UCSC in the News

Astronomer Jonathan Fortney was quoted in a Mashable story about the Keppler Explorer app for planetary systems discovered by NASA's Kepler Mission.

A cover story in the Santa Cruz Weekly focused on biologists Donald Croll and Bernie Tershy and the work of their nonprofit Island Conservation to eradicate invasive species on islands where endangered seabirds nest.

News about the UCSC Grateful Dead Archive’s contribution to a major Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum exhibition was reported by the Monterey Herald, MSNBC News, Inside Bay Area, and Cleveland Plain Dealer.

The Monterey Herald published a story about history professor and Jewish Studies co-director Nathaniel Deutsch and his contribution to the New American Haggadah, edited by Jonathan Safran Foer and translated by Nathan Englander.

Emeritus literature professor and current Santa Cruz Poet Laureate David Swanger was featured in the Santa Cruz Weekly and in the new online literary magazine Santa Cruz Writes.

The Santa Cruz Sentinel published a story about the Music Department’s “April in Santa Cruz” series of concerts in celebration of contemporary music.

UCR Today ran a story about an appearance by emeritus American Studies professor Judy Yung to discuss the history of Angel Island immigration station.

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