UCSC in the News

Biomolecular engineers Mark Akeson and David Deamer are featured in a "news focus" story in Science magazine about the development of nanopore sequencing technology.

A Science News article about the early history of the solar system included quotes from astronomer Greg Laughlin.

Planetary scientist Erik Asphaug was quoted in a Nature news story about new observations of the asteroid Vesta.

The Santa Cruz Sentinel and San Jose Mercury News ran a story about the Graduate Research Symposium, with quotes from dean of graduate studies Tyrus Miller and others.

The Kansas City Star covered a talk by biomolecular engineer Ed Green on the Neanderthal genome project.

Stories about Exit 426: Watsonville—a completely collaborative film made by 20 students in a UC Santa Cruz film class—were featured in the San Jose Mercury News, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Inside Bay Area, Pasadena Star News, Torrance Daily Breeze, Santa Cruz Patch and Watsonville Patch.

The New York Times called upon sociology professor Miriam Greenberg for an explanation of why New Yorkers are so tied to their city despite rents, weather, and noise.

The Santa Cruz Sentinel wrote an article in advance of journalist Jose Antonio Vargas's appearance at the César Chávez Convocation.

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