UCSC in the News

Ocean scientists Jonathan LaRiviere and Christina Ravelo were quoted in coverage of their research on global climate in the Miocene epoch, including stories in Discovery News, Science Daily, Science Codex, Daily Galaxy, Register, Zee News, and InSciences.

Paleontologist Matthew Clapham's research on giant prehistoric insects received widespread news coverage, including stories in the San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, Christian Science Monitor, San Jose Mercury News, Contra Costa Times, Monterey County Herald, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Oakland Tribune, Alameda Times-Star, Science, Science News, National Geographic News, Discovery News, Discover magazine blog, Huffington Post, Fox News, BusinessWeek, LiveScience, io9, RedOrbit, PhysOrg, Environmental News Network, Inside Science News Service, U.K. Press Association, Daily Mail, Scotsman, Independent, Guelph Mercury, Waterloo Record, and Catholic Online.

Dana Frank was interviewed by the international TV channel Aljazeera English, KPFA, and Democracy Now about a U.S. drug war in Honduras.

The CCST Spotlight from the California Council on Science and Technology ran a story about the Baskin School of Engineering's Corporate Sponsored Senior Project Program.

Astronomer Adriane Steinacker was quoted in a Los Angeles Times article about the transit of Venus.

Biomolecular engineer Ed Green was quoted in an article about human evolution that ran on Discovery News and MSNBC.

Earth scientist Gary Griggs was quoted in an Associated Press story about sea level rise that ran in USA Today, MSNBC, Santa Cruz Sentinel, and other media throughout the country.

The Times of India featured a story about history professor Dilip Basu, founding director of UCSC’s Satyajit Ray Film and Study Center, and his work to restore the films of the acclaimed Indian film director.

The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a story about humanities professor Forrest G. Robinson’s new book "The Jester and the Sages: Mark Twain in Conversation with Nietzsche, Freud and Marx."

The Santa Cruz Sentinel and San Jose Mercury wrote about upcoming commencement and year end celebrations.