UCSC in the News

TIME magazine turned to psychology professor Craig Haney for observations about support from families of people released from prison in connection with the Amanda Knox case. Haney also appeared on the NBC Nightly News and the Today show in reports on Knox's release after four years in an Italian prison.

Physicists Nepomuk Otte and David Williams were quoted in stories about the discovery of very-high-energy gamma-rays from the crab pulsar in the Daily Mail, BBC News, Agence France Presse, MSNBC, Astronomy  magazine, R&D magazine, Discovery News, Ars Technica, Space.com, LiveScience, International Business Times, Science Daily, Epoch Times, Universe Today, RedOrbit, SpaceRef, Science a Gogo, io9, and Zee News.

The Times of India reported that Dr. Karan Singh delivered the 2011 Satyajit Ray Lecture at UCSC, where he announced a donation of $100,000 by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations to the campus’s Satyajit Ray Film Studies program.

The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a story about literature alumnus Thad Nodine about the publication of his debut novel, Touch and Go.

Computer scientist Noah Wardrip-Fruin was quoted extensively in an article about artificial intelligence in computer games in Industry Gamers.

The Santa Cruz Sentinel and San Jose Mercury News quoted sociology professor Craig Reinarman about a survey of holders of medical marijuana prescription cards.

Vice chancellor for research Bruce Margon was quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about UCSC ranking third worldwide for research influence.

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