Astronomers Garth Illingworth and Rychard Bouwens were featured in widespread media coverage of their discovery of the most distant galaxy ever seen, including stories in the New York Times, New York Post, New York Daily News, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, Santa Cruz Sentinel, USA Today, Houston Chronicle, AP, UPI, Reuters, Bloomberg News, BBC News, National Post (Canada), Sydney Morning Herald, Daily Mail, Irish Times, Xinhua,Science News, Discovery News, Astronomy, Red Orbit, PhysOrg, Astronomy Now, CNET, ABC.com, MSNBC.com, Fox News.com, and Huffington Post, as well as radio coverage on National Public Radio, CBS Radio Network, BBC World Service, ABC Radio (Australia), and KCBS.
A rare manzanita plant added to the Arboretum's collection garnered headlines in the San Jose Mercury News, Contra Costa Times, and Santa Cruz Sentinel, with Chancellor George Blumenthal, Arboretum staff Stephen McCabe and Rick Flores, and students Mike Vasey and Jared Marchese featured in the stories, and McCabe was interviewed on KGO Radio.
Biologist Daniel Costa was interviewed on KQED Radio for a story about elephant seals.
Mary Zavanelli, a seal biologist currently working with Costa in Antarctica was quoted in a New York Times article about an Antarctic marathon race held at McMurdo Station, in which Zavanelli ran a half-marathon.
Astronomer Sandra Faber was interviewed by a crew from Japanese television network NHK for a documentary program about dark matter.
Biologist Tim Tinker was quoted in a San Francisco Chronicle story about the California sea otter population.
Retired biologist John Pearse was quoted in a story about elephant seals in the Monterey County Herald.
Ocean scientist Greg Rau's proposal of a novel process to remove carbon dioxide from power plant emissions was covered by UPI, Asian News International, Chemical Online, Hindustan Times, and Space Daily.
Astronomer Connie Rockosi was quoted in a story in the Alamogordo Daily News about a telescope at the Apache Point Observatory.
Biochemist David Deamer was quoted in a Chemistry World story about research on the origins of life.
