UCSC in the news

December

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  December 21, 2016 - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

  Grants Roundup: Marin Fund Donates $32 Million Photo Trove

  In a year-end roundup article noting significant gifts, The Chronicle of Philanthropy led with the The Pirkle Jones and Ruth-Marion Baruch collection of photos donated to UC Santa Cruz, valued at $32 million, depicting California life in the mid-20th century.
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  December 22, 2016 - Forbes

  In cancer fight, artificial intelligence is a smart move for everyone

  Biomolecular engineer Josh Stuart was quoted in a Forbes article about companies developing artificial intelligence applications for cancer diagnosis and treatment.
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  December 16, 2016 - Mother Jones

  Trump Hates Renewable Energy

  Environmental Studies Professor Daniel Press disputes the effectiveness of renewable energy certificates in a Mother Jones magazine article about Donald Trump's purchase of RECs for an exclusive hotel in downtown Manhattan.
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  December 15, 2016 - KPBS

  New species of succulent named after Jimi Hendrix

  Botanist Stephen McCabe is featured in widespread news coverage of a new species of succulent that he named after iconic guitarist Jimi Hendrix, including stories from KPBS, AP, Time, U.S. News & World Report, Fox San Diego, Orange County Register, Japan Times, Montreal Gazette, and many other outlets.
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  December 15, 2016 - Marketplace

  Super Mario is back on mobile — but you’ll need to pony up $10 to play it

  Marketplace radio interviewed Michael John, program director for games and playable media, for a story about the new mobile version of 'Super Mario Brothers.'
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  December 14, 2016 - Chicago Tribune

  Best poetry books of 2016

  College Nine lecturer David Lau's book, Still Dirty, was included in a Chicago Tribune story about "must-read books of poems published in 2016."
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  December 13, 2016 - PhysOrg

  Laboratory-on-a-chip technique simplifies detection of cancer DNA biomarkers

  Electrical engineer Holger Schmidt's research on an optofluidic platform for detection of cancer biomarkers was featured in stories on PhysOrg, Science Newsline, Nanowerk, Science Daily, and other media outlets.
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  December 10, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UCSC team to compete in Amazon’s Alexa Prize Challenge

  Computer scientist Marilyn Walker and her graduate students were featured in stories about their team's selection to compete in Amazon's Alexa Prize Challenge in the Santa Cruz Sentinel and Santa Cruz Tech Beat.

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  December 10, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  It takes a village for science? Researchers turn to crowdfunding to fund projects

  Environmental toxicologist Myra Finkelstein was featured in stories in the Santa Cruz Sentinel and San Jose Mercury News about scientists using crowdfunding to fund their research.
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  December 06, 2016 - Santa Cruz Tech Beat

  Pitch Slam! students compete at 2nd annual event

  Santa Cruz Tech Beat published an article about the second Pitch Slam, the business pitch competition organized by the UC Santa Cruz Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Development.

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  December 06, 2016 - NBC News

  Mosquitoes thrive in U.S. but don't blame climate change

  Biologist Marm Kilpatrick was quoted in coverage of his research on growing mosquito populations, including stories from NBC News, KPCC Radio, KCBS Radio, Washington Times, Fremont Tribune, Health Day, Medical News, ScienMag, Outbreak News Today, and other media outlets.
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  December 05, 2016 - Astronomy

  Could there really be life under Pluto’s ice?

  Planetary scientist Francis Nimmo is quoted in an Astronomy magazine story about the possibility of life in Pluto's subsurface ocean.
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  December 06, 2016 - OZY

  The millennial astrophysicist who found a planet with math

  OZY ran a profile of alumnus Konstantin Batygin, now a Caltech astrophysicist.
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  December 05, 2016 - New York Times

  $25 million in Breakthrough Prizes given in science and math

  Biologist Harry Noller was featured in widespread coverage of the Breakthrough Prizes, including stories in the New York Times, Washington Post, SiliconValley.com, San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Guardian, Daily Mail, Fortune, VentureBeat, and many other media outlets.

November

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  November 23, 2016 - Slate

  Parenting advice for the Trump era

  An article in the online magazine Slate on how to talk with children about the president-elect quoted psychology professor and chair Campbell Leaper who has published research showing girls who learn about sexism at a young age are better able to respond proactively when they encounter it later.

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  November 23, 2016 - Scientific American

  Tuna’s declining mercury contamination linked to U.S. shift away from coal

  Ocean scientist Carl Lamborg is quoted in a Scientific American article about declining mercury levels in tuna.
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  November 27, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  George Blumenthal: University of California has made a commitment to in-state students

  Ninety-two percent of UC Santa Cruz students are California residents with the remainder evenly split between foreign and out-of-state students, Chancellor Blumenthal writes in an op-ed in the Santa Cruz Sentinel.

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  November 21, 2016 - Music & Literature

  Words ain't what they used to be

  The international arts journal Music & Literature quoted Derek Conrad Murray, associate professor of History of Art and Visual Culture, in a feature story about writer/art critic Bernard Cooper.
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  November 25, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Dignity and life: UCSC pre-med students paired with patients for course in compassion

  Health sciences student Eric Flores was featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about UCSC students working as volunteers with Hospice of Santa Cruz County.
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  November 21, 2016 - PhysOrg

  Structure of human astrovirus could lead to antiviral therapies, vaccines

  Biomolecular engineer Rebecca DuBois was featured in coverage of her research on astrovirus, including stories from PhysOrg, Health Medicine Network, Health Canal, Infection Control Today, Science Newsline, and other media outlets.
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  November 21, 2016 - New Scientist

  Porpoises plan their dives and can set their heart rate to match

  Biologist Terrie Williams is quoted in a New Scientist article about a study showing that porpoises can consciously control their heart rate.
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  November 17, 2016 - Symmetry

  Q&A: What more can we learn about the Higgs?

  Physicist Howard Haber is interviewed in a Symmetry magazine Q&A about research on the Higgs boson.
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  November 14, 2016 - NBC Bay Area

  Environmental Protection Agency's new emergency plan for drinking water concerns many

  NBC Bay Area relied on Daniel Hirsch, director of the UC Santa Cruz Environmental and Nuclear Policy program, as an expert source for an investigative report about radiation exposure guidelines for drinking water.

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  November 16, 2016 - New York Times

  A heavy heart may have rolled Pluto over

  Planetary scientist Francis Nimmo was quoted in widespread coverage of evidence for a subsurface ocean on Pluto, including stories in the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Guardian, Daily Mail, PBS NewsHour, Scientific American, AP, Christian Science Monitor, Economist, Gizmodo, Wired, Ars Technica, The Verge, YahooNews, Astronomy Now, Space.com, Popular Science, and many other media outlets.
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  November 07, 2016 - Education Week

  Older English language learners can face restricted learning opportunities

  Peggy Estrada, associate research scientist in Latin American and Latino studies, was interviewed about older students who are English-language learners by “Learning the Language” blog of Education Week.

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  November 11, 2016 - Buzzfeed

  What women who condemned Trump’s sexism do now

  Psychology professor and chair Campbell Leaper was quoted extensively in a Buzzfeed post on women and sexism in light of the presidential election results. 

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  November 10, 2016 - Vox

  What the lottery can tell us about college affordability

  Vox.com wrote about a study by economics professors George Bulmnan and Rob Fairlie that looked at tax return data from state lottery winners to investigate college-going decisions.

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  November 11, 2016 - Time Magazine

  How Historians of Tomorrow Will Interpret Donald Trump’s Election

  Humanities Dean Tyler Stovall was featured in a Time Magazine post-election story that asked eight historians to weigh in on one question: "When historians of the future look back on this week, what do you think they will see?"
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  November 09, 2016 - Metro Silicon Valley

  Finding the Art In Our Stars

  Metro Silicon Valley featured a story about Look Back in Time: Russell Crotty and Lick Observatory, the first traveling exhibition of the UC Santa Cruz Institute of the Arts and Sciences, opening in November at the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art.
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  November 08, 2016 - IEEE Spectrum

  Flashy recyclable photovoltaic system breaks record for solar energy

  Physicist Sue Carter was quoted in an article about solar energy systems in IEEE Spectrum.
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  November 01, 2016 - The Atlantic: City Lab

  How driverless cars could empower pedestrians

  Several online publications, including The Atlantic’s “City Lab” blog, wrote about environmental studies professor Adam Millard-Ball’s journal article about pedestrians and self-driving cars. Others include Planet Citizen, the Register in the U.K. and the IEEE Spectrum.

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  November 02, 2016 - LiveScience

  Ancient cave lion cubs found crushed and frozen in Russia

  Biologist Beth Shapiro was quoted in coverage of research on the remains of ancient cave lion cubs found frozen in permafrost in Russia, including stories from LiveScience, CBS News, Fox News, and other media outlets.

October

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  October 28, 2016 - San Francisco Chronicle

  Internet Archive, repository of modern culture, turns 20

  Film archivist and UCSC associate professor of film and digital media Rick Prelinger was quoted in a San Francisco Chronicle story about Internet Archive, a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites and more, founded by computer scientist and entrepreneur Brewster Kahle.
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  October 27, 2016 - San Francisco Chronicle

  Daniel Wirls: Time to terminate the nuclear triad

  The San Francisco Chronicle published an op-ed by politics professor Daniel Wirls calling for the U.S. to eliminate all land-based nuclear missiles, one leg of the outdated nuclear triad.

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  October 28, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UCSC goes bald to back childhood cancer research

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel covered a Genomics Institute fundraiser for childhood cancer research, featuring researchers Katrina Learned, Teresa Swatloski, David Haussler, Olena Morozova, and others.
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  October 29, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UC Santa Cruz scientists advance understanding of Alzheimer’s disease

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about research on Alzheimer's disease led by biochemist Yevgenij Raskatov.
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  October 27, 2016 - UPI

  High levels of algae toxins in San Francisco Bay shellfish

  Ocean scientist Raphael Kudela was quoted in stories about toxins in San Francisco Bay shellfish from UPI, Santa Cruz Sentinel, San Francisco Chronicle, Contra Costa Times, Nature World News, Technobahn, Breitbart, and other media outlets.
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  October 26, 2016 - Eureka Times-Standard

  Sea stars have difficulty recovering from devastating virus

  Biologist Pete Raimondi is quoted in a Eureka Times-Standard article about the impact of sea star wasting syndrome on North Coast sea star populations.
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  October 26, 2016 - UPI

  Coastal wetlands offer millions of dollars worth of hurricane protection

  Ocean scientist Michael Beck was quoted in coverage of a report on the effectiveness of coastal wetlands in reducing property damage from storms, including stories from UPI, Insurance Journal, PhysOrg, PreventionWeb, Insurance NewsNet, Canadian Underwriter, eScienceNews, and other outlets.
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  October 25, 2016 - Daily Mail

  Mystery of the massive Andes dome solved: Researchers find 1km high structure

  Geologist Noah Finnegan's research on the uplift of the Central Andes was covered by the Daily Mail (U.K.), LiveScience, International Business Times, TerraDaily, PhysOrg, Environment News Service, and other media outlets.

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  October 19, 2016 - Nature

  Social science: Include social equity in California Biohub

  Jenny Reardon and Katherine Darling of sociology and the Science and Justice Research Center, writing as members of “Science FARE (Feminist Anti-Racist Equity) Collective,” were among six authors of a letter in the journal Nature calling for the Chan/Zuckerberg Initiative to include social equity in the California Biohub.

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  October 17, 2016 - Wallet Hub

  2016's states with the most and least powerful voters

  Economics professor Ajay Shenoy was interviewed for a special feature on voters in WalletHub, a Washington, D.C.-based website that offers credit-improvement advice and money-saving tips.

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  October 20, 2016 - Scientific American

  Could diet change help treat blood cancer or transplant patients?

  Biomolecular engineer Camilla Forsberg is quoted in a Scientific American story about new findings on the development of blood stem cells.
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  October 18, 2016 - KION TV

  Redwoods play role in regulating global temperature

  Geologist Gary Griggs was interviewed by KION TV for a story about climate change.
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  October 18, 2016 - Nature

  The power of prediction markets

  Physicist Anthony Aguirre is quoted in an article about prediction markets in Nature.
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  October 18, 2016 - Daily Mail

  The mysterious Higgs bison: Ice Age cave paintings show the origins of elusive hybrid species

  Biologist Beth Shapiro was quoted in coverage of research showing that the European bison descended from hybridization of two extinct species, the steppe bison and the auroch (ancestor of cattle), including stories in the Daily Mail, PhysOrg, Popular Archaeology, Archaeology News, Post Online, and other media outlets.
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  October 17, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UCSC professor Ryan Foley awarded Packard Fellowship

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about astronomer Ryan Foley, who has received a Packard Fellowship.
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  October 17, 2016 - Audubon

  Rare white hummingbird steals the spotlight at California garden

  Biologist Todd Newberry is quoted in an Audubon article about the white hummingbird that has been seen in the UCSC Arboretum, as well as a San Francisco Chronicle story which also quotes Arboretum director Martin Quigley.
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  October 13, 2016 - Santa Cruz Tech Beat

  Q&A: Rob Currie, Genomics Institute CTO, on “the global virtuous cycle of open data” (and more)

  Santa Cruz Tech Beat published an interview with Rob Currie, the new CTO for the UCSC Genomics Institute.
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  October 13, 2016 - AP

  Elephant seal sets record by swimming farthest west

  Biologist Patrick Robinson is quoted in an AP wire story about Phyllis the elephant seal's record-setting swim across the North Pacific, which was widely published in outlets ranging from the Daily Mail (U.K.) to San Francisco Chronicle.
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  October 09, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  A recently restored silent-era melodrama shows Santa Cruz what it looked like 100 years ago

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a front page story about 'Mothers of Men,' a 1917 women’s suffrage film shot on location in Santa Cruz, that was found and restored by a graduate of UC Santa Cruz’s Film & Digital Media Department.
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  October 06, 2016 - VentureBeat

  Funomena’s Robin Hunicke Believes In Games With Intentional Play

  VentureBeat featured an interview with Robin Hunicke, director of art and design in the Games and Playable Media program at UC Santa Cruz.
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  October 06, 2016 - International Business Times

  Is 'Birth Of A Nation' Really Based On A True Story? How 1915 Film With Same Name Was KKK Propoganda

  International Business Times interviewed B. Ruby Rich, professor of film & digital media and social documentation, for a story about the new film “Birth of a Nation" by Nate Parker, who took his film's name from D.W. Griffith's 1915 movie that was Ku Klux Klan propaganda.
  
  
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  October 12, 2016 - Guardian

  Video games where people matter? The strange future of emotional AI

  Computational media professor Michael Mateas and graduate students Aaron Reed and James Ryan are featured in a Guardian article about the use of artifical intelligence to simulate emotional behavior in nonplayer characters in computer games.
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  October 08, 2016 - Financial Times

  There’s magic in mess: why you should embrace a disorderly desk

  Psychology professor Stephen Whittaker discusses “pilers and filers”  in a Financial Times article that is taken from a new book on messiness and productivity.

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  October 07, 2016 - Washington Post

  The mystery of the ‘ghost trees’ may be solved

  Biologist Jarmila Pittermann was quoted in an article about albino redwood trees in the Washington Post, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, San Francisco Chronicle, and other media outlets. 
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  October 07, 2016 - Stat

  As DNA reveals its secrets, scientists are assembling a new picture of humanity

  Genomics researcher Benedict Paten is featured in a story in Stat about efforts to build genome graphs for better understanding of the human genome.
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  October 04, 2016 - Monterey Herald

  UCSC receives iconic photographic collection worth $32M

  Stories about a major gift to the UC Santa Cruz Library's Special Collections of The Pirkle Jones and Ruth-Marion Baruch Collection, comprised of photographs documenting the people, landscape, and politics of California, were featured in The Monterey Herald, San Jose Mercury News, East Bay Times, Santa Cruz Sentinel (front page), KQED, Philanthropy News Digest, Central Coast News, and KION-TV.

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  October 03, 2016 - KQED

  Beyond the Physical Body with Dancer Gerald Casel

  KQED featured a story and video about Theater Arts professor of dance Gerald Casel and his work as an artist, activist, and educator.
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  October 02, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Novelist Micah Perks tells a new story from an entirely new point of view

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a front page story about a new novel by Micah Perks, professor of literature and co-director of the Creative Writing Program at UC Santa Cruz. An excerpt of the book was also featured by Tin House.
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  October 04, 2016 - Health Medicine Network

  Study implicates glial cells in fragile X syndrome

  Biologist Yi Zuo's research on fragile X syndrome was covered in Health Medicine Network, BioSpace, TechnoBahn, and Science Daily.
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  October 03, 2016 - New York Times

  Under Hawaii’s starriest skies, a fight over sacred ground

  Astronomer Michael Bolte is featured in a New York Times article about the controversy over construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope in Hawaii.

September

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  September 22, 2016 - Washington Post

  Maya Rudolph’s Prince-approved Prince cover band is keeping his songs alive

  The Washington Post featured a story about two UCSC alums--actress/comedian Maya Rudolph and Gretchen Lieberum--who formed a Prince cover band as a result of singing together while attending UC Santa Cruz.
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  September 28, 2016 - National Geographic

  Is dry farming the next wave in a drought-plagued world?

  The National Geographic quoted professor emeritus Stephen Gliessman in an article on dry farming.

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  September 29, 2016 - Dissent

  Liberté, Egalité, Féminisme?

  Dissent magazine published a special issue on feminism that includes an essay by anthropology professor Mayanthi Fernando on French feminism’s antipathy for Islam.

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  September 28, 2016 - San Francisco Chronicle

  Dungeness crab get qualified thumbs-up in tests for domoic acid

  Ocean scientist Raphael Kudela is quoted in a San Francisco Chronicle story about the potential impact of algal toxins on the upcoming Dungeness crab season.
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  September 28, 2016 - Eos

  New images give more proof for Europa's plumes

  Planetary scientist Francis Nimmo is quoted in a story in Eos about evidence of water plumes on Jupiter's moon Europa.
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  September 26, 2016 - New Scientist

  Puffed-up exoplanets inflate with heat from their stars alone

  Astronomer Jonathan Fortney was quoted in an article in New Scientist about "hot Jupiter" exoplanets.
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  September 26, 2016 - Scientific American

  It takes 2: RNA–DNA mashup may have kick-started life on Earth

  Biomolecular engineer David Deamer was quoted in an article in Scientific American and Chemistry World about the roles of RNA and DNA in the origins of life.
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  September 26, 2016 - Science

  Should we bring extinct species back from the dead?

  Biologist Beth Shapiro was quoted in a Science article about using genetic engineering to bring back extinct species.
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  September 23, 2016 - The Atlantic: City Lab

  How a 'Smart' Public Transit System Can Better Serve Riders With Disabilities

  Computer engineer Roberto Manduchi was quoted in an article in City Lab from the Atlantic about his project to develop a smart transit system for people with special needs.
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  September 22, 2016 - The Weather Channel

  Coastal sand is being depleted, and it's taking our beaches

  Geologist Gary Griggs is quoted in stories from the Weather Channel and Take Part about sand mining and the depletion of coastal sands.
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  September 22, 2016 - New York Times

  End U.S. Support for the Thugs of Honduras

  History professor Dana Frank contributed an opinion piece to the New York Times advocating that the U.S. should suspend all police and military aid to Honduras and instead "address the demands of Hondurans for a truly independent, United Nations-backed commission on corruption and impunity."

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  September 21, 2016 - New Scientist

  How baby beluga whales dive deeper and longer than any others

  New Scientist covered research by biologist Shawn Noren on the physiological adaptations behind the extraordinary diving abilities of beluga whales.
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  September 19, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  New UC Santa Cruz students increasingly diverse, more Californian

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel noted the increased diversity and higher percentage of California students attending for fall 2016.

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  September 07, 2016 - Nature

  Privacy: The myth of anonymity

  An article in Nature on genetic data and privacy quoted sociology’s Jenny Reardon and referenced a conference she led last spring called “Just Data.”

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  September 15, 2016 - US News and World Report

  Students cry foul about paying more for sports

  US News and World Report republished an article from the Hechinger Report that focused on UC Santa Cruz as part of a larger look at college sports and student fees.

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  September 14, 2016 - Wall Street Journal

  EPA Proposes New Water Rules for Nuclear Emergencies

  The Wall Street Journal quoted Daniel Hirsch, director of the UCSC Environmental and nuclear policy program in an article about rules for nuclear contamination in water after an emergency.

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  September 02, 2016 - Science

  Mentoring's moment

  Alumnus Blake Riggs was featured in a story about mentoring programs for minority scientists in Science magazine.
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  September 14, 2016 - PhysOrg

  New optofluidic platform features tunable optics and novel 'lightvalves'

  Electrical engineer Holger Schmidt was quoted in stories about his optofluidics research in PhysOrg, Nanotechnology Now, Optoelectronics News, and other media outlets.
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  September 12, 2016 - New Scientist

  Full and new moons linked to timing of largest, deadliest quakes

  Seismologist Emily Brodsky was quoted in a New Scientist article about a study suggesting the tidal pull of the moon influences earthquakes.
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  September 09, 2016 - The New Yorker

  Cultural Comment: Twenty years of listening to Gillian Welch

  The New Yorker magazine published a feature story about award-winning singer-songwriter, and UC Santa Cruz alumnus, Gillian Welch.
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  September 04, 2016 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

  A Very Public Intellectual: Can Bro Adams persuade the public that the humanities matter?

  The Chronicle of Higher Education featured an extensive story about UC Santa Cruz alumnus William 'Bro" Adams, the chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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  September 02, 2016 - The Guardian

  Björk on her inspirations: a drag queen, a videogame, a knitwear prodigy and more

  As her exhibition Björk Digital opens in London, Icelandic pop pioneer Björk revealed to The Guardian the artists making an impression on her, including Robin Hunicke, director of art and design in the Games and Playable Media program at UC Santa Cruz. A story in iQ (Intel's tech culture magazine) also named Hunicke one of 10 female programmers who have revolutionized video games.
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  September 08, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UCSC Natural Reserves Director Gage Dayton appointed to endowed chair

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about Natural Reserves director Gage Dayton's appointment to an endowed chair.
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  September 06, 2016 - Christian Science Monitor

  Why climate change poses a fatal risk for lizards

  Biologist Barry Sinervo was quoted in a Christian Science Monitor story about the effects of climate change on lizard populations.
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  September 02, 2016 - PhysOrg

  Turn down the volume: New IUCN guide helps navigate seismic survey impacts on marine species

  Biologist Brandon Southall was quoted in coverage of a report he coauthored on how to reduce impacts of ocean noise on marine mammals, including stories from PhysOrg, ScienMag, eTurboNews, Daily Sun, and others.
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  September 01, 2016 - LiveScience

  How did life arise on Earth?

  Biomolecular engineer David Deamer was quoted in a LiveScience story about the origins of life.
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  September 02, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UC Santa Cruz technology helps astronauts sequence DNA in space

  Biomolecular engineers David Deamer and Mark Akeson are featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about the UCSC technology used to sequence DNA on the International Space Station.

August

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  August 30, 2016 - Gizmodo

  We finally know what caused those mysterious craters on Phobos

  Planetary scientist Michael Nayak was quoted in coverage of his findings about the Martian moon Phobos, including stories in Gizmodo, Daily Mail, Space.com, Cosmos, Yahoo UK, Wired UK, SpaceRef, Mars Daily, Science Daily, Toronto Telegraph, Hong Kong Herald, and other media outlets.
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  August 30, 2016 - Inside Higher Ed

  Mercury in California’s Fog

  Environmental toxicologist Peter Weiss was featured in the "Academic Minute" podcast from Inside Higher Ed.
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  August 24, 2016 - Santa Cruz Tech Beat

  Q&A: Alexander Wolf, New Dean of Baskin Engineering

  Santa Cruz Tech Beat ran an interview with new engineering dean Alexander Wolf.
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  August 24, 2016 - KPCC

  Avoid eating seafood from Half Moon, Monterey bays, California officials say

  Marine scientist Clarissa Anderson was interviewed by Southern California public radio station KPCC and KION TV for stories about toxic algae blooms.
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  August 24, 2016 - MIT Technology Review

  Intel tries to rearchitect the computer—and itself

  Computer scientist Ethan Miller is quoted in a Technology Review article about Intel's new data storage technology.
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  August 25, 2016 - Health Medicine Network

  Early exposure to too much manganese causes attention deficits in rats

  Research on the health effects of manganese by environmental toxicologist Don Smith was covered by Health Medicine Network and other media outlets.
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  August 24, 2016 - Guardian

  'It’s a catastrophe': low-income workers get priced out of California beach city

  Sociology professor Steve McKay was quoted in a Guardian (UK) article about how high housing costs are driving lower-income residents out of Santa Cruz.

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  August 19, 2016 - National Geographic

  Ocean slime spreading quickly across the Earth

  Ocean scientist Raphael Kudela is quoted in a National Geographic article about harmful algal blooms. 
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  August 21, 2016 - Motherboard

  ‘No Man’s Sky’ Is like 18 quintillion bowls of oatmeal

  Computer scientist and game designer Kate Compton was quoted in a Motherboard article about the recently released game "No Man's Sky."
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  August 22, 2016 - Smithsonian

  These simple fixes could save thousands of birds a year from fishing boats

  Biologist Breck Tyler was quoted in a Smithsonian article about the impact of long-line fishing on endangered seabird populations.
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  August 19, 2016 - Science Friday

  I, Twitter Bot

  Computer scientist Kate Compton was a guest on the public radio program Science Friday to discuss Twitter bots.
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  August 18, 2016 - LiveScience

  Drifting tectonic hotspot overturns Himalayan theory

  Geologist Noah Finnegan was quoted in a LiveScience article about research on the geology of the Himalayas.
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  August 18, 2016 - UPI

  Better conservation could prevent most island vertebrate extinctions, research shows

  Biologists Erin McCreless and Don Croll were quoted in coverage of their research on island extinctions, including stories from UPI, Science Daily, Breitbart, Science Newsline, PhysOrg, and other media outlets.
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  August 19, 2016 - Inside Philanthropy

  Why this foundation's focus on precision medicine really matters

  Genomics Institute director David Haussler is quoted in a story from Inside Philanthropy about support for the Treehouse Childhood Cancer Initiative from St. Baldrick's Foundation.
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  August 17, 2016 - The New Yorker

  Should the U.S still be sending military aid to Honduras?

  A story in the New Yorker magazine about whether the U.S. should cut off military aid to Honduras quoted UC Santa Cruz history professor and Honduras expert Dana Frank, who noted: “There’s a great deal of evidence that the U.S. is funding violence creation by the government on a grand scale.”
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  August 17, 2016 - East Bay Times

  Susan Solt named dean at UC Santa Cruz

  The East Bay Times published a story announcing the appointment of Susan Solt as new dean of the UC Santa Cruz Arts Division. The story also appeared in The Mercury News.
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  August 18, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Book by UC Santa Cruz alumnus tops President Obama’s Summer Reading List

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about UC Santa Cruz graduate William Finnegan, (Cowell, ’74, English literature) and his award-winning book, Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life, which appeared at the top of President Obama’s 2016 Summer Reading List.
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  August 18, 2016 - El Pais

  How many twists can be done in 1.5 seconds?

  Mathematician Richard Montgomery's work is cited in an article in El Pais about the mathematics of Olympic diving.
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  August 16, 2016 - Tampa Bay Times

  Craig Haney: Floridians prefer life without parole over capital punishment for murderers

  The Tampa Bay Times published an op-ed by Craig Haney, distinguished professor of psychology, on his research on Florida public opinion regarding the death penalty. Haney is also co-director of the University of California Criminal Justice & Health Consortium.

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  August 04, 2016 - Tech.co

  Study: Startup Activity Is on the Upswing

  Tech.Co, an online site that covers tech startup news, quoted economics professor Rob Fairlie in a report on the Kaufmann Index report on startup activity of which Fairlie is an author.

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  August 16, 2016 - Smithsonian

  Give it up, sneaky males: These lady fish have you outwitted

  Biologist Suzanne Alonzo's research on the reproductive tricks of the ocellated wrasse received widespread coverage, including a Wall Street Journal video and stories from Smithsonian, the Guardian, Daily Mail, UPI, The Scientist, Science News, Science Daily, and other media outlets.
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  August 12, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Susan Solt named dean at UC Santa Cruz

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a story about the new UC Santa Cruz arts dean, Susan Solt.
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  August 14, 2016 - Fusion

  Via sensor or struggle, seals offer ocean of insight into climate change underseas

  Biologist Dan Costa is quoted in a story in Fusion about climate change impacts on marine mammals.
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  August 15, 2016 - Science Daily

  NASA's Fermi mission expands its search for dark matter

  Physicist Regina Caputo was quoted in stories about the search for dark matter using NASA's Fermi space telescope, including stories from Science Daily, Space.com, Space Daily, Astronomy Now, Innovations Report, and other outlets.
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  August 11, 2016 - San Jose Mercury News

  Perseids meteor shower even better this year

  Lick Observatory astronomer Elinor Gates is quoted in a San Jose Mercury News story about the Perseid meteor shower.
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  August 11, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Murky outlook for crab season

  Ocean scientist Raphael Kudela is quoted in a story about prospects for this year's crab season in the Santa Cruz Sentinel and Marin Independent Journal.
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  August 10, 2016 - Associated Press

  New evidence sheds light on how humans colonized America

  Biologists Beth Shapiro and Peter Heintzman were quoted in coverage of new findings on the opening of an ice-free corridor for human migration into the Americas, including stories in the New York Times, Nature, Christian Science Monitor, Scientific American, and an Associated Press story that ran in the Sacramento Bee, CBS News, Yahoo News, Salon, and many other news outlets throughout the country.
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  August 10, 2016 - New Scientist

  Genesis in a jar: How chemical gardens may lead us to alien life

  Biomolecular engineer David Deamer is quoted in a New Scientist feature story about research on the origins of life.
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  August 10, 2016 - National Geographic

  The blob that cooked the Pacific

  Alumna Kathi Lefebvre and ocean scientist Raphael Kudela are quoted in a National Geographic magazine feature story on the effects of the "warm blob" on marine life along the West Coast in 2015.
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  August 10, 2016 - Water Deeply

  Creative incentives to boost groundwater recharge

  The Water Deeply news site ran a feature story on hydrogeologist Andrew Fisher's groundwater recharge project in the Pajaro Valley.
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  August 04, 2016 - Science Daily

  Analysis of metastatic prostate cancers suggests treatment options

  Research on prostate cancer led by biomolecular engineer Josh Stuart was covered by Science Daily, Medical Xpress, Ecancer, Science Newsline, and other media outlets.
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  August 05, 2016 - Washington Post

  This sea lion grooves to Earth, Wind & Fire — and science shows she’s got rhythm

  A new study of Ronan the beat-keeping sea lion led by biologists Peter Cook and Andrew Rouse has prompted a fresh round of media coverage, including a story and videos in the Washington Post, Daily Mail, Sacramento Bee, Miami Herald, Toronto Sun, Independent, International Business Times, Bioscience Technology, and other media outlets.
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  August 04, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UCSC researchers get clues on otter lactation syndrome

  New research led by biologist Nicole Thometz on female sea otters and the cost of rearing a pup was covered by the Santa Cruz Sentinel, LiveScience, Yahoo News, PhysOrg, and other media outlets.
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  July 22, 2016 - NBC Bay Area News

  Open Road: UC Natural Reserve System

  Biologists Dan Costa, Barry Sinervo, and others are featured in an "Open Road" episode on the UC Natural Reserve System on NBC Bay Area News.
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  August 02, 2016 - Christian Science Monitor

  In Alaska, some of the last woolly mammoths died of thirst

  Biologist Beth Shapiro is quoted in a Christian Science Monitor story about the fate of the last woolly mammoths on Saint Paul Island in Alaska.

July

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  July 29, 2016 - Bay Journal

  Trawlers suspected in disappearance of shad, herring offshore

  Fisheries biologist Eric Palkovacs was quoted in an article in Bay Journal about the impact of marine bycatch on river herring populations.
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  July 29, 2016 - Smithsonian

  To uncover Earth’s origins, scientists must Look beyond it

  Planetary scientist Francis Nimmo is quoted in an article in Smithsonian magazine about studying other planets to understand the origins of our own.
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  July 27, 2016 - Vice

  Robin Hunicke Wants to Change Video Games, But She Can’t Do It Alone

  Vice (UK) featured a story about Robin Hunicke, director of art and design in the Games and Playable Media program at UC Santa Cruz.
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  July 25, 2016 - History News Network

  The next president of the American Historical Association will be...

  The History News Network announced that Humanities Dean Tyler Stovall will be the next president of the American Historical Association.
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  July 22, 2016 - Univision News

  Tim Kaine, fluent Spanish speaker, is Clinton's VP pick

  History professor Dana Frank was quoted in Univision News about Hillary Clinton's vice-presidential pick Tim Kaine, commenting on his connections to Honduras and his position on U.S. foreign policy toward that country.
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  July 26, 2016 - Capital Public Radio

  Educators Brainstorm New Models For Teaching Sustainable Agriculture

  Capital Public Radio in Sacramento produced a piece about the Sustainable Agriculture Educators Association holding its national conference at UC Santa Cruz.

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  July 24, 2016 - Morning Ag Clips

  Sustainable ag educators gather

  Morning Ag Clips picked up a Newscenter article about the Sustainable Agriculture Educators Association holding its national conference at UC Santa Cruz and included links in its daily newsletter.

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  July 22, 2016 - New York Times

  In Africa, birds and humans form a unique honey hunting party

  Evolutionary biologist John Thompson is quoted in a New York Times story about the cooperation between humans and honey-hunter birds in Africa.
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  July 27, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UC Santa Cruz summer startup academy instructs entrepreneurs

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about Summer Entrepreneurship Academy featuring instructor Nada Miljkovic, physicist Sue Carter, and Crown provost Manel Camps.
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  July 26, 2016 - NPR

  'Clone sisters' Of Dolly the sheep are alive and kicking

  Biologist Beth Shapiro is quoted in an NPR story about the health and longevity of a group of cloned sheep who are the 'clone sisters' of Dolly.
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  July 26, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Soquel teen develops new technology for astronomical telescopes

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about a local high school student's summer internship project working with astronomer Andrew Phillips in the UC Observatories Advanced Coatings Lab.
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  July 26, 2016 - Science News

  Website tests predictive powers of the hive mind

  Science News ran a story about Metaculus.com, a web site created by physicist Anthony Aguirre and astrophysicist Greg Laughlin to crowdsource predictions about the future.
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  July 21, 2016 - Water Deeply

  Seven Experts to Watch on California’s Groundwater

  Water Deeply, a website that covers California’s water and drought issues, named Ruth Langridge, a researcher with the Center for Global, International and Regional Studies and a continuing lecturer with the legal studies program, as an expert to watch.

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  July 21, 2016 - Los Angeles Review of Books

  The Afterlives of the 'Free State of Jones'

  Literature professor Susan Gillman contributed a piece to the Los Angeles Review of Books about the new film, Free State of Jones.
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  July 21, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Humpback, blue whales storm Monterey Bay

  Biologist Elliott Hazen was quoted in a story about whales in Monterey Bay in the Santa Cruz Sentinel, San Jose Mercury News, and Monterey Herald.
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  July 19, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UCSC humanities dean contributes to Time Magazine’s ‘25 Moments That Changed America’

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a story about UC Santa Cruz humanities dean Tyler Stovall's contribution to Time Magazine' s "25 Moments That Changed America," where he chose Busing is Mandated in Boston (June 21, 1974) as a significant moment in American history.
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  July 15, 2016 - New Scientist

  Baby stars grow big and strong by eating their own burst bubbles

  Astronomer Anna Rosen was quoted in a New Scientist article about her research on star formation.
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  July 16, 2016 - San Jose Mercury News

  Indigenous tribal band reclaims land stewardship

  Arboretum curator Rick Flores is quoted in a story in the San Jose Mercury News and Santa Cruz Sentinel about land stewardship by the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band.
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  July 18, 2016 - Science News

  ‘Junk DNA’ has value for roundworms

  Geneticist Susan Strome is quoted in a Science News story about 'junk DNA.'
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  July 18, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UCSC’s Ralph Abraham keeps alive the memories of Santa Cruz’s hip golden era

  Ralph Abraham, professor emeritus of mathematics, is profiled in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about his new book, "Hip Santa Cruz."
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  July 08, 2016 - Time Magazine

  25 Moments That Changed America

  UC Santa Cruz humanities dean Tyler Stovall contributed to a Time Magazine feature titled "25 Moments That Changed America," selecting Busing is Mandated in Boston (June 21, 1974) as a significant moment in American history.
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  July 13, 2016 - KPCC

  UC survey finds nearly 1 in 5 students go hungry at times

  Tim Galarneau, a food systems researcher with the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, was interviewed for a report by southern California public radio station KPCC on food insecurity among students. He is co-chair of a UC Global Food Initiative committee focused on student hunger.

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  July 11, 2016 - KPFA

  Meditation’s Political Potential

  Politics professor Dean Mathiowetz talks about meditation’s significant political potential in an interview on the “Against the Grain” program on KPFA radio.  Mathiowetz’s article  “‘Meditation is Good for Nothing’: Leisure as a Democratic Practice” appears in the journal New Political Science.

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  July 12, 2016 - Washington Post

  Mark Massoud: Three important points to help in understanding South Sudan’s worsening crisis

  Politics professor Mark Fathi Massoud published an op-ed in the Washington Post on the humanitarian crisis in South Sudan.

   

   

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  July 11, 2016 - PSNow

  Meet Carnegie Fellow Mark Fathi Massoud

  The website PSNow, published by the American Political Science Association, featured an interview with politics professor Mark Fathi Massoud, a member of the 2016 class of Andrew Carnegie Fellows.

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  July 09, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Stephen Kessler: Reading, writing and the humanities

  Literature alumnus Stephen Kessler contributed an article to the Santa Cruz Sentinel about the value of a humanities education, written in response to a story about a team of UC Santa Cruz students who won a national competition for an essay about a project demonstrating the importance of the humanities.
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  July 08, 2016 - NPR

  Millions Of Women Take A Long Walk With A 40-Pound Water Can

  An NPR piece on a study showing women bear the brunt of collecting water across sub-Saharan Africa included quotes from sociology professor Ben Crow whose research includes improving water supply infrastructure in the region.

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  July 07, 2016 - Daily Mail

  First water clouds outside our solar system spotted just 7.2 light years from Earth

  Astronomer Andrew Skemer was quoted in coverage of his research on a nearby brown dwarf, the coldest object known outside our solar system, including stories from the Daily Mail, Washington Post, Astronomy Now, Space.com, USA Today, Toronto Telegraph, Huffington Post, AP, NewsBeat Social, UPI, Yahoo News, Gizmodo, Breitbart, Popular Science, Nature World News, Peoples Daily, Science Daily, SpaceRef, IFL Science, Astrobiology News, Space Fellowship, Australia Network News, and other outlets.
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  July 05, 2016 - Science News

  New clues in search for Planet Nine

  Astronomer Jonathan Fortney is quoted in a Science News story about the search for a possible Planet Nine.
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  July 03, 2016 - Associated Press

  What’s being done to assess blue-green algae’s risk to humans

  Ocean scientist Raphael Kudela is quoted in an AP story about toxic cyanobacteria in freshwater lakes that ran in the Los Angeles Daily News, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, San Bernardino County Sun, and other California newspapers.
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  July 03, 2016 - MIT Technology Review

  Rebooting the human genome

  Genomics expert Benedict Paten is quoted in a Technology Review article about work on a new, more sophisticated human reference genome.
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  July 01, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Economist forecasts continued growth for Santa Cruz County

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel wrote about UCSC’s entrepreneurship efforts as part of an article on a meeting of the Santa Cruz County Business Council at UCSC.

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  July 01, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UCSC students win AARP video game design competition

  Grad students Cong Liu, Pedro Cori, and Alex Formoso were featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about their digital game proposal that won an award at the E3 game industry conference.

June

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  June 28, 2016 - San Francisco Chronicle

  PG&E’s Diablo Canyon closure plan clears 1st hurdle

  The San Francisco Chronicle quoted Daniel Hirsch, director of the Program on Environmental and Nuclear Policy, in an update on PG&E’s plan to close the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant.

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  June 27, 2016 - Science News

  Shark jelly is strong proton conductor

  Science News ran a story about electrical engineer Marco Rolandi's research on the electrosensory organs of sharks and rays.
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  June 27, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UC Santa Cruz team wins contest about importance of humanities

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a story about UCSC's Gail Project winning first prize in a national 'Shout Out for the Humanities' contest sponsored by 4Humanities.org, which encouraged undergraduate students across the country to make the case for the importance of the humanities.
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  June 26, 2016 - Sydney Morning Herald

  Astronomers gear up for dawn of the mega-telescope

  Astronomer Michael Bolte was quoted in an article about the Thirty Meter Telescope that first appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald and was reprinted in newspapers across Australia.
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  June 22, 2016 - The Irish Times

  Irish Nationalists in America: The Politics of Exile, 1798-1998 review

  The Irish Times published a very favorable review of history professor David Brundage's book, Irish Nationalists in America: The Politics of Exile, 1798-1998, noting his research is "fascinating and provocative," and that "Brundage challenges us to rethink the history of Irish nationalism and its far-flung supoorters, and to ponder its present and future."
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  June 21, 2016 - Los Angeles Times

  PG&E to close Diablo Canyon, California's last nuclear power plant

  Daniel Hirsch, director of the Program on Environmental and Nuclear Policy, was quoted in articles by the Los Angeles Times and Associated Press on PG&E’s plan to close the Diablo Canyon Nuclear power plant.The articles appeared in publications around the country.

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  June 19, 2016 - Monterey Herald

  Daniel Wirls: Bernie and Hillary–Moses and Machiavelli in U.S politics

  The Monterey County Herald and Santa Cruz Sentinel published an opinion piece by politics professor Daniel Wirls on the different political visions of Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.

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  June 19, 2016 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

  Suit seeks to free man from solitary confinement

  Psychology professor Craig Haney was quoted in a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article about a man held in solitary confinement for 36 years. Haney was hired by the inmate’s attorney to interview him in depth.

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  June 17, 2016 - Science

  Ancient DNA divide

  Evolutionary biologist Beth Shapiro is quoted in a Science magazine story about funding for research on ancient DNA, an area in which Europe is far ahead of the United States.
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  June 17, 2016 - Science

  Giant jaguars, colossal bears done in by deadly combo of humans and heat

  Paleontologist and PBSci dean Paul Koch was quoted in stories from Science, Tech Times, and other outlets about new research on the cause of the extinction of megafauna (mammoths and other large animals) at the end of the last ice age.
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  June 14, 2016 - Slate

  Edible six-pack rings replace plastic for Florida microbrewery

  Environmental toxicologist Myra Finkelstein is quoted in a Slate story about plastic pollution in the oceans.
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  June 06, 2016 - i-D magazine (London)

  Miranda July on being a first-time, female producer in Hollywood

  London's i-D magazine featured an interview with acclaimed author, filmmaker, and UC Santa Cruz alumna Miranda July about the pros and cons of being a woman in the film industry.
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  June 06, 2016 - Washington Post

  Google’s computers are creating songs. Making music may never be the same.

  Emeritus professor of music David Cope was quoted in The Washington Post for a story about the launch of a Google project to use artificial intelligence to create art and music. The story was also picked up by the Tampa Bay Times and Chicago’s Daily Herald.
  

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  June 06, 2016 - The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education

  New research on the intra-America slave trade to be incorporated Into online database

  Articles about associate professor of history Greg O'Malley's research to create a new public database about the slave trade were published in The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education and Baltimore's weekly newspaper The Afro.

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  June 08, 2016 - Global Comment

  Feminist filmmaking shines at The Human Rights Watch Film Festival

  A story in Global Comment featured alums Kate Trumbull and Joanna Sokolowski, who noted, “Kate and I met in grad school and were looking to make a film together. We were coming from a UC Santa Cruz program run by badass women--(professors) B. Ruby Rich and Renee Tajima--Peña. Not only is their personal work inspiring, but they fostered an environment that changed my vision of what feminist films and filmmakers could achieve.”

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  June 14, 2016 - Marketplace

  Video game insiders head to a new dimension at E3

  Game program creative director Erin Robinson Swink was quoted in a Marketplace Morning Report story about the E3 video game industry conference this week in Los Angeles. The story was broadcast on public radio stations across the country.
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  June 13, 2016 - PhysOrg

  Novel capping strategy improves stability of perovskite nanocrystals

  Biochemist Jin Zhang was quoted in coverage of his research on perovskite materials for solar energy and other applications, including stories from PhysOrg, Solar Energy News, Electronics Industry News, Science Daily, LED Inside, Nanotechnology Now, and other news sites.
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  June 13, 2016 - New York Times

  Video from a polar bear’s point of view

  Polar bear research led by Anthony Pagano, a UCSC grad student and USGS wildlife biologist, was featured in a New York Times article and video.
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  June 13, 2016 - Medical News Today

  Alzheimer's researchers find clues to toxic forms of amyloid beta

  Research on Alzheimer's disease led by biochemist Jevgenij Raskatov was covered by Medical News Today, Bionity, Science Newsline, and other media outlets.
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  June 10, 2016 - Gamasutra

  Why current game preservation efforts might not be ready for the future

  Computer science grad student Eric Kaltman was featured in a Gamasutra story about his blog post regarding the preservation and archiving of digital games.
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  June 06, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UC Santa Cruz students launch start-up company

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel wrote about three Merrill College students who have created an app and company called ClubConnect.

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  June 02, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Santa Cruz nature organization brings birding to the classroom

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel published a piece about the two 2012 alums who started the Bird School Project to introduce school children to birding and natural history.

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  May 27, 2016 - BBC

  Why do Indian-Americans win spelling bee contests?

  An article by the BBC referenced research contributed by economics professor Nirvikar Singh.

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  June 06, 2016 - Guardian

  Researchers follow the bison for clues to mystery of ancient America's settlement

  Evolutionary biologists Pete Heintzman and Beth Shapiro were quoted in coverage of their research on Pleistocene bison and human migrations, including stories from the Guardian, Washington Post, Daily Mail, Edmonton Journal, Science magazine, CBC, CNN, Christian Science Monitor, Smithsonian, Fox News, Yahoo News, Cosmos, Popular Archaeology, MSN, Tech Times, and other media outlets.

May

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  May 31, 2016 - Science

  World War II, Opium Wars recorded in ocean’s corals

  Geochemist Carl Lamborg was quoted in a Science article about research on mercury pollution recorded in coral skeletons. 
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  May 30, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UCSC professor to create new public database about the slave trade

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a story about the research of associate professor of history Gregory O'Malley.
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  May 27, 2016 - Latin Pulse

  Corruption: Scandals in Argentina and Honduras

  Latin Pulse featured an in-depth interview with history professor Dana Frank about corruption in Honduras.
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  May 25, 2016 - The Japan Times

  Let Obama’s Hiroshima visit open up debate in the U.S. about the nuclear attacks

  History lecturer and former grad student Dustin Wright contributed a story to The Japan Times about President Barack Obama's historic visit to Hiroshima. Wright was also interviewed on Rising Up with Sonali, a Los Angeles-based radio show that brings news coverage about gender and racial justice to Pacifica stations KPFA and KPFK.
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  May 24, 2016 - Art Radar

  “Summer Shower" showcases volumes and voids in the poetic work of Korean-American artist Jamie M. Lee.

  Art Radar featured the work of UC Santa Cruz art alumna Jamie M. Lee, who received her degree in painting and printmaking in 2001.
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  May 27, 2016 - KAZU

  Herpers help scientists protect cold-blooded wildlife

  Biologist Barry Sinervo was quoted in a KAZU radio story about citizen scientists documenting snakes and amphibians in the local area.
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  May 25, 2016 - San Luis Obispo Tribune

  Tech improves study, understanding of elephant seals

  Biology graduate student Sarah Kienle is featured in a story about her research on elephant seals in the San Luis Obispo Tribune and the Cambrian.
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  May 24, 2016 - Toronto Star

  ‘Grolar’ bear may be product of warmer Arctic

  Biologist Beth Shapiro is quoted in a story about grizzly-polar bear hybrids in the Toronto Star, Guelph Mercury, and other Canadian news outlets.
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  May 19, 2016 - NPR All Things Considered

  At 80, Carla Bley Keeps Looking Toward The Next Composition

  Music professor Amy Beal was quoted on National Public Radio's All Things Considered program about the 80th birthday of the highly innovative American jazz composer and band leader, Carla Bley. Beal also interviewed Bley for Keyboard magazine.
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  May 22, 2016 - NBC News

  Scientists want to bring back woolly mammoths — But why?

  Biologist Beth Shapiro is featured in NBC News coverage of efforts to resurrect the woolly mammoth. 
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  May 20, 2016 - Medical News Today

  Temperature influences gene expression, life cycle in vibrio cholerae

  Microbiologist Fitnat Yildiz was quoted in coverage of her research on cholera bacteria, including stories in Medical News Today, Science Daily, PhysOrg, and other media outlets.
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  May 19, 2016 - NBC Bay Area News

  Bay Area tsunami risk very low, scientists say

  Geophysicist Steven Ward is featured again in the second part of a story about tsunami risk in the San Francisco Bay Area on NBC Bay Area News.
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  May 19, 2016 - Kavli Foundation

  Galactic 'gold mine' explains the origin of nature's heaviest elements

  Astrophysicist Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz is featured in an article about the origins of gold and other heavy elements from the Kavli Foundation, Science Newsline, and Space Daily.
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  May 18, 2016 - NBC Bay Area News

  Fault types determine Bay Area tsunami risk

  Geophysicist Steven Ward is featured in a two-part television report on NBC Bay Area News about the tsunami risk in the S.F. Bay Area.
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  May 17, 2016 - Toronto Star

  Facebook grapples with heartache as it jogs memories

  The Star online, the web version of the Toronto Star quoted psychology professor Steve Whittaker in an article on Facebook memories.

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  May 05, 2016 - San Jose Mercury News

  UC Santa Cruz establishes permanent Silicon Valley home

  The San Jose Mercury News published an article about UC Santa Cruz’s Silicon Valley campus.

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  May 18, 2016 - Nature

  Ecology: The sea-otter whisperer

  In a book review in Nature, Jane Lubchenco applauds James Estes's new book chronicling his 45 years studying the complexities of an apex predator.
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  May 17, 2016 - KQED

  These lizards have been playing rock-paper-scissors for 15 million years

  Biologist Barry Sinervo is featured in a KQED article and video about his research on the mating games of California's side-blotched lizards.
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  May 17, 2016 - Nature

  Genome reveals why giraffes have long necks

  Genomics expert David Haussler was quoted in coverage of the giraffe genome in Nature and Scientific American.
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  May 10, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  ‘UCSC Night at the Museum’ to spotlight African American art and history

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about an Institute for Humanties Research public event at the Museum of Art and History, featuring the Kinsey Collection and an interview with the author of The Defender: How the Legendary Black Newspaper Changed America, including comments from history professor David Anthony.
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  May 17, 2016 - Scientific American

  Fishes use problem solving and invent tools

  Biologist Giacomo Bernardi's video of tool use by fish is featured in a Scientific American article about fish intelligence.
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  May 16, 2016 - Washington Post

  Sharks’ electricity-sensing organs are even more powerful than we realized

  Electrical engineer Marco Rolandi was quoted in news coverage of his research on electrosensory organs in sharks, including stories in the Washington Post, Popular Science, Cosmos, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Yahoo News, Discovery News, MotherBoard, Gizmag, Digital Trends, Toronto Star, Glasgow Daily News, International Business Times, and other media outlets.
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  May 13, 2016 - New Scientist

  Cannibal stars explode violently – as predicted by Darwin’s son

  New Scientist ran a story about research by astronomer Morgan MacLeod on a rare "red nova" in the Andromeda galaxy.

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  May 12, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Nature’s life cycle is focus of UCSC climate walk

  Biology grad student Juliet Oshiro is featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about the monthly Climate Walk she leads at the UCSC Arboretum.
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  May 09, 2016 - UPI

  Effect of ocean acidification on shellfish depends on other stressors

  Biologist Kristy Kroeker was quoted in coverage of her research on ocean acidification, including stories from UPI, Santa Cruz Sentinel, San Jose Mercury News, Breitbart, Science Newsline, Science Daily, and other media outlets.
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  April 28, 2016 - The Atlantic

  A DNA sequencer in every pocket

  Biomolecular engineer David Deamer is featured in an article about nanopore sequencing in the Atlantic magazine. Deamer and Mark Akeson also contributed a perspectives piece to Nature Biotechnology on three decades on nanopore sequencing.
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  May 06, 2016 - The Conversation

  David Brundage–The Easter Rising 100 years on: how the Irish revolution fired up American politics

  History professor David Brundage contributed a piece to The Conversation, an independent news and commentary web site produced by academics and journalists, based on research from his new book, Irish Nationalists in America: The Politics of Exile, 1798-1998.

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  May 05, 2016 - National Geographic

  Will the real Earthlike planets please stand up?

  Astronomer Greg Laughlin is quoted in a National Geographic blog about the difficulty of determining if any newly discovered exoplanets are truly Earth-like.
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  May 06, 2016 - Marin Independent Journal

  Alastair Bland’s Fish Wrap: Salmon angling picking up

  Marine ecologist Mark Carr is quoted in the Marin Independent Journal fishing column about the decline of North Coast kelp forests and its impacts on abalone and rockfish.
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  May 04, 2016 - Chemical & Engineering News

  Boiling water may cause Martian sand slides

  Planetary scientist Mikhail Kreslavsky is quoted in a Chemical & Engineering News story about research on the formation of unusual features on the surface of Mars.
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  May 04, 2016 - PBS Newshour

  After shocking die-off, Oregon sea stars stage an epic comeback

  Biologist Peter Raimondi is quoted in a PBS Newshour story about the recovery of starfish populations from sea star wasting disease, as well as stories from the Christian Science Monitor, Smithsonian, The Scientist, Yahoo News, and other media outlets.
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  May 04, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UC Santa Cruz senior paints a path to success

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a senior business economics major in an article about a painting service that uses college students.

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  May 02, 2016 - Silicon Valley Business Journal

  Scotts Valley's old Borland campus lands huge new tenant

  The Silicon Valley Business Journal published an article about UCSC leasing space in the former Borland headquarters to create a Scotts Valley administrative center.

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  May 03, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UCSC signs 20-year lease to establish Scotts Valley Center

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel wrote an article about UCSC lease of office space in Scotts Valley.

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  May 02, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Can a 40-ish new mom go to art school? Rachel Smith has but one answer: Yes, she can

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a front page story about art major Rachel Smith, a 42-year-old re-entry transfer student now in her junior year, who recently had one of her pieces selected for the de Young museum's New Generations Student Showcase in San Francisco. KSBW-TV also ran an interview with Smith and fellow art student Jocelyn Lozano, who also contributed to the de Young show.

April

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  April 12, 2023 - npr

  Drugs in the Bronze Age: NPR podcast features interview with associate professor of history Benjamin Breen

  In a podcast for NPR, Benjamin Breen, associate professor of history at UC Santa Cruz, spoke about the results of a new study finding that Bronze Age people used psychoactive drugs, perhaps as part of ancient rituals, as evidenced by the presence of chemicals in 3,000-year-old hairs found in a burial cave in Menorca off the Spanish Coast.
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  April 29, 2016 - Latino USA

  Hillary Clinton and Honduras: The Left’s Benghazi?

  NPR's Latino USA ran a story quoting history professor Dana Frank about Hillary Clinton and the politics surrounding the U.S. response to the 2009 military coup in Honduras.
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  April 20, 2016 - Christian Science Monitor

  Anders Breivik: Can Norway be too humane to a terrorist?

  A Christian Science Monitor article on a Norwegian mass murderer and his prison sentence, contrasting it with U.S. prison practices, featured extensive comments from Craig Haney, University Professor of psychology and legal studies.

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  April 25, 2016 - Wallet Hub

  2016’s best cities for Hispanic entrepreneurs

  Economics department chair and professor Robert Fairlie was featured in a study about 2016's best cities for Hispanic entrepreneurs published by Wallet Hub, a website based in Washington, D.C. aimed at small business owners.

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  April 28, 2016 - LiveScience

  Is it possible to clone a dinosaur?

  Biologist Beth Shapiro was quoted in a LiveScience story about whether it's possible to clone a dinosaur.
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  April 27, 2016 - San Luis Obispo Tribune

  Markings, tags help researchers track elephant seals

  Biologist Patrick Robinson was quoted in a story about elephant seals in the San Luis Obispo Tribune.
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  April 27, 2016 - Science Daily

  Scientists establish first map of the sea lion brain

  Rio, a sea lion who has been participating in research at Long Marine Lab for many years, was featured in a story about sea lion intelligence and a new map of the sea lion brain in Science Daily, PhysOrg, Neuroscientist News, Health Medicine Network, and other outlets.
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  April 27, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UC Santa Cruz photographer to speak about French migrant camp

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel wrote an article in advance of the Borders and Belonging events taking place as part of alumni weekend.

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  April 26, 2016 - KGO TV

  Biologist bands 2 peregrine falcon chicks perched at City Hall

  Bay Area TV stations KGO and KRON covered wildlife biologist Glenn Stewart as he banded peregrine falcon chicks in a nest at San Jose City Hall.
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  April 26, 2016 - Daily Dot

  The Fermi paradox, and why we haven't encountered aliens

  Physicist Anthony Aguirre is featured in a story about the potential for alien life in the universe in the Daily Dot, MSN, and other media outlets.
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  April 21, 2016 - Cosmos

  How bright can a supernova shine?

  Cosmos magazine ran a story about research on supernovae by astrophysicists Tuguldar Sukhbold and Stan Woosley.
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  April 17, 2016 - Santa Rosa Press Democrat

  Collapse of kelp forest imperils North Coast ocean ecosystem

  Marine ecologist Mark Carr was quoted in a news story and in a subsequent editorial in the Santa Rosa Press Democrat about the decline of kelp forests along the North Coast.
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  April 18, 2016 - Washington Post

  The mysterious volcano that got Western scientists a rare invite to North Korea

  Earth scientist James Gill was quoted in a Washington Post story about the Mt. Paektu volcano in North Korea. The story also ran in several other news outlets.
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  April 18, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UCSC professor Dee Hibbert-Jones earns Guggenheim Fellowship

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about associate professor of art Dee Hibbert-Jones winning a Guggenheim Fellowship in film and video.
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  April 18, 2016 - AP

  The extinction crisis in a warming world

  Biologists Barry Sinervo and Rafael Lara were quoted in an Associated Press story about the impact of global warming on desert species that ran in the Reno Gazette Journal and other media outlets.
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  April 13, 2016 - The New Yorker

  No Answers in the Murder of Berta Cáceres

  History professor Dana Frank was quoted in a second New Yorker magazine story about the murder of environmental and human rights activist Berta Cáceres in Honduras. Frank was also interviewed by Amy Goodman on Democracy Now! and appeared on the Native America Calling radio show.
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  April 13, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UC Santa Cruz receives $1 million for Institute of the Arts and Sciences

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a story about a major gift from alumnus Nion McEvoy to support programming for UC Santa Cruz's Institute of the Arts and Sciences over the next five years.
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  April 11, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Life experiences leave lasting impressions for UCSC Provost Alice Yang

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a profile of Stevenson College provost and associate professor of history, Alice Yang.
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  April 08, 2016 - Scientific American

  DNA may hold clues to halt westward spread of bat mystery disease

  Biologist Joseph Hoyt was quoted in a Scientific American article about the westward spread of white-nose syndrome in bats.
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  April 08, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  West Coast scientists urge immediate action to combat ocean acidification

  Marine ecologist Kristy Kroeker was quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about ocean acidification.
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  April 03, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Reich-onomics: Robert Reich’s mission is to save American capitalism

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel wrote about Robert Reich’s visit to Santa Cruz sponsored by the Blum Center for Poverty, Social Enterprise and Participatory Governance.

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  April 07, 2016 - New York Times

  Scientists look at hangers-on amid mass die-off of bats

  Biologist Kate Langwig and other UCSC researchers were featured in a widely published AP story about white-nose syndrome in bats that ran in the New York Times, Telegraph (U.K.), and many other media outlets.
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  April 02, 2016 - High Country News

  White-nose syndrome comes to the West

  Biologist Marm Kilpatrick was quoted in a story in High Country News about the spread of the deadly bat disease white-nose syndrome into western states.

March

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  March 23, 2016 - Fortune Magazine

  The Grateful Dead as Business Pioneers

  Fortune Magazine quoted UC Santa Cruz's Grateful Dead Archivist Nicholas Meriwether for a story about how the band was a pioneer of common business and marketing strategies.
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  March 29, 2016 - eCampusNews

  Can corporate funding help connect students to data?

  Computer scientist Lise Getoor was quoted in a story from eCampusNews about universities partnering with the private sector to fund research and expose students to real-world challenges.
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  March 30, 2016 - Polygon

  Emotion, manipulation and the future of game design

  Game news site Polygon reviewed How Games Move Us, the new book by computational media professor Katherine Isbister.
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  March 30, 2016 - Smithsonian

  Pluto may have a wandering heart

  Planetary scientist Francis Nimmo was quoted in a Smithsonian story about proposed explanations for unusual features on Pluto.
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  March 30, 2016 - Guardian

  Silicon Valley subcontracting makes income inequality worse, report finds

  The Guardian’s (Great Britain) San Francisco technology reporter wrote about Chris Benner and Kyle Neering’s Everett Center’s study of low-wage subcontract workers in Silicon Valley.

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  March 30, 2016 - Huffington Post

  Universities must change the culture on sexual violence, UC Santa Cruz provost says

  The Huffington Post published an article about Campus Provost/Executive Vice Chancellor Alison Galloway’s statement calling for faculty to go beyond compliance regarding sexual harassment on campus.  Galloway’s statement, distributed campus wide, was also published on Medium.

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  March 28, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UCSC emeritus professor Thomas Pettigrew honored for research on racism

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel wrote a nice story about the work of emeritus professor Tom Pettigrew who has been named winner of the Cox-Johnson-Frazier Award, bestowed by American Sociological Association.

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  March 30, 2016 - Washington Post

  What we know about the people who clean the floors in Silicon Valley

  The Washington Post “Wonk Blog" wrote about a report by environmental studies professor Chris Benner, executive director of the Everett Program, about the ethnic disparity between high-tech workers in Silicon Valley and the contract workers who staff corporate campuses as janitors, landscapers, food service workers, and shuttle bus drivers.  

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  March 29, 2016 - Washington Post

  This mysterious ‘hot Jupiter’ is on a wild orbital ride

  Astronomer Greg Laughlin was quoted in coverage of new research on a "hot Jupiter" exoplanet with an eccentric orbit, including stories in the Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, Tech Times, CNet, Space Daily, EarthSky, PhysOrg, SlashGear, and other media outlets.
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  March 28, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Drought: Aquifer woes here to stay

  Hydrogeologist Andrew Fisher and his students were featured in a story about groundwater deficits and the drought that ran in the San Jose Mercury News, Santa Cruz Sentinel, and other media outlets.
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  March 25, 2016 - The Washington Post

  For Latin American environmentalists, death is a constant companion

  The Washington Post quoted history professor Dana Frank for a front-page story about the recent slaying of internationally known environmentalist Berta Cáceres Flores of Honduras.
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  March 24, 2016 - Capital Public Radio

  The long-term problem facing California beaches

  Coastal geologist Gary Griggs was featured in a Capital Public Radio story about California's shrinking beaches.
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  March 24, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UCSC service learning spring break provides alternative

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel, Watsonville Register-Pajaronian, and KION television carried stories about College Nine and Ten students performing service-learning projects in Watsonville for an alternative spring break.

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  March 23, 2016 - Christian Science Monitor

  Did the moon shift its axis? Mysterious ice deposits reveal clues

  Planetary scientist Ian Garrick-Bethell was quoted in widespread coverage of research on the moon's wandering poles, including stories from the Christian Science Monitor, Scientific American, BBC News, Space.com, Ars Technica, Japan Times, AFP news service, and other media outlets.
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  March 22, 2016 - Newsweek

  Eradicating invasive mammals helps native island species thrive

  Biologist Donald Croll was quoted in a Newsweek article about how eradication of invasive mammals benefits island biodiversity. This research was also covered by the Santa Cruz Sentinel and other media outlets.
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  March 16, 2016 - Good Times

  People's Voice

  HIstory professor Eric Porter was quoted in a Santa Cruz Good Times story about new research from Stanford University that shows clear academic benefits to ethnic studies.

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  March 21, 2016 - Public Radio International

  It's easier to get people to stop speaking a language than to take it up again: just ask the Irish

  Linguistics professors Jaye Padgett and Jim McCloskey were featured on Public Radio International’s "The World” program in a segment about the Irish language that aired on St. Patrick's Day. The syndicated program is broadcast on more than 300 stations across the country.
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  March 21, 2016 - NPR

  Family Of Slain Indigenous Rights Activist Wants U.S. To Stop Funding Honduras

  NPR quoted history professor Dana Frank about the recent killing of indigenous rights activist Berta Cáceres, which drew international condemnation.
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  March 21, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Ocean acidification putting marine life at risk, study says

  Biologist Kristy Kroeker was quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about her research on ocean acidification, which was also covered in other media outlets. 
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  March 18, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Beach erosion, sand loss could be costly to Monterey Bay economy

  Coastal geologist Gary Griggs was quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel article about beach erosion.
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  March 18, 2016 - Gamasutra

  Michael John: Games are a great way to explore complex social issues

  Game news site Gamasutra covered a talk by Michael John, games and playable media program director, at the Game Developers Conference. 
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  March 13, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Believing stereotypes threatens academic performance, UC Berkeley provost says at UCSC

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel covered a talk about stereotypes by Claude Steele, executive vice chancellor and campus provost, at UC Berkeley.

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  March 01, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UCSC’s Chris Benner: Lessons from Kansas City, Salt Lake City and Oklahoma City

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel covered a talk by environmental studies professor Chris Benner to the Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce Women in Business luncheon.

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  March 17, 2016 - Quanta

  In warm, greasy puddles, the spark of life?

  Quanta magazine ran an interview with biomolecular engineer David Deamer about his research on the origins of life. The story also appeared in the Atlantic.
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  March 11, 2016 - The New Yorker

  The Death of Berta Cáceres

  The New Yorker magazine quoted history professor Dana Frank in a piece about the murder of enivironmental and human rights activist Berta Cáceres last week in Honduras. An interview with Frank about the murder and rising political violence in Honduras was also featured in the syndicated weekly radio news magazine, Between the Lines.
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  March 09, 2016 - Good Times

  Radical Shift

  The Santa Cruz Good Times featured a story about a UC Santa Cruz reading by acclaimed visionary science-fiction novelist and critic Samuel R. Delany, presented by the Humanities Division. An article also appeared in the Santa Cruz Sentinel.

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  March 01, 2016 - KQED

  Other Minds archives headed for UC Santa Cruz

  KQED ran a story about the San Francisco-based nonprofit music organization, Other Minds, donating its archives to UC Santa Cruz. It was also reported on SF Gate and in the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
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  March 11, 2016 - New York Times

  The unnatural kingdom

  Conservation biologist Bernie Tershy was quoted in a New York Times article about the use of technology to protect wildlife and preserve wilderness. The article, by UCSC American literature Ph.D. graduate Daniel Duane, ran in the Sunday NY Times on March 13.
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  February 20, 2016 - Veja

  Evo Morales e seu projeto de se perpetuar no poder

  Guillermo Delgado-P., a lecturer in anthropology, was interviewed by Veja, a leading Brazilian journal, on the Bolivian national referendum to reform the constitution and allow current president Evo Morales to be candidate for a fourth term. (The interview and article are in Portuguese.)

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  March 10, 2016 - Scientific American

  Parched California tries to grab storm water before it escapes

  Hydrogeologist Andrew Fisher is featured in a Scientific American article about his groundwater recharge projects in the Pajaro Valley.
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  March 09, 2016 - BBC News

  Asian bats show resistance to deadly white-nose syndrome

  Biologists Joseph Hoyt and Kate Langwig were quoted in coverage of their research on the deadly bat disease white-nose syndrome, including stories from the BBC, The Scientist, Discovery News, Inverse, Greenwire, Tech Times Science 2.0, and other media outlets.
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  March 07, 2016 - San Francisco Chronicle

  Santa Cruz novelist takes out rage on page

  The San Francisco Chronicle's arts section ran a cover story on UC Santa Cruz alumna Elizabeth McKenzie (B.A. Literature, 1981) about her new book The Portable Veblen.
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  March 05, 2016 - Monterey Herald

  Helping otter pups survive El Niño

  Biologist Tim Tinker was quoted in a Monterey Herald story about the effects on sea otters of El Nino.
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  March 07, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Unusual salamanders lurk beneath UC Santa Cruz

  Biologist Barry Sinervo was featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about his research on California giant salamanders and an unusual population of the salamanders living in the caves on the UCSC campus. 
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  March 04, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  ‘Discovering the UC Santa Cruz Campus’: Jim Clifford to give lecture on his new book

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a UC Santa Cruz NewsCenter story about a new book by emeritus humanities professor Jim Clifford, In the Ecotone, that reflects on the campus as an extraordinary architectural and ecological site.
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  March 04, 2016 - Wall Street Journal

  Does your mascot have a DNA sequence? School boosters compete with science

  Biomolecular engineer Kevin Karplus was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article about DNA sequencing of school mascots.
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  March 04, 2016 - CNN

  Hubble telescope breaks record, observes most distant galaxy ever seen

  Astronomer Garth Illingworth was quoted in widespread news coverage of his team's observations of the most distant galaxy ever seen, including stories from CNN, Associated Press, CBC (Canada), Spiegel (Germany), New York Post, Huffington Post, Christian Science Monitor, Hawaii Tribune Herald, Forbes, Engadget, Daily Galaxy, Space Reporter, Space Daily, and many other media outlets.
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  March 04, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Winged wonders: Arboretum’s annual celebration spotlights magnificence of hummingbirds

  Biologist Bruce Lyon was quoted in Santa Cruz Sentinel coverage of Hummingbird Days at the UCSC Arboretum.
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  March 04, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Tech helps find endangered seabirds among Santa Cruz redwoods

  Biologists Abe Borker and Bill Henry were quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about researcher using acoustic technology to monitor endangered marbled murrelets, also covered by Santa Cruz Tech Beat.
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  February 27, 2016 - NPR

  In animated, Oscar-nominated doc, a man turns his brother in for murder

  Psychology professor Craig Haney was quoted in an NPR report on the documentary short by arts professor Dee Hibbert-Jones that was nominated for an Academy Award.

February

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  March 07, 2016 - National Geographic

  Zika raises the question: Are mosquitoes necessary?

  Biologists Winifred Frick and Marm Kilpatrick are quoted in a National Geographic article about the the possible ecological consequences of eliminating mosquitoes in order to control zika and other mosquito-borne diseases.
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  February 24, 2016 - Santa Cruz Tech Beat

  Autonomous acoustic sensors help researchers find endangered seabirds

  Biologists Donald Croll and Abe Borker are quoted in coverage of their research on acoustic monitoring of marbled murrelets, including stories in Santa Cruz Tech Beat, PhysOrg, and other outlets.
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  February 26, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UCSC’s Dee Hibbert-Jones in the swirl of Oscar attention

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a story about UC Santa Cruz art professor Dee Hibbert-Jones and the buzz surrounding her Academy Award-nominated film Last Day of Freedom in the week before the Oscar ceremonies. A story about her film also ran in The Daily Californian.
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  February 25, 2016 - KION-TV

  Alfred Hitchcock’s ties to the Central Coast

  KION-TV interviewed film and digital media professor Shelley Stamp about movies by legendary director Alfred Hitchcock that were filmed in the Central Coast of California during Hollywood’s Golden Age.
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  February 17, 2016 - SanFrancisco Chronicle

  Local filmmakers’ painful look at the death penalty goes for gold

  The San Francisco Chronicle ran a story about Last Day of Freedom, an animated short documentary film by UC Santa Cruz associate professor of art Dee Hibbert-Jones and artist Nomi Talisman, that was nominated for an Academy Award. Stories also ran in the Bay Area Reporter and The Chicago Crusader.
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  February 16, 2016 - Food Service Director

  Smaller portions keep healthy eating on track

  Wade Garza, a unit manager and chef with UC Santa Cruz Dining Services, is quoted in the trade magazine Food Service Director on how Dining has controlled portions by switching from self-service to full-service stations, thus reducing waists and waste.

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  February 10, 2016 - Modern Farmer

  Strawberries + Pesticides: How California’s farmers are looking for new solutions

  Researcher Joji Muramoto with the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems is featured in Modern Farmer in an article on Anaerobic Soil Decomposition used by strawberry growers in lieu of pesticides.

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  December 04, 2015 - Contexts

  Craig Reinarman: It’s High Time

  Craig Reinarman, professor of sociology and legal studies, and alumna Wendy Chapkis, professor of sociology at the University of Southern Maine, are the authors of a package of articles on federal drug policy in Contexts, a quarterly magazine of the American Sociological Assn. that brings social research to general readers.

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  February 23, 2016 - San Jose Mercury News

  Jellyfish app reveals secrets of tentacled tenants

  The San Jose Mercury News ran a front page story about an app developed by ocean scientists Chris Edwards and Steve Haddock to enlist citizen scientists in tracking jellyfish blooms. The story also ran in the Santa Cruz Sentinel and Monterey Herald.
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  February 19, 2016 - KQED

  Acid flashback: Santa Cruz bird frenzy, Hitchcock and a biological whodunit

  KQED News ran a story about the 1961 Santa Cruz bird invasion, its role in the Hitchcock movie "The Birds," and the role of UCSC scientists in figuring out that the algal toxin domoic acid was behind in the incident.
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  February 20, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  During El Niño, erosion accelerates at Lighthouse Point in Santa Cruz

  Geologist Gary Griggs was quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about erosion at Lighthouse Point.
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  February 19, 2016 - Science

  Pocket DNA sequencers make real-time diagnostics a reality

  Biomolecular engineer Mark Akeson was quoted in a Science magazine article about DNA sequencers using nanopore technology he helped develop.
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  February 18, 2016 - Scientific American

  Mercury splatters the central U.S.

  Environmental toxicologist Peter Weiss-Penzias was quoted in a story in Scientific American and Salon about rising mercury levels in rainfall.
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  February 19, 2016 - CNET

  NASA's working on a telescope with an even wider eye than Hubble

  Astronomer Brant Robertson was quoted in a CNET story about NASA's plans for the WFIRST telescope.
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  February 18, 2016 - KQED

  How oil and gas production triggers earthquakes in California

  KQED Science covered seismologist Thomas Geobel's research on earthquakes induced by wastewater injection in oil and gas drilling operations.
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  February 18, 2016 - New Scientist

  Cleverness isn’t everything for a gaming artificial intelligence

  Computer science grad student James Ryan and his game project Talk of the Town are featured in articles in New Scientist and Gamasutra about artificial intelligence and games.
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  February 15, 2016 - Columbia Daily Tribune

  "71. Realizing Lucy"

  The Columbia Daily Tribune publiished ”71. Realizing Lucy," a poem by associate professor of literature Ronaldo Wilson that is part of a series of 72 persona poems from his forthcoming collection, ‘Lucy 72." 
  
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  February 13, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UC Santa Cruz scientist: Mercury levels on rise

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about environmental toxicologist Peter Weiss-Penzias and his research on mercury levels in rainfall.
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  February 15, 2016 - San Luis Obispo Tribune

  Ochre sea stars have suffered a 95 percent die-off in SLO County

  Biologist Pete Raimondi was featured in a story about sea star wasting syndrome in the San Luis Obispo Tribune.
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  February 12, 2016 - Jerusalem Post

  Phillip Hammack: Going the distance: contact vs. motivation

  The Jerusalem Post published an op-ed by Andrew Pilecki, a UCSC Ph.D. in psychology, and Phillip Hammack, associate professor of psychology, arguing that well-intentioned programs that promote contact to reduce prejudice are, at best, inconsequential, and at worst, harmful.  Pilecki is a Fulbright post-doctoral researcher in Herzliya, Israel.

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  February 11, 2016 - Santa Rosa Press Democrat

  Scientists and lawmakers foresee grim outlook for California’s ocean fisheries

  Ocean scientist Clarissa Anderson was quoted in coverage of a state legislature fisheries committee hearing at which she testified about toxic algae blooms on the West Coast, including stories from the Santa Rosa Press Democrat and Capital Public Radio.
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  February 10, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UCSC’s Institute for the Arts & Sciences turns the campus into an enormous exhibit of history and culture

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a story about the Institute of Arts and Sciences's innovative first exhibition project, Collective Museum by the Portland-based artist group Public Doors and Windows, encompassing 50 sites at UC Santa Cruz. The project was also discussed in a Santa Cruz Good Times profile of UCSC's Sesnon Gallery curator Shelby Graham.

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  February 04, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  TV to showcase UC Santa Cruz tech creativity

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about coverage by the PBS program "Beyond Geek" of the Hack UCSC 2016 Hackathon. The show is scheduled for broadcast in October.
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  February 07, 2016 - Los Angeles Review of Books

  Susan Gillman: Remembering Slavery, Again

  Literature professor Susan Gillman contributed an extensive essay to the Los Angeles Review of Books.
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  February 10, 2016 - Good Times

  Auma Matters

  The Santa Cruz Good Times published a story about a film screening of the award-winning documentary, The Education of Auma Obama, and a Living Writers Series talk with visiting Nigerian filmmaker Branwen Okpako, presented by the UC Santa Cruz Humanities Division.

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  February 05, 2016 - New York Times

  Social Practice Degrees Take Art to a Communal Level

  A story in the New York Times about a new trend in art and social consciousness featured artists Harrell Fletcher, Molly Sherman, and Nolan Calisch, the artists who created the campuswide Collective Museum project at UC Santa Cruz. The National Endowment for the Arts also published a podcast of an interview with Fletcher, in which he discusses the UCSC project.

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  February 03, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  People, pumas, mammoths featured in talks at UC Santa Cruz

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about a LASER talk presented by the Institute of Arts and Sciences that featured research by four UC Santa Cruz faculty members.
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  February 02, 2016 - Huffington Post

  Artist, Noah Buchanan, Proves that Knowledge is Power with His Immaculate Body of Work

  The Huffington Post featured an extensive profile of the work of UC Santa Cruz art lecturer Noah Buchanan.
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  February 10, 2016 - Forbes

  Adobe offers new round of grants for data science research

  Computer scientist Lise Getoor was quoted in stories about Adobe's Data Science Symposium, including stories from Forbes, BusinessWire, and others.
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  February 07, 2016 - Alaska Dispatch News

  Scientists put the animal equivalent of a Fitbit on polar bears

  Biologist Anthony Pagano was quoted in a story in Alaska Dispatch News about his research on polar bear energetics in the Arctic.
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  February 05, 2016 - Los Angeles Times

  California earthquakes linked to oilfield wastewater injections

  Seismologist Thomas Goebel was quoted in news stories about his research findings on earthquakes induced by wastewater injection in California oil fields, including stories in the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Fortune, Bloomberg, AP, Capital Public Radio, Daily Mail, Bakersfield Californian, and other media outlets.
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  February 02, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  HACK UCSC winners collect cash for tech solutions

  Coverage of the third annual UCSC hackathon included stories from the Santa Cruz Sentinel, Santa Cruz Tech Beat, KSBW, and Community TV.
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  February 02, 2016 - BBC News

  Are humans driving evolution in animals?

  Biologist Eric Palkovacs is quoted in a BBC News story about how humans are affecting the evolution of wild animals.
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  February 02, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UCSC study: Drought testing limits of hardy ferns

  Coverage of biologist Jarmila Pittermann's research on the effects of drought on native ferns included stories in the Santa Cruz Sentinel, San Francisco Chronicle, Orange County Register, California Post, PhysOrg, and other media outlets.

January

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  January 29, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Solving social ills takes humanities, says UCSC alum

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a story about UCSC alumnus William Adams, chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, who delivered the 15th annual Maitra lecture at UC Santa Cruz on the topic: “Wicked Problems: The Humanities in the Time of STEM.”

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  January 30, 2016 - Scientific American

  Mirror on the cosmos: NASA's next big telescope takes shape

  Astronomer Garth Illingworth is quoted in a Scientific American article about progress on the James Webb Space Telescope.
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  January 27, 2016 - Bloomberg Business

  Study says Sarao may not have been responsible for flash crash

  Bloomberg Business News wrote an article about a draft paper, "The Flash Crash: A New Deconstruction," by Eric Aldrich in economics, Greg Laughlin, astronomy and astrophysics, and a Stanford colleague that analyzes on a millisecond level the May 2010 “flash crash” that drove the Dow Jones Industrial Average down nearly 1,000 points. Reuters and the Daily Mail (UK) also published reports on the research paper.

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  January 11, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Two organizations send first-generation students to UCSC

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel covered a luncheon celebrating UCSC students who have benefited from Project Grad and the Gumball Foundation.

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  January 21, 2016 - examiner.com

  Oscar nominated short 'Last Day of Freedom' streaming on Netflix

  An article about associate professor of art Dee Hibbert-Jones's Academy Award nominated documentary short film, "Last Day of Freedom," appeared on examiner.com.

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  January 21, 2016 - Good Times

  Musical Enterprise

  The Santa Cruz Good Times featured an article about associate professor of music Ben Carson and his project to compose a Star Trek opera.
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  January 25, 2016 - Space.com

  Strange superfast 'cannonball' star likely blasted from supernova

  Undergraduate Kathryn Plant and astronomer Bruce Margon were quoted in coverage of their research on an unusual star, including stories from Space.com, Scientific American, Yahoo, and other media outlets.
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  January 22, 2016 - Southern California Public Radio

  The 'Pluto killer' and the rocker: Meet the odd couple behind the Planet 9 discovery

  Astronomer Greg Laughlin continues to be featured in coverage of the discovery of a possible ninth planet by his former student Konstantin Batygin and Caltech astronomer Mike Brown, including stories from KPCC (Southern California Public Radio), New Scientist, Chicago Tribune, and others.
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  January 25, 2016 - Chemical & Engineering News

  MRI patients flush gadolinium into San Francisco Bay

  Research led by environmental toxicologist Russ Flegal and ocean scientist Ken Bruland on contamination of San Francisco Bay with gadolinium was covered in Chemical & Engineering News.
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  January 20, 2016 - National Geographic

  Scientists find evidence for ninth planet in solar system

  Astronomer Greg Laughlin was quoted in news coverage of the discovery of a possible ninth planet in our solar system, including stories from National Geographic, Science, Scientific American, Smithsonian, Yahoo, New York Post, Daily Mail (U.K.), National (Scotland), and other media outlets. Codiscoverer Konstantin Batygin, a UCSC alum, worked with Laughlin as an undergraduate and is now at Caltech.
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  January 15, 2016 - New York Times

  To save its salmon, California calls in the fish matchmaker

  Geneticist John Carlos Garza was featured in a New York Times story about how salmon are bred at hatcheries. The story ran on the front page of the New York Times Sunday edition.
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  January 15, 2016 - Alaska Dispatch News

  Birds are returning to a rodent-free island formerly known as Rat

  Biologist Don Croll was featured in an article in Alaska Dispatch News about the return of seabirds to an island in Alaska after eradication of rats.
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  January 11, 2016 - Le Monde

  Jenny Reardon, sociologist between science and justice

  The French daily Le Monde published a profile of Jenny Reardon, professor of sociology and director of the Science and Justice Research Center.
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  January 12, 2016 - Newsweek

  Marine neurotoxin more widespread than ever before

  Ocean scientist Raphael Kudela was featured in a Newsweek story about the 2015 West Coast toxic algae bloom.
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  January 11, 2016 - Politico Magazine

  Obama, Art-ified

  A photo essay in Politico Magazine noted that history of art and visual culture assistant professor Derek Conrad Murray was one of the curators, artists, and art historians who helped the magazine identify some of the most unique and interesting pieces of art depicting the 44th president.
  
  
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  January 11, 2016 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Flooding and erosion increasing threat to coast

  Coastal geologist Gary Griggs was featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about a lecture he gave on sea level rise.
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  January 06, 2016 - New York Times

  Racial Identity, and Its Hostilities, Are on the Rise in American Politics

  A New York Times columnist in a piece on working class voters referred to research by economics professor and department chair Rob Fairlie.

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  January 07, 2016 - The Atlantic

  Secrets from a prehistoric mummy's gut bacteria

  Evolutionary geneticist Richard E. (Ed) Green was quoted in an Atlantic article about new findings from research on Otzi, the frozen mummy of a prehistoric man found in the Alps in 1991.
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  January 07, 2016 - Smithsonian

  Does icy Pluto have a hidden ocean? New Horizons offers new clues

  Planetary scientist Francis Nimmo is featured in a Smithsonian article about his analysis of data from the New Horizons mission indicating that Pluto may have a subsurface ocean.
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  January 07, 2016 - The New Indian Express

  Notes from No Man's Land

  The New Indian Express ran an article about Tsering Wangmo Dhompa, the first female Tibetan poet writing in English, who is currently a doctoral candidate at UC Santa Cruz, focusing on Tibetan nationalism and identity.

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  January 03, 2016 - Los Angeles Times

  PG&E plays coy on the future of Diablo Canyon nuclear plant

  A Los Angeles Times columnist quoted lecturer Daniel Hirsch in a piece about PG&E and the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant.

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  January 05, 2016 - New Yorker

  What we've learned about Pluto so far

  Planetary scientist Francis Nimmo was quoted in a New Yorker story about findings from the New Horizons mission to Pluto.

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  January 03, 2016 - San Francisco Chronicle

  Toxic chemical discovered in San Francisco's fog

  Environmental toxicology Peter Weiss-Penzias was quoted in news coverage of his research on mercury in fog, including stories in the San Francisco Chronicle, Marin Independent Journal, KRON TV, San Jose Mercury News, Contra Costa Times, SF Weekly, and other media outlets.
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  January 04, 2016 - KQED

  Scientists track undersea noise pollution as ship traffic swells

  Ocean scientist Brandon Southall was quoted in a KQED story about ocean noise pollution.