancouver Sun, National Post, Daily Mail, and many others. KION TV interviewed Clarissa Anderson, a research scientist in Kudela's lab.
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  August 03, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UC Santa Cruz researchers use big data to fight cancer

  Genomics researchers David Haussler, Ted Goldstein, and Olena Morozova were quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about a new effort to identify alternate therapies for children with cancer that has not responded to standard therapy. The project was also covered on GenomeWeb, PhysOrg and Medical News.
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  August 04, 2015 - New York Times

  Solitary Confinement: Punished for Life

  Craig Haney, distinguished professor of psychology, and his research on the long-term psychological effects of solitary confinement, are the focus of a New York Times article on the recent attention being paid to the issue. The report resulted in follow-up articles in The Week and Yahoo Finance.

July

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  July 28, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Retrofitting of historic UCSC barn nears completion

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel published a nice update on the construction of the Cowell Ranch Hay Barn.

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  July 30, 2015 - CBC News

  Blue moon, 2nd full moon in July, arrives early Friday

  Astronomer Greg Laughlin was quoted in a CBC News (Canada) story about the "blue moon" on July 31.
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  July 31, 2015 - ABC Science

  Earth's magnetic field much older than previously thought

  Planetary scientist Francis Nimmo is quoted in an ABC Science (Australia) news story about Earth's magnetic field.
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  July 24, 2015 - Pacific Standard

  Seals Take Hearing Tests—and Offer Insight Into Arctic Drilling's Impact on Marine Mammals

  Biollogists Brandon Southall and Jillian Sills were quoted in a Pacific Standard article about the potential impacts on seals of oil exploration and drilling activities in the Arctic.
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  July 23, 2015 - The Washington Post

  The complicated history of capturing racist violence on film

  The Washington Post cited History of Art and Visual Culture Professor Martin Berger's book, Seeing Through Race: A Reinterpretation of Civil Rights Photography, in a story about the impact that images of racist violence had on the Civil Rights Movement.
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  July 23, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UC Santa Cruz summer camp inspires girls with computer science

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel and Santa Cruz Tech Beat covered the Girls in Engineering summer camp, with quotes from computer scientists Charlie McDowell, Linda Werner, and others.
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  July 25, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Study outlines ways to reduce flood risk while protecting natural habitat

  Ocean sciences grad student Juliano Calil was quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about his research on flood risk reduction and habitat restoration. The story also ran in the San Jose Mercury News, Contra Costa Times, Monterey Herald, and Inside Bay Area.
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  July 26, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  'Cement Ship' remains a Central Coast landmark

  Biologists Mark Carr and Dan Costa were quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel article about the "cement ship" at Seacliff and its effect on coastal ecology. The story also ran in the San Jose Mercury News, Contra Costa Times, Monterey Herald, and Inside Bay Area.
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  July 24, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Agroecology advocates meet at UCSC for international conference

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel visited the International Agroecology Shortcourse being held on campus and co-sponsored by UCSC and the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable   Food Systems.

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  July 24, 2015 - National Geographic

  Abruptly warming climate triggered megabeast revolutions

  Biologist Beth Shapiro was quoted in a story about megafauna extinctions during the Pleistocene in Ed Yong's blog for National Geographic.
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  July 23, 2015 - Miami Herald

  Protests light up long Honduran night

  The Miami Herald published an op-ed by history professor Dana Frank about the tens of thousands of people in Honduras who over the past few months have lit their torches in protest against the government’s corruption.
  
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  July 23, 2015 - Good Magazine

  Is it Time to Rethink the Selfie as a Feminist Political Statement?

  A paper by History of Art and Visual Culture assistant professor Derek Conrad Murray in the journal Consumption Markets & Culture (Routledge, UK) titled "Notes to Self: The Visual Culture of Selfies in the Age of Social Media," generated stories in Good magazine, Medical Daily, Yahoo News (Germany), Stile (Italy), Bluewin (Switzerland), and HelloGiggles.com.

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  July 23, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UC Santa Cruz awarded $2 million for human genome variation map

  Genomics researcher Benedict Paten was quoted in coverage of a major grant from the Keck Foundation for his work on a Human Genome Variation Map, including stories from the Santa Cruz Sentinel and Genome Web.
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  July 23, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UCSC students create new tools to archive and explore computer game culture

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about a web-based tool for finding computer games developed by grad students James Ryan and Eric Kaltman, and also quoted professor of computational media Noah Wardrip-Fruin.
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  July 23, 2015 - Wired

  Are there any habitable exoplanets that can hear us?

  Astronomer Greg Laughlin was quoted in stories from Wired, USA Today and the Associated Press about discoveries of potentially habitable planets.
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  July 23, 2015 - Science

  Prospecting for genetic gold

  Biologist Beth Shapiro was featured in a Science magazine story about her research on ancient DNA recovered from mammoth, bison, horse, and other mammal bones exposed by mining in the Yukon.
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  July 22, 2015 - Good Times Weekly

  Boldly going

  The Good Times Weekly interviewed planetary scientist Francis Nimmo about his work with the NASA New Horizons mission to Pluto.
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  July 19, 2015 - Wall Street Journal

  The Magic of Tidying Up—Digitally

  A Wall Street Journal columnist turned to psychology’s Steve Whitaker, professor of human computer interaction, for his expertise in the science of storage and retrieval of digital data.

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  July 16, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UCSC’s specialty crops project will benefit emerging farmers and home gardeners

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel wrote about a state agriculture department grant that will help apprentices at the UCSC farm create training materials for others in the growing of specialty crops. The articled was linked to from Morning Ag Clips.
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  July 14, 2015 - Christian Science Monitor

  Why is the West Antarctic ice sheet melting?

  Earth scientists Andrew Fisher and Slawek Tulaczyk were quoted in coverage of his reserach on geothermal heating in Antarctica, including stories from the Christian Science Monitor, Scientific American, Yahoo, UPI, Space Daily, Science Codex, Environmental News Network, Research & Development, International Business Times, and other media outlets.
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  July 21, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UCSC students seek solutions in salt

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about a team of undergraduates taking part in the International Genetically Engineered Machines Jamboree in Boston.
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  July 20, 2015 - New York Times

  Yuri Milner, Russian entrepreneur, promises $100 million for alien search

  Frank Drake, emeritus professor of astronomy, was quoted in stories from the New York Times, Nature, Boston Globe, Tech Times, Orange County Register, and other media outlets about a new project with major funding to advance the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI).
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  July 17, 2015 - Nature

  Pluto's vast icy plains and gentle hills emerge in new images

  Planetary scientist Francis Nimmo is quoted in Nature news stories about new images of Pluto from NASA's New Horizons mission.
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  July 16, 2015 - Nature

  Polar bear metabolism cannot cope with ice loss

  Biologist Terrie Williams was quoted in stories in Nature and Scientific American about polar bears and shrinking Arctic sea ice.
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  July 15, 2015 - Science News

  Feeding seabirds may give declining populations a boost

  Biologist Simone Vincenzi's research on kittiwakes on an Alaskan island was featured in a Science News story.
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  July 15, 2015 - Los Angeles Magazine

  Surfer William Finnegan explains the powerful allure of the ocean in his new book

  Los Angeles Magazine wrote about alumnus William Finnegan’s experiences at UCSC in its review of his new book Barbarian Days.

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  July 15, 2015 - Los Angeles Times

  Summer windfall as colleges rent out space while students are on break

  Summer programs at UC Santa Cruz are featured in a Los Angeles Times article on how campuses use their facilities when students are on break.

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  July 09, 2015 - National Geographic

  Russians sniff out real cheese as imported dairy ban lingers

  “The Plate,” a National Geographic blog that covers food, quoted anthropology professor Melissa Caldwell in an article on Russians skeptical about ersatz cheese on store shelves. Caldwell is the editor of Gastronomica published by UC Press.

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  July 09, 2015 - Washington Post

  The risk of getting attacked by a shark off California has plummeted sharply since 1950

  Biologist Jim Estes was quoted in a Washington Post article about shark attacks in California.
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  July 06, 2015 - PhysOrg

  Ion channel mechanics yield insights into optogenetics experiments

  Biochemist David Kliger's research on ion channel mechanics was covered by PhysOrg, Medical News Today, Health Canal, Science Daily, Science Newsline, and other outlets.
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  July 07, 2015 - Space.com

  What's inside Saturn moon Enceladus? Geyser timing gives hints

  Planetary scientist Francis Nimmo is quoted in coverage of new studies of Saturn's moon Enceledus, including stories from Space.com, Oregon Herald, and Yahoo News.
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  July 01, 2015 - Bloomberg News

  The Grateful Dead's final farewell tour: Nicholas Meriwether interviewed

  UC Santa Cruz Grateful Dead Archivist Nicholas Meriwether was interviewed on syndicated Bloomberg News for a story about the Grateful Dead's farewell tour and the band's business practices.
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  July 06, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UCSC astronomers court controversy with new telescope in Hawaii

  Astronomer Michael Bolte was quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about the Thirty Meter Telescope project in Hawaii.
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  July 02, 2015 - KION TV

  UCSC researchers play important role in Refugio oil spill response

  KION TV interviewed biologist Karah Ammann about the role of UCSC researchers in the response to the Refugio oil spill.
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  July 01, 2015 - Decode DC

  Justice Kennedy's next crusade? It could be solitary confinement

  A columnist for DeCode DC, an online news service owned by EW Scripps, cited research by psychology professor Craig Haney in a column speculating on whether U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s next target is solitary confinement. The column was reprinted in numerous newspapers across the country.

June

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  June 30, 2015 - National Geographic

  Backpacks on seabirds hint at their navigation secret

  Biologist Dan Costa was quoted in a National Geographic news story about the navigational abilities of shearwaters.
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  June 27, 2015 - ABC

  UCSC elephant seal experts on Ocean Mysteries

  Biologists Daniel Costa, Patrick Robinson, and other members of Costa's lab were featured in an episode of the ABC TV program "Ocean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin" which focused on Costa's elephant seal research program at Ano Nuevo State Reserve. The show was broadcast on ABC stations throughout the country.
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  June 25, 2015 - Gamasutra

  Want to find the right game? UC Santa Cruz debuts a new discoverability tool

  Game news site Gamasutra ran a story about the new game finding services developed by researchers at the UCSC Center for Games and Playable Media.
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  June 22, 2015 - Palo Alto Weekly

  Experts: Rising sea level needs to be top priority

  Geologist Gary Griggs was quoted in a Palo Alto Weekly story about a conference at NASA Ames on the need for coastal cities to prepare for rising sea levels.
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  June 25, 2015 - Beverage Daily

  What do coffee and music have in common? Words of wisdom from the International Congress on Cocoa, Coffee and Tea

  The trade magazine Beverage Daily reported from the Nespresso coffee conversation industry event in Portugal where anthropology professor Melissa Caldwell spoke about why Starbuck’s ill-fated Race Together campaign failed.

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  June 24, 2015 - Huffington Post

  7 lessons I learned as a college freshman that you will benefit from

  Writing in the Huffington Post, Julia Dunn, who recently completed her first year at UC Santa Cruz, offers seven practical tips for incoming students.

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  June 21, 2015 - Bullseye

  Bullseye with Jesse Thorn: Lawrence Weschler on ‘The Uncanny Valley’

  Two Banana Slugs discuss their time at UC Santa Cruz when Lawrence Weschler appears on Jesse Thorn’s public radio program Bullseye to promote his new book “The Uncanny Valley.”

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  June 22, 2015 - Philadelphia Magazine

  The cul-de-sac is dying

  Philadelphia Magazine wrote about environmental studies professor Adam Millard-Ball’s study on the rise and fall of urban sprawl.

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  June 22, 2015 - Atlas Obscura

  A sleep researche'rs attempt to build a bank of dreams

  Research professor Bill Domoff’s DreamBank is featured in an article on Atlas Obscura, a digital media venture devoted to “discovering and sharing the world’s most remarkable places.” The article attracted the attention of the Daily Mail in the UK, which did its own version.  

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  June 23, 2015 - Nature

  Bacteria may help bats to fight deadly fungus

  Biologists Marm Kilpatrick, Winifred Frick, and Kate Langwig were featured in a Nature news story about efforts to combat white-nose syndrome, which is wiping out bat populations in North America.
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  June 19, 2015 - KION TV

  Baby starfish vulnerable to wasting disease, UCSC researchers say

  Biologist Monica Moritsch was featured in a KION TV news story about sea star wasting disease.
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  June 19, 2015 - Los Angeles Times

  Toxic algae bloom shuts down West Coast fisheries

  Ocean scientist Raphael Kudela continues to be featured in ongoing coverage of the toxic algae bloom on the West Coast, including a Los Angeles Times story that ran in numerous other media outlets, as well as stories from Yahoo News, KCBS Radio, Vancouver Sun, Daily Mail, and others.
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  June 18, 2015 - Metro Silicon Valley

  Valley of the Dead, Santa Cruz: How to connect to the history of the Grateful Dead

  McHenry Library's Grateful Dead Archive was featured in a Metro Silicon Valley story on where to learn about the band's place in history, which noted that "the University of California Santa Cruz has been entrusted with the massive task of presiding over the official Grateful Dead archive."
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  June 19, 2015 - Santa Cruz Tech Beat

  Real-time campus shuttle tracker is up and running

  Santa Cruz Tech Beat ran a Q&A with the team that created the new Bus Tracking System (BTS) for campus shuttle buses, including computer engineering prof. Katia Obraczka, graduate student Kerry Veenstra, and undergrads Wade “Simba” Khadder and Kevin Abas.
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  June 19, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Documentary ‘Sand Wars’ highlights local, global sand crises

  Geologist Gary Griggs is featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about the documentary 'Sand Wars.'
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  June 17, 2015 - New York Times

  Traces of earliest stars that enriched cosmos are spied

  Astronomer Garth Illingworth was quoted in a New York Times story about the discovery of a distant galaxy whose stars are made of only hydrogen and helium. The story also ran in the San Francisco Chronicle and other outlets.
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  June 18, 2015 - Marketplace

  On Hawaii, a big telescope stirs conflict

  Astronomer Michael Bolte was quoted in a Marketplace radio story about conflicts over the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope in Hawaii.
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  June 16, 2015 - Seattle Times

  Toxic algae bloom might be largest ever

  Ocean scientist Raphael Kudela was quoted in ongoing coverage of a large bloom of toxic algae along the west coast, including stories from the Seattle Times, KCET Los Angeles, Yahoo News, Reuters, Globe and Mail, Guardian, SF Gate, Tech Times, Nature World News, Juneau Empire, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and other media outlets.
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  June 15, 2015 - The Atlantic

  U.S sprawl peaked in 1994 and has been declining ever since

  CityLab, a blog on The Atlantic.com that follows urban issues, wrote about a paper by environmental studies professor Adam Millard-Ball on the rise and fall of urban sprawl. The Associated Press also wrote about the study; its report appeared in the New York Times and other outlets. Pacific Standard magazine reported on the findings as well.

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  June 15, 2015 - Foodtank

  Transforming food systems with Agroecology

  Foodtank.com, a website focusing on food and food justice issues, published an interview with emeritus professor Steve Gliessman in advance of his agroecology short course which will take place on campus in July.

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  June 05, 2015 - Forbes

  The Grateful Dead Are Releasing An 80-Disc, $700 Collector's Box Set

  Stories about the Grateful Dead's plan to help celebrate their 50th anniversary with the release in September of an 80-disc box set, including an essay by UC Santa Cruz's Grateful Dead Archivist Nicholas Meriwether, appeared in Forbes, Billboard, and on CBS-KPIX TV (San Francisco).
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  June 09, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UCSC Social Documentation program students screen short films at Del Mar

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran an article about the ninth annual exhibition of thesis films from the Film and Digital Media Department’s masters program in Social Documentation at the Del Mar Theater in Santa Cruz.

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  June 12, 2015 - New York Times

  Wave of Protests Spreads to Scandal-Weary Honduras and Guatemala

  The New York Times quoted history professor Dana Frank in a story about the wave of protests against corruption scandals sweeping across Latin America that has now reached Central America.
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  June 12, 2015 - Al Jazeera America

  Native traditional methods revived to combat California drought, wildfires

  Rick Flores, curator of California natives at the Arboretum, was quoted in an Al Jazeera America article about the use of Native American land management practices for combating drought and fire.
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  June 09, 2015 - Salt Lake Tribune

  ‘Real food’: University of Utah commits to a dining-hall overhaul

  The Salt Lake Tribune quoted Tim Galaraneu of CASFS in an article about the University of Utah moving toward boosting the amount of  “real food” in its dining operations.

   

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  June 09, 2015 - Christian Science Monirtor

  LA prisoner released after 43 years in solitary confinement. How can he cope?

  The Christian Science Monitor used a quote from psychology professor Craig Haney in an article about the final “Angola 3" inmate to be released in Louisiana after more than 40 years in solitary confinement. A CNN report from February 2014 featuring Haney is being rebroadcast around the country in light of the news.

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  June 09, 2015 - Newsweek

  Fertilizer 'dead zones' are killing fish

  Coverage of research led by biologist Brent Hughes on the effects of excess nutrients in estuaries included stories from Newsweek, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Monterey Herald, Science Newsline, Science Codex, PhysOrg, and other media outlets.
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  June 08, 2015 - KQED

  California Matters: Mark Bittman’s online video series premieres with ‘Take a Walk on the Wild (Edibles) Side’

  “There’s this amazing 33-acre farm on an academic campus – it’s unheard of,” New York Times food columnist Mark Bittman remarks about the UC Santa Cruz Farm to KQED’s Bay Area Bites for a column on his upcoming video series, “California Matters.”
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  June 05, 2015 - Atlanta-Journal Constitution

  Advocates urge new ethical code for foreign teacher recruitment

  The Atlanta Journal-Constitution covered a announcement in Washington, D.C. featuring education professor Lora Bartlett calling for protecting the rights of international teachers in U.S. schools.

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  June 03, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UCSC’s Bob Shepherd named outstanding educator by state CPA society

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel published a very nicely written article on Bob Shepherd, the lecturer emeritus in accounting, who won an annual teaching award from the state CPA’s association.

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  June 06, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UC Santa Cruz Libraries receive $1 million donation

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about University Librarian Elizabeth Cowell being honored as the inaugural appointee to a $1 million Richard L. Press University Librarian Presidential Chair, made possible by a $500,000 gift from The Helen and Will Webster Foundation, matched by the UC Regents.
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  June 04, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Music Review: UCSC charms with 'Little Prince' opera

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel gave a rave review to a performance by UC Santa Cruz's award-winning opera program of "The Little Prince."
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  June 03, 2015 - Genetic Engineering News

  Cancer protein halts ticking of biological clock

  Biochemist Carrie Partch's research on the biological clock was covered by Genetic Engineering News, Medical News Today, Health Tech, Drug Discovery & Development, Health Canal, Zee News, Business Standard, Vancouver Desi, and other media outlets.
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  June 01, 2015 - BBC Radio

  Resurrection

  Biologist Beth Shapiro was interviewed on a BBC Radio program about resurrecting extinct species, which was also broadcast on many U.S. public radio stations.
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  June 01, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UC Santa Cruz students tackle human waste with public events

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about a UC Santa Cruz wastewater research class that held two public events centered on human waste and how it’s treated, quoting associate professor of art Jennifer Parker, chair of UCSC’s art department and co-director of OpenLab, which collaborated to sponsor the events.
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  June 01, 2015 - Al Jazeera America

  U.S. underwrites corruption and violence in Honduras

  History professor Dana Frank contributed an op-ed to Al Jazeera America about how Washington continues to prop up Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández's regime, despite its blatant disregard for human rights.

May

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  May 29, 2015 - Science

  Rock-paper-scissors may explain evolutionary 'games' in nature

  Biologist Barry Sinervo was quoted in a Science magazine article about 'rock-paper-scissors' games in nature.
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  May 22, 2015 - Sky & Telescope

  Hot Jupiters: Cloudy or clear?

  Astronomer Jonathan Fortney was quoted in a Sky & Telescope story about research on the atmospheres of extrasolar planets.
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  May 28, 2015 - Minnesota Post

  Fighting microbe with microbe in race to defeat the fungus plaguing bats

  The Minnesota Post ran a story about research in biologist Marm Kilpatrick's lab on white-nose syndrome, a fungal disease affecting bat populations.
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  May 29, 2015 - Monterey Herald

  Toxic bloom impacts Monterey Bay marine life

  Ocean scientist Raphael Kudela is quoted in a story in the Monterey Herald and Santa Cruz Sentinel about a bloom of toxic algae affecting marine life in Monterey Bay, also covered by KSBW TV.
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  May 27, 2015 - Quanta

  A new theory to explain the Higgs mass

  Physicist Michael Dine was quoted in an article in Quanta and Wired News about a new theory to explain the mass of the Higgs boson.
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  May 24, 2015 - San Jose Mercury News

  Big animals are going the way of the mammoth

  Biologist Laurel Fox was quoted in a San Jose Mercury News story about the declining populations of large herbivores. The story ran in many other news outlets, including the Contra Costa Times, Los Angeles Daily News, Associated Press, and others.
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  May 23, 2015 - CBC Radio

  How to clone a mammoth

  Biologist Beth Shapiro was a guest on CBC Radio's 'Quirks and Quarks' interview program, talking about her new book 'How to Clone a Mammoth.'
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  May 21, 2015 - Aeon

  Backyard evolution

  Evolutionary biologist John Thompson is quoted in an Aeon magazine article about "microgeographic evolution," how differences can evolve within populations of the same species over small spatial scales.
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  May 18, 2015 - Astronomy

  Scientists at Keck discover the fluffiest galaxies

  Astronomer Jean Brodie was quoted in coverage of her team's discovery of the "fluffiest" known galaxies, including stories from Astronomy, Astronomy Now, Space Ref, and others.
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  May 13, 2015 - Vice magazine

  The baffling, gruesome plague that Is causing sea stars to tear themselves to pieces

  Biologists Allison Gong and Pete Raimondi are featured in an article in the May issue of Vice magazine about sea star wasting syndrome.
• 
  May 16, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UC Santa Cruz research facility wins $2M grant

  Biochemist Glenn Millhauser was featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about a $2 million NIH grant for a new instrument for the NMR Facility.
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  May 15, 2015 - The Washington Post

  How much more is there to know about the Grateful Dead?

  An article in the Washington Post noted that the Grateful Dead have created an enormous, living body of work ripe for scholarship, adding, "Pulled from the band’s own vault, an immense trove of press clippings, fan mail and memorabilia is housed in the library of the University of California at Santa Cruz, much of it posted online at GDAO.org."

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  May 14, 2015 - CBS News

  Quartet of quasars discovered for the first time

  Astronomer Xavier Prochaska was quoted in coverage of his team's discovery of a rare quasar quartet, including stories from CBS News, Mashable, UPI, Zee News, Sci-News, Astronomy Now, and other media outlets.
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  May 15, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UC Santa Cruz professor develops HIV vaccine

  Biomolecular engineer Phil Berman's research on an HIV vaccine was covered by the Santa Cruz Sentinel, KSBW TV, KION TV, and BioSpace. The KSBW news clip was rebroadcast on other NBC TV news affiliates across the country.
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  May 14, 2015 - Wall Street Journal

  Women started smaller percentage of U.S. businesses in 2014

  A Wall Street Journal article on female entrepreneurs was based on a study by economics department chair Rob Fairlie. MSN.comalso published the article.

• 
  May 14, 2015 - BBC News

  How weird is our solar system?

  Astronomer Greg Laughlin is featured in a BBC News story about how our solar system compares with other planetary systems.
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  May 13, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Cesar Chavez convocation at UC Santa Cruz celebrates labor leader’s memory, legacy

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel covered the 12^th annual Cesar Chavez Convocation featuring keynote speaker Daniel “Nane”Alejandrez, founder of Barrios Unidos.

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  May 12, 2015 - KSBW

  Starfish along coast making comeback

  Biologists Melissa Redfield, Betsy Steele, and Peter Macht were featured in KSBW TV news coverage of the sea star wasting disease.
• 
  May 10, 2015 - New York Post

  Inside the quest to ‘de-extinct’ mammoths

  The New York Post ran an in-depth article about biologist Beth Shapiro and her new book 'How to Clone a Mammoth.'
• 
  May 08, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UCSC opens new virtual reality lab

  Computational media professors Sri Kurniawan and Noah Wardrip-Fruin were quoted in coverage of the new CAVE Lab for virtual reality research projects, including stories in the Santa Cruz Sentinel and Santa Cruz Tech Beat.
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  May 12, 2015 - Los Angeles Times

  How a $1.4-billion scientific project ran into a cultural buzz saw

  Astronomer Michael Bolte was quoted in a Los Angeles Times article about the challenges facing the Thirty Meter Telescope project.
• 
  May 08, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Living on $10 an hour in Santa Cruz County

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel wrote about the Working for Dignity research study and event featuring interviews with low-wage workers in the county.

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  May 07, 2015 - KION TV

  After a killer disease, baby starfish make comeback

  Biologist Pete Raimondi was featured in a KION TV news story about sea star wasting disease.
• 
  May 07, 2015 - World Politics Review

  Term-Limit Ruling Is Another Nail in the Coffin of Honduran Democracy

  History professor Dana Frank contributed an article to World Politics Review about how a ruling by the Supreme Court of Honduras, throwing out a constitutional ban on the re-election of presidents, is another step in the ongoing, methodical destruction of the rule of law and constitutional order in Honduras.
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  May 05, 2015 - New York Times

  Astronomers measure distance to farthest galaxy yet

  Astronomer Garth Illingworth was quoted in widespread coverage of his team's discovery of the most distant galaxy ever seen, including stories from the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, AP, Japan Times, Toronto Sun, CBC, ABC News, CBS News, MSN, Fox News, Huffington Post, New York Post, U.S. News & World Report, Wired, Yahoo News, Daily Mail, Mirror, Register, Forbes, Astronomy magazine, and many more media outlets.
• 
  May 05, 2015 - KQED

  Two-hundred years of Cuban coral arrives in Santa Cruz

  Marine ecologist Daria Siciliano is featured in a KQED Science story about her team's project studying a four-foot-long core from a Cuban coral reef for clues to environmental change on the reef over the past 200 years.
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  May 04, 2015 - CBS News

  Baby starfish offer a glimmer of hope for recovery

  Biologist Pete Raimondi was quoted in an update on the sea star wasting disease from the Associated Press that was widely published, including stories from CBS News, ABC News, Vancouver Sun, Monterey Herald, Globe and Mail, Oregon Live, Sci Tech News, Daily Mail, China Post, and many other media outlets.
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  May 05, 2015 - Nature

  Pint-sized DNA sequencer impresses first users

  Biomolecular engineer David Deamer was quoted in a Nature story about the MinION portable DNA sequencer.

April

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  May 05, 2015 - Nature

  Mammoth genomes provide recipe for creating Arctic elephants

  Biologist Beth Shapiro was quoted in a Nature news story about mammoth genome sequences.
• 
  May 22, 2015 - NOVA

  Invisible Universe Revealed

  Astronomer Sandra Faber is featured in a NOVA program about the Hubble Space Telescope, "Invisible Universe Revealed," broadcast on PBS station nationwide. The Los Gatos Weekly and San Jose Mercury News also ran a profile of Faber and her many contributions to the field of astronomy.

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  April 30, 2015 - San Francisco Chronicle

  Robot telescope at Lick Observatory finds distant planets

  Astronomers Steve Vogt, Brad Holden, and Sandra Faber were quoted in coverage of new planet discoveries from the Automated Planet Finder at Lick Observatory, including stories from the San Francisco Chronicle, Astronomy, NPR Blogs, AP, and other media outlets.
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  April 29, 2015 - Foreign Policy

  Feds Gone Wild: Why Federal Agents Act Badly

  Sociology and legal studies professor Craig Reinarman was quoted by Foreign Policy in an article on scandals involving DEA and Secret Service agents.

• 
  April 27, 2015 - KION 46

  UCSC replacing hundreds of water meters across campus

  KION reported on the effort to replace all water meters on campus with meters that report usage in real time.

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  April 29, 2015 - Wired

  The fight to build Earth's most powerful optical telescope

  Astronomer Mike Bolte was quoted in a Wired news story about the controversy over plans to build the Thirty Meter Telescope in Hawaii.
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  April 29, 2015 - Huffington Post

  Antarctica's mysterious 'Blood Falls' explained in new study

  Glaciologist Slawek Tulaczyk was quoted in coverage of his team's research on groundwater and microbial ecosystems in Antarctica, including stories in Huffington Post, Nature, Yahoo News, PhysOrg, and other media outlets.
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  April 28, 2015 - Vice News

  We're a long way from earthquake predictions

  Seismologist Emily Brodsky was quoted in a Vice News story about the earthquake in Nepal and the prospects for earthquake prediction.
• 
  April 22, 2015 - Good Times Weekly

  A History of Her Stories

  A story in the 40th anniversary issue of Good Times Weekly spotlighted feminist studies professor Bettina Aptheker, plus former director of the UCSC Women's Center, Roberta Valdez, noting their major impact on the feminist movement in Santa Cruz and describing the birth of Women's Studies at UC Santa Cruz.
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  April 22, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Yerxa's Travels: Hollywood producer and UCSC alum to speak on what makes comedy powerful and relevant

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a cover story in its Arts & Entertainment section about independent film producer and UC Santa Cruz alumnus Ron Yerxa, whose presentation, 50 Years of American Film Comedies, is a featured event at the 50th Anniversary Alumni Weekend.
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  April 22, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  NPR’s Jesse Thorn returns to his roots in Santa Cruz

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran an article about National Public Radio host Jesse Thorn, a humanities alumnus who is taping a live podcast from Kuumbwa Jazz Center during the 50th Anniversary Alumni Weekend to benefit the campus radio station, KZSC.
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  April 22, 2015 - Good Times Weekly

  Writing Home: Looking back at Santa Cruz’s incredible literary tradition

  Santa Cruz's Good Times featured a story about the rich history of talented writers in the area, including a number of UC Santa Cruz faculty and alumni, noting that many of them will give public presentations during the campus's 50th Anniversary Alumni Weekend.
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  April 23, 2015 - Science Daily

  To predict disease researchers ask if plant neighbors are relatives

  Biologist Ingrid Parker and ecologist Greg Gilbert were quoted in coverage of their research on the dynamics of plant diseases in Science Daily, Terra Daily, Science Newsline, Smithsonian, Science 2.0, and other media outlets.
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  April 23, 2015 - Inside Science TV

  Creating a genomic zoo

  Biomolecular engineer David Haussler and biologist Beth Shapiro are featured in an Inside Science TV story about the Genome 10K project to sequence the genomes of 10,000 vertebrate species.
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  April 23, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UCSC professor joins NASA team searching for habitable planets

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about astronomer Jonathan Fortney's involvement in a NASA coalition leading the search for life on other planets.
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  April 23, 2015 - Wired

  Could the planets in Star Wars actually support life?

  Astronomer Greg Laughlin is the primary source quoted in a Wired story about the plausibility of the habitable planets in the Star Wars movies.
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  April 22, 2015 - ABCNews 7

  UC Santa Cruz installs smart water meters

  ABCNews 7 in San Francisco visited campus for an Earth Day report on the installation of smart water meters that deliver usage information to smart phones and computer desktops.

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  April 22, 2015 - NBC Bay Area

  Biologist reveals gender of San Jose City Hall falcon chicks

  Both NBC Bay Area and ABCNews 7 covered biologist Glenn Stewart of the UC Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Group as he descended to a peregrin falcon nest at San Jose City Hall to band the legs of three chicks and determine their gender.

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  April 23, 2015 - NBC News

  Clone a mammoth? Genetics could aid species, but not in a sci-fi way

  Biologist Beth Shapiro is featured in stories about de-extinction and plans to recreate woolly mammoths on NBC News, BBC News, Smithsonian, and Red Orbit.

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  April 22, 2015 - Nikkei Asian Review

  K.C. Fung: Finding an upside for Latin America in China's slowdown

  Writing in Nikkei Asian Review, economist K.C. Fung analyzes the economic relationship between Latin America and China.

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  April 19, 2015 - NBC Bay Area

  More on the New SAT - Michael McCawley

  UC Santa Cruz Director of Admissions Michael McCawely discussed the new SAT test with anchor Jessica Aguirre on the NBC Bay Area Sunday education program “Class Action.”

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  April 19, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Charlie Eadie: Look around — UCSC grads make Santa Cruz special

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel published an opinion piece by alumnus Charlie Eadie, president of the UCSC Alumni Association.

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  April 16, 2015 - Good Times

  Smells Like Team Spirit - The organizers of TEDx Santa Cruz don’t just talk about this year’s theme, ‘radical collaboration’—they live it

  A Good Times cover story profiled the TEDx conference being co-sponsored by UC Santa Cruz, including the
  participation of UCSC professors. 

   

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  April 22, 2015 - New Yorker

  On animal deaths and human anxieties

  Biologist Pete Raimondi is featured in a New Yorker article about mass die-offs of wildlife, including the ongoing outbreak of sea star wasting disease that Raimondi is studying.
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  April 21, 2015 - BBC News

  New mass extinction event identified by geologists

  Paleontologist Matthew Clapham was quoted in coverage of a claim by a group of geologists to have discovered a sixth mass extinction event about 262 million years ago, including stories from BBC News, Washington Post, Headline News, MSN India, and others.
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  April 21, 2015 - San Jose Mercury News

  Humpback whale population grows, animals proposed to be removed from Endangered Species Act

  Biologist Dan Costa was quoted in a San Jose Mercury News article about the proposal to remove some humpback whale populations from the Endangered Species List. The story was distributed by AP and ran in many other news outlets. Costa was also interviewed on KSBW TV and KCBS Radio.
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  April 19, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UCSC prepares for largest alumni weekend

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured Alumni Weekend 2015 as its Sunday page one centerpiece article that included four University Relations staffers-one wearing a slug hat-in the main photograph.
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  April 17, 2015 - Science

  Colors help set body’s internal clock

  Biochemist Carrie Partch was quoted in a Science news story about new findings by researchers in England about how different colors of light influence the body's internal clock.
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  April 18, 2015 - CBC Quirks and Quarks

  Fighting Bat Fungus with Bacteria

  Biologist Joseph Hoyt was interviewed on the CBC Radio science program Quirks & Quarks about his research on white nose syndrome in bats.
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  April 15, 2015 - Nature

  Biography of a space telescope: Voices of Hubble

  Astronomer Sandra Faber is featured in Nature's coverage of the 25th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope. Faber is also featured in a NOVA program on the Hubble Space Telescope airing on PBS TV stations on Wednesday, April 22.
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  April 13, 2015 - USA Today

  Hubble at 25 hailed as greatest scientific instrument

  Astronomer Garth Illingworth was quoted in a USA Today story about the 25th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope. The story was distributed by AP and ran in news outlets across the country.
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  April 11, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  State grants aid low-income, middle-class UCSC students

  A Santa Cruz Sentinel page one report Saturday talked about  UC’s Blue and Gold Opportunity Plan that offers free tuition to California residents with family incomes less than $80,000.

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  April 08, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UCSC professor details effects of mass incarceration

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel covered psychology professor Craig Haney’s Faculty Research Lecture

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  April 08, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UCSC campaigns to revive Quarry Amphitheater

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel wrote about the fundraising effort to rebuild the Quarry Amphitheater.

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  April 06, 2015 - KPFA Radio

  Africa Today – Interview with Dr. David Anthony

  History professor David H. Anthony was interviewed for a two-part program on the KPFA radio show Africa Today that aired March 23 and April 6.

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  April 12, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UC Santa Cruz scientists part of international testing team

  Physicists Jason Nielsen, Stefano Profumo, and Howard Haber were featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about their involvement in particle physics research at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland.
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  April 09, 2015 - The Scientist

  A benefit of failed pregnancy?

  Evolutionary geneticist Ed Green was quoted in an article in The Scientist about the discovery of a gene variant linked to failed pregnancies.
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  April 09, 2015 - Yahoo News

  U.S. scientists find bacteria to fight deadly bat disease

  Research led by biologists Joseph Hoyt and Marm Kilpatrick on a potential treatment for white-nose syndrome in bats was covered by Yahoo News, CBC News, Discovery News, Science Daily, Earthweek, Economic Times, Mother Earth News, Zee News, and other media outlets.
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  April 01, 2015 - Wired

  Astronomers find hundreds of baby galaxy clusters

  Astronomer David Koo was quoted in a Wired News story about baby galaxy clusters.
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  April 04, 2015 - Newsweek magazine

  More Real Than Reality TV: How Albert Maysles Taught America to Feel

  Newsweek magazine interviewed film and digital media professor B. Ruby Rich for a story about the recent death of Albert Maysles, the "Dean of Documentary," whose best known films with his brother David include Gimme Shelter (1970), Salesman (1968), and Grey Gardens (1975). "They were empathy machines—they taught America how to feel,” Rich noted.
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  April 01, 2015 - National Geographic

  As Sea Stars Die, New Worries About Urchins

  Biologists Pete Raimondi, Mark Carr, and Jim Estes were quoted in a National Geographic article about the response of sea urchins to the die-off of sea stars along the California coast, and evidence of a sea urchin disease in southern California. The story was also covered by Smithsonian, Santa Cruz Sentinel, San Jose Mercury News, Contra Costa Times, Inside Bay Area, and other media outlets.
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  April 02, 2015 - Toronto Globe and Mail

  From bad to worse: California has seen droughts before, but this one just isn’t letting up

  The Toronto Globe and Mail talked with Ruth Langridge, a lecturer and researcher in legal studies, about threats to groundwater supplies for an article on Gov. Brown’s executive order mandating water use restrictions.

March

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  March 30, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Carolyn ‘Cat’ Klein Lagattuta: Finding (and projecting) happiness through reinventing stock photography

  Awesome shutterbug Carolyn “Cat” Klein Lagattuta was featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel profile.

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  March 29, 2015 - SF Chronicle

  George Blumenthal: Public higher education can again transform California

  In an op-ed published in the San Francisco Chronicle Chancellor Blumenthal asked: Are we content to offer today’s students, who are more racially and socioeconomically diverse than ever, less than their predecessors received?

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  March 28, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UC Santa Cruz sets record for longest granola bar

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel was was on top of the baking beat as it covered the record-beating granola bar created at UCSC’s College 9/10 dining hall during the Pacific Regional Conference of the National Association of College and University Food Services. The trade journal Food Management also reported on the 420-foot feat.

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  March 27, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UCSC plans to build recycling yard to solve compost problem

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel wrote about a plan to create a new recycling yard on campus including a composting facility.

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  March 24, 2015 - Wired

  Earth's most powerful physics machine gets back in action

  Physicist Howard Haber is quoted in a Wired news story about the restart of the Large Hadron Collider.
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  March 23, 2015 - San Jose Mercury News

  Once-wild Jupiter may explain our unusual solar system

  Astronomer Greg Laughlin was featured in widespread coverage of his research on the formation of our solar system, including stories from the San Jose Mercury News, Christian Science Monitor, Boston Herald, Contra Costa Times, Daily Mail, Australian, Science News, Discovery News, Space.com, New Scientist, Mashable, Huffington Post, Salon, Scientific American, Yahoo News, CNN.com, Forbes, Astronomy Now, Daily Galaxy, io9, Futurity, International Business Times, and other media outlets.
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  March 21, 2015 - San Francisco Chronicle

  SFMOMA project explores games as art

  Robin Hunicke, associate professor of game design in the Art Department, was quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle in an article about PlaySFMOMA, a program that recognizes games as an expressive medium and aims to link the museum to the local design community.
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  March 18, 2015 - Los Angeles Times

  Andrew Jarecki's 'The Jinx' marks documentaries' big shift in real time

  The Los Angeles Times quoted associate professor of film and digital media Jonathan Kahana, who talked about the historical significance of the film "The Thin Blue Line"  in a story about the changes that have taken place over the years in true-crime documentary films.
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  March 19, 2015 - Santa Cruz Tech Beat

  New Breed of Solar Panels Fine-Tunes Light for Crops

  Santa Cruz Tech Beat ran a story about new solar panel technology for greenhouses developed by physicists Sue Carter and Glenn Alers.
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  March 22, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Cowell Ranch Hay Barn bridges past and future at UC Santa Cruz

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel published a page one article on the timber raising for the revived Cowell Ranch Hay Barn. KSBW and San Jose Mercury News also had coverage.

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  March 18, 2015 - SF Chronicle

  Daniel Wirls: Gridlock in Washington? Not when it comes to military spending

  The San Francisco Chronicle published an op-ed by politics professor Daniel Wirls on the continued rise in military spending.

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  March 23, 2015 - Wired

  This bad boy geneticist wants to clone a mammoth

  Biologist Beth Shapiro is quoted in a Wired news story about scientists who want to clone a woolly mammoth.
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  March 18, 2015 - New Scientist

  Quasar backlighting gives weight to Andromeda galaxy

  Astronomer Jason Prochaska was quoted in a New Scientist story about a new study of the Andromeda galaxy.
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  March 16, 2015 - Red Orbit

  What’s in Antarctica’s Blood Falls?

  Glaciologist Slawek Tulaczyk was quoted in an article in Red Orbit about his team's investigation of Antarctica's "Blood Falls."
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  March 15, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UC Santa Cruz music lecture series set to begin April 6

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran an article announcing the lineup for the 2015 Arts Dean's Lecture Series, Music, Language, Mind, Evolution, quoting music professor Larry Polansky, the curator of this year's series.
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  March 12, 2015 - Edible Monterey Bay

  In the field: our daily bread

  UC Santa Cruz, the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems and many of its alums figured prominently in an Edible Monterey Bay magazine article on a resurgence of wheat growing on the Central Coast.

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  March 12, 2015 - USA Today

  Hubble telescope spots ocean on Jupiter moon Ganymede

  Planetary scientist Francis Nimmo was quoted in a USA Today article about new evidence of an ocean on Jupiter's moon Ganymede. The story was distributed on the AP wire service and ran in newspapers and media outlets throughout the country.
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  March 10, 2015 - R&D Magazine

  Methane in Lake Traced to Seasonal Thawing

  Earth scientist Adina Paytan's research on methane in Arctic lakes was covered by R&D Magazine, Weather Channel, Science Codex, PhysOrg, NationTalk, Science Daily, Alaska Business Monthly, and other media outlets.
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  March 09, 2015 - Science

  Martian canyons may have been carved by wind

  Research led by geologist Jonathan Perkins on the role of wind in eroding canyons on Earth and Mars was featured in news stories in Science magazine and Ars Technica.
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  March 09, 2015 - Foreign Policy

  Dana Frank: Just Like Old Times in Central America

  History professor Dana Frank contributed an extensive article to Foreign Policy detailing why the U.S. needs to stop funneling money to Honduras and start treating its president like the corrupt ruler he has demonstrated that he is.
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  March 07, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UCSC students advance to Hult Prize regionals

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured an article about a team of three UC Santa Cruz music majors who advanced to the regional finals of the sixth annual global Hult Prize, the world’s largest student competition and start-up platform for social good.
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  March 02, 2015 - High Country News

  Most native tongues of the West are all but lost

  High Country News magazine quoted assistant professor of linguistics Maziar Toosarvandani, who is working with the last three surviving native Paviotso speakers on the eastern slopes of the Sierra Nevada to build an online dictionary and a compendium of tribal stories to help save the endangered Native language.
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  March 02, 2015 - Vancouver Sun

  Next generation of antibiotics could be found in nature, says new doc from Vancouver filmmakers

  Biochemist Roger Linington is featured in a Vancouver Sun review of documentary film about the search for new antibiotics in which Linington is shown collecting samples from a three-toed sloth in the rainforest of Panama. The story ran in several other Canadian news outlets, including the Edmonton Journal, Windsor Star, and Leader Post.

February

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  February 27, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Anita Hill speaks at UC Santa Cruz

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a front page story about a free public lecture at UC Santa Cruz by feminist icon, law professor, and activist Anita Hill.

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  February 23, 2015 - Yahoo News

  Banning Iranians from Academia Is Stupid, and One Student Has the Math to Back That Up

  An interview with Hossein Daraei, a graduate student in electrical engineering, about Iranian students at U.S. universities was published by Take Part and reposted on Yahoo News.
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  February 19, 2015 - Gamasutra

  Road to the IGF: Down to the Wire's Ice-Bound

  Game news site Gamasutra published an interview with graduate students Jacob Garbe and Aaron Reed about their interactive fiction project "Ice-Bound," a finalist for the upcoming Independent Games Festival awards.
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  February 18, 2015 - Good Times Santa Cruz

  Cover Story: Reclaiming Anita

  The Good Times Santa Cruz weekly newspaper featured a cover story on Anita Hill, about the impact of her 1991 testimony in the Clarence Thomas hearings, in anticipation of her public lecture at UC Santa Cruz. The Santa Cruz Sentinel and San Jose Mercury News also ran a story about Hill's upcoming visit to campus.

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  February 15, 2015 - New York Times

  Spider Martin’s Photographs of the Selma March Get a Broader View

  In a story about the archive of photojournalist James "Spider" Martin, The New York Times quoted acting dean of the arts Martin Berger, who noted he was struck by how many scenes in the current film "Selma" seem to have been structured based on Spider Martin’s 1965 images shot in Selma. Berger's comments were also featured in a related story in the Washington Post titled "A New Perspective on Martin Luther King Jr."
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  February 14, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UC Santa Cruz Carbon Fund jump starts climate action projects

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel quoted environmental studies professor Adam Millard-Ball in an article about the student-funded carbon fund and how its proceeds are used to create climate action projects. Ball is the advisor to the fund.

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  February 14, 2015 - Newsweek

  Near cities, pumas kill more but eat less

  Newsweek magazine online was one of a number of media outlets that featured reports on a study by a UC Santa Cruz graduate student as part of the Santa Cruz Puma Project. The piece was picked up by MSN and other reports appeared in the Toronto Telegraph, Jagran Post in India, and on Redorbit.com.

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  February 17, 2015 - Technology Review

  Internet of DNA

  Biomolecular engineer David Haussler was featured in an article in the MIT Technology Review about his work with the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health.
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  February 16, 2015 - KQED Forum

  Rise in Stranded Sea Lions Alarms Scientists

  Marine biologist Dan Costa was a featured guest on a KQED Forum radio program about the increasing numbers of stranded sea lions.
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  February 11, 2015 - Washington Post

  How much lead is in your chocolate?

  Environmental toxicologist Russ Flegal was quoted in a Washington Post story about lead in chocolate.
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  February 10, 2015 - KTVU

  Lick Observatory gets $1 million donation from Google

  Astronomer Elinor Gates was interviewed on KTVU and ABC7 TV news about the $1million gift to Lick Observatory from Google, while astronomer Claire Max was interviewed on KGO radio.
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  February 10, 2015 - San Jose Mercury News

  Google gives $1 million to historic Lick Observatory

  Astronomer Claire Max was quoted in coverage of Google's $1 million gift to Lick Observatory, including stories in the San Jose Mercury News, Santa Cruz Sentinel, San Francisco Chronicle, Sacramento Bee, KLIV, KSBW, Astronomy magazine, Astronomy Now, Exploring the Universe, PhysOrg, and other media outlets.
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  February 06, 2015 - KUSP

  Trace Amounts of Mercury in Fog

  Environmental toxicologist Peter Weiss-Penzias was featured in a KUSP news story about his research on trace amounts of mercury in coastal fog.
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  February 06, 2015 - National Geographic

  Bright Pink Sea Slugs Invading New Habitats Due to Global Warming?

  Marine ecologist John Pearse was quoted in a National Geographic News story about the link between ocean temperatures and bright pink sea slugs in Northern California.
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  February 05, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UCSC alum Tom Franco comes to town to spread the gospel of collaboration

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a story about UC Santa Cruz art alumnus Tom Franco coming to campus to work with students, co-teach a class about collaboration in the arts, and present a public lecture.
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  February 04, 2015 - The Huffington Post

  Dana Frank: The Long Judicial Arm of the Honduran Coup

  History professor Dana Frank contributed an article to The Huffington Post about the case of four Honduran judges deposed for opposing the 2009 military coup who were never reinstated.
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  February 05, 2015 - Scientific American

  Earth's Past Climate Reveals Future Global Warming

  Paleoceanographer Christina Ravelo was quoted in a news story from Scientific American and ClimateWire about new research on global warming during the Pliocene epoch.
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  February 04, 2015 - Mongabay

  Chemical clues in fossil shells may help us understand today's ocean acidification

  Paleoceanographer Donald Penman was quoted in a Mongabay news story about his research on ocean acidification during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum.
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  February 03, 2015 - High Country News

  Attacks on federal research funding anger scientists

  Biologist Terrie Williams is quoted in a High Country News article about congressional attacks on federal funding for research.
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  February 03, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Study links decreasing range of California pikas to climate change

  Biologist Joseph Stewart was quoted in coverage of his research on the impact of climate change on pikas in California mountains, including stories in the Santa Cruz Sentinel, San Jose Mercury News, Contra Costa Times, UPI, AP, Tech Times, Science Newsline, Wall Street Hedge, Nature World News, Science Daily, Science Codex, PhysOrg, and other media outlets.
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  February 03, 2015 - Wired

  A Gorgeous Geology App That Explores New UX Territory

  Wired News gave a glowing review to the interactive geology book Earth: A Primer, developed by Chaim Gingold, a graduate student in the UC Santa Cruz game design program.
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  February 02, 2015 - Los Angeles Times

  Mercury levels rising in Pacific yellowfin tuna, study says

  Ocean scientist Carl Lamborg was quoted in news coverage of his research showing the mercury levels are rising in ahi tuna, including stories from the Los Angeles Times, Sacramento Bee, San Francisco Chronicle, Honolulu Star Advertiser, CBS and Fox TV news affiliates, and many other media outlets.
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  January 30, 2015 - U.S. News & World Report

  'Fresh Off the Boat' Signals a New Era: Asian-Americans get a mainstream shot with ABC's new sitcom

  Associate professor of Film and Digital Media L.S. Kim was interviewed by U.S. News and World Report for a story about a new ABC sitcom, "Fresh Off the Boat," which marks the first time in 20 years that a network television show will feature an Asian-American family at its center.
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  February 01, 2015 - New Orleans Advocate

  Honduran official accused of stealing $300 million

  History professor Dana Frank was interviewed by The New Orleans Advocate for a story about a Honduran official accused of robbing Honduran taxpayers of more than $300 million, noting that since the military coup, crime and corruption in Honduras has mushroomed.

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  January 30, 2015 - KQED Newsroom

  Tracking elephant seals

  Biologist Dan Costa was featured in a segment about elephant seals on the television news program KQED Newsroom.
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  January 30, 2015 - San Francisco Chronicle

  Sea slug masses migrate to Northern California coast

  Biologist John Pearse was quoted in coverage of the unusual population bloom of pink sea slugs in Northern California, including stories in the San Francisco Chronicle, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Smithsonian, Weather Channel, International Business Times, Science Daily, Science Newsline, PhysOrg, UPI, Slash Gear, and other media outlets.
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  January 26, 2015 - Atlanta Journal-Constituion

  Foreign teachers come at a price, experts say

  Education professor Lora Bartlett was the featured expert that the Atlanta Journal-Constitution interviewed for an article in a series on the exploitation of foreign teachers in U.S. schools.

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  January 26, 2015 - Nautilus

  Why you keep dreaming about being naked

  Emeritus professor Bill Domhoff was interviewed on his dream research by the online magazine Nautilus.

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  January 27, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UC Santa Cruz scientists drill through ice into a new Antarctic world

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a front page story about a team of UCSC scientists led by glaciologist Slawek Tulaczyk who are involved in a drilling expedition in Antarctica to study the grounding zone of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
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  January 27, 2015 - Wired

  Why we're looking for alien life on moons, not just planets

  Astronomers Greg Laughlin and Jonathan Fortney were quoted in a Wired News story about efforts to detect moons around extrasolar planets.
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  January 26, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Danny Scheie, Santa Cruz County Stories: Veteran actor and director

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a profile of Theater arts professor and award-winning actor Danny Scheie as part of its "Santa Cruz County Stories" series.
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  January 22, 2015 - San Francisco Chronicle

  Lisbeth Haas: Serra a poor choice for sainthood amid attempts at reconciliation

  History professor Lisbeth Haas contributed an op-ed to the San Francisco Chronicle after Pope Francis announced his intention to make Father Junipero Serra a Catholic saint, noting that this "seems to defy the pope’s interest in justice and reconciliation, as Serra is associated with colonial expansion and violence in California."
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  January 23, 2015 - San Jose Mercury News

  Sea otter pup conceived in wild is first born in captivity

  Biologists Terrie Williams and Nicole Thometz, and animal trainer Courtney Ribeiro-French, are featured in a front page story in the Santa Cruz Sentinel about the first sea otter pup conceived in the wild and born in captivity at Long Marine Lab. The story also ran in the San Jose Mercury News and was distributed by the Associated Press, appearing in news outlets throughout California and nationally, including the Sacramento Bee, Seattle PI, San Francisco Chronicle, San Diego Union Tribune, ABC News, and others, as well as international outlets such as Delhi Daily News, News Tonight Africa, Nature World News, EcoDiario, and others. Local and Bay Area broadcast media also covered the story, including KION TV, KSBW TV, and CBS Bay Area.
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  January 20, 2015 - Bioscience Technology

  Researchers Find Novel Signaling Pathway Involved in Appetite Control

  Biochemist Glenn Millhauser was quoted in coverage of his research on molecular signals that control apetite, including stories in Bioscience Technology, Science 2.0, and Medical Xpress.
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  January 21, 2015 - Scientific American

  Discovery: Fish live beneath Antarctica

  Glaciologist Slawek Tulaczyk was quoted in news coverage of the latest discoveries from the WISSARD project in Antarctica, including stories from Scientific American, Nature, Christian Science Monitor, Yahoo News, Fox News, Discovery News, Popular Science, Tech Times, Science Daily, Science Codex, Space Daily, PhysOrg, and others.
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  January 22, 2015 - San Francisco Chronicle

  Seal cams’ in-depth study follows marine mammals under ice

  The San Francisco Chronicle ran a story about biologist Terrie Williams' research on Weddell seals in Antarctica.
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  January 21, 2015 - Nature

  Astronomy: Laser focus

  Nature magazine ran an in-depth profile of Claire Max, professor of astronomy and astrophysics and interim director of UC Observatories.
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  January 18, 2015 - San Jose Mercury News

  Research shows elephant seals wander far when not lounging ashore

  Biologists Dan Costa and Patrick Robinson were featured in a San Jose Mercury News article about elephant seal research that was picked up by the Associated Press and ran in news outlets across the country, including Salon, Huffington Post, Fox News,ABC News, CBS Bay Area News, KGO Radio, Sacramento Bee, SFGate, Contra Costa Times, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Charlotte Observer, Sun Herald, Seattle PI, and other media outlets.
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  January 16, 2015 - Discovery News

  Heart arrhythmias found in dolphins, seals

  Biologist Terrie Williams was quoted in coverage of her research on heart arrhythmias in deep-diving marine mammals, including stories from Discovery News, Science News, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Christian Science Monitor, ABC News (radio), Tech Times, Nature World News, Science 2.0, and others.
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  January 15, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UCSC kicks off golden anniversary

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel, KSBW, channel 8, and KION 46 covered the ‘Dress like it’s 1965’ event that kicked off the 50^th anniversary celebration at UC Santa Cruz, and they were dressed in 21^st century attire.

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  January 16, 2015 - Scientific American

  Scientists drill through 2,400 feet of Antarctic ice for climate clues

  Glaciologist Slawek Tulaczyk was quoted in a Scientific American article about the Antarctic drilling project he co-leads and the clues that may tell scientists how fast Antarctic glaciers will slide into the sea, raising sea levels.
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  January 16, 2015 - Silicon Valley Business Journal

  Elon Musk donates $10M to make sure AI doesn't turn against us

  Physicist Anthony Aguirre was quoted in a Silicon Valley Business Journal story about the Future of Life Institute, which Aguirre co-founded, and its efforts to ensure that advances in artificial intelligence don't harm humanity. Aguirre is also mentioned in related stories from Tech Times, Ubergizmo, Autoevolution, Engadget, and other outlets.
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  January 16, 2015 - Aptos Times

  UCSC internships for high school students yield success in science contests

  The Aptos Times ran a story about the UCSC Science Internship Program, with quotes from astronomer and program director Raja Guhathakurta.
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  January 15, 2015 - Scientific American

  U.S. cities lag in race against rising seas

  Coastal geologist Gary Griggs was quoted in an article about the impacts of sea level rise in Scientific American and ClimateWire.
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  January 14, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UCSC Genomics Institute receives $1 million grant

  Biomolecular engineer Benedict Paten was featured in coverage of the Human Genome Variation Map project, including stories in the Santa Cruz Sentinel, Medical Xpress, Genome Web, BioSpace, ClinicaSpace, and others.
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  January 12, 2015 - Huffington Post

  A clash of codes: Hack UCSC 2015

  Coverage of the 2015 Hack UCSC hackathon included stories from Huffington Post, Santa Cruz Tech Beat, and Santa Cruz Sentinel.
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  January 09, 2015 - PhysOrg

  World's most powerful camera receives funding approval

  Physicist Steve Ritz was quoted in news stories about the approval of funding for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope project, including stories from PhysOrg, Space Ref, Space Daily, and other media outlets. Ritz is lead scientist of the LSST camera project.
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  January 08, 2015 - Daily Mail

  Andromeda has a history of violence: Turbulent past of our twin galaxy...

  Astronomers Claire Dorman and Raja Guhathakurta were quoted in coverage of their research on the Andromeda galaxy in the Daily Mail (U.K.), Science 2.0, Space Daily, Yahoo News, UPI, Herald Sun, Courier Mail (Australia), Science Codex, Universe Today, Zee News, Business Standard, Headlines & Global News, and other media outlets.
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  January 07, 2015 - New Scientist

  Brave new world-hunters spot exoplanets on the cheap

  Astronomer Greg Laughlin was quoted in a New Scientist article about new telescopes searching for extrasolar planets.

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  January 06, 2015 - Nature

  Exoplanet bounty includes most Earth-like worlds yet

  Astronomer Angie Wolfgang was quoted in a Nature story about new planet discoveries from the Kepler space telescope.
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  January 06, 2015 - KQED

  The Fantastic Fur of Sea Otters

  Biologist Heather Liwanag's research on sea otter fur was featured in a KQED Science multimedia story on how sea otters' fur helps them survive in cold ocean waters.
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  January 02, 2015 - Houston Chronicle

  Dana Frank: U.S. should rethink support for Honduras

  History professor Dana Frank contributed an op-ed to the Houston Chronicle urging the U.S. to rethink it's foreign policy of supporting a dangerous militarization of post-coup Honduras.
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  January 01, 2015 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UC Santa Cruz celebrates 50 years

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel published a page one article on New Years Day highlighting the beginning of the campus’s celebration of its 50^th anniversary.