UCSC in the news
February
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February 02, 2023 - Santa Cruz SentinelUC Santa Cruz botanist names two rare succulent species
Botanist Stephen McCabe was featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about the discovery of two new species of rare succulents. -
February 01, 2023 - San Francisco Chronicle‘It’s a losing battle’: Storms shattered Santa Cruz's iconic promenade. Is it worth fixing?
Geologist Gary Griggs was quoted in a San Francisco Chronicle story about the City of Santa Cruz's options for repairing the damage to West Cliff Drive from recent storms.
January
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January 31, 2023 - CNNScientists plot the resurrection of a bird that’s been extinct since the 17th century
Biologist Beth Shapiro was quoted in coverage of plans to resurrect the extinct dodo, including stories in CNN, USA Today, Scientific American, Wired, Dallas Morning News, CBS News, Ars Technica, Fast Company, Technology Review, and other media outlets. -
January 29, 2023 - The GuardianThe human genome needs updating. But how do we make it fair?
UCSC Assistant Professor of Biomolecular Engineering Karen Miga was quoted in a Guardian story about representation and bias in genomics. -
January 27, 2023 - NatureAstrophysicists turn fast radio bursts into cosmic probes
Astronomer Xavier Prochaska was quoted in a Nature news story about fast radio bursts. -
January 24, 2023 - EarthHumpback whale reproduction is linked to krill abundance
Whale researchers Ari Friedlaender and Logan Pallin were quoted in coverage of their research on humpback whales in Antarctica, including stories in Earth, Nature World News, Australian, Science Daily, PhysOrg, and other media outlets. -
January 24, 2023 - Forbes10 Top Black Higher Ed CEOs To Watch In 2023
Compton Community College District President and CEO Keith Curry (Oakes ’99, American studies) is among the top 10 Black higher education leaders to watch in 2023. -
January 19, 2023 - NBC NewsBiden surveys California storm damage
Geologist Gary Griggs was interviewed on NBC Meet the Press in a segment on President Biden's visit to Capitola to see the damage caused by recent storms. -
January 23, 2023 - Discover Los AngelesWho is my neighbor? Allyship then and now
Los Angeles panel on January 28 features Jonathan Van Harmelen, UCSC PhD candidate in History, highlighting those outside the Japanese American community who acted in support of those incarcerated during the war. -
January 23, 2023 - Earth
Some red sea urchins will tolerate climate change better than others
Biologist Kristy Kroeker was quoted in stories about her research on red sea urchins in Earth, Science Daily, Nature World News, and other media outlets. -
January 21, 2023 - Technology ReviewHow the James Webb Space Telescope broke the universe
Astronomer Natalie Batalha was quoted in a story in Technology Review about the impact on astronomy of the James Webb Space Telescope. -
January 20, 2023 - QuantaStandard Model of Cosmology Survives a Telescope’s Surprising Finds
Astronomer Brant Robertson was quoted in a Quanta article about the implications of Webb telescope observations of early galaxies. -
January 22, 2023 - Los Angeles TimesOp-Ed: There’s one big climate fight that California is losing
The Los Angeles Times ran an op-ed on climate adaptation by Michael Beck, director of the Center for Coastal Climate Resilience. -
January 19, 2023 - Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News“Pantranscriptome” Toolkit Analyzes RNA Sequencing Data Genome-Wide
Associate Professor of Biomolecular Engineering Benedict Paten and his students' recent paper, which describes a new pipeline for RNA sequencing using a 'pantranscriptome,' was featured in several outlets including Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, Genome Web and The Hindu. -
January 18, 2023 - San Francisco Chronicle
The sad plight of elephant seal pups born on Bay Area beaches amid storms
Biologists Roxanne Beltran and Daniel Costa were quoted in stories in the San Francisco Chronicle and San Luis Obispo Tribune about the plight of elephant seal pups during recent storms, which coincided with the start of pupping season, when females return to the beaches to give birth. -
January 16, 2023 - ForbesThe Center Of Our Galaxy May Be Way More Powerful Than We Thought, Say Scientists
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January 13, 2023 - Lookout Santa CruzOn Highway 17, a huge pothole nicknamed ‘Potzilla’ is chewing up commuters’ tires
Geologist Gary Griggs was quoted in a Lookout Santa Cruz article about potholes in major roads in the area caused by recent rainstorms, and also in a Monterey Herald article about landslides on Highway 1 in Big Sur. -
January 13, 2023 - WiredThe Key to California's Survival Is Hidden Underground
Hydrogeologist Andrew Fisher continues to be featured in coverage of California's water issues and the paradox of too much rain during a drought, including stories in Wired, Sacramento Bee, the Hill, and other media outlets. -
January 12, 2023 - Nature Methods
Method of the Year 2022: long-read sequencing
Nature Methods selected long-read sequencing as their 2022 research method of the year, recognizing the strategy as crucial for the Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) consortium's accomplishments in completing the first complete sequence of a human genome. The T2T consortium is co-led by UCSC Assistant Professor of Biomolecular Karen Miga.
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January 13, 2023 - San Francisco Chronicle
Here’s how California’s most historic storms compare with the recent onslaught of rain
Geologist Gary Griggs was quoted in a San Francisco Chronicle story comparing this year's rain storms to historic records. -
January 13, 2023 - Wired
Why the Search for Life in Space Starts With Ancient Earth
Astronomer Maggie Thompson was quoted in a Wired news story about how to identify signatures of life on other planets. -
January 12, 2023 - ReutersAstronomers discover Milky Way galaxy's most-distant stars
Astronomers Yuting Feng and Raja GuhaThakurta were quoted in ongoing coverage of their research on the halo stars of the Milky Way, including stories from Reuters, Weather Channel, EarthSky, Al Jazeera, India Today, Financial Express, and other media outlets. -
January 10, 2023 - CBS NewsTrillions of gallons of water predicted to fall, but most will be lost to runoff
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January 10, 2023 - San Jose Mercury NewsWith all this relentless rain, how much more risk is there of landslides?
Geomorphologist Noah Finnegan was quoted in a San Jose Mercury News article about the risk of landslides caused by the winter storms. -
January 10, 2023 - CNETAstronomers Have Unveiled Our Galaxy's Farthest Frontier
Astronomers Raja GuhaThakurta and Yuting Feng were quoted in coverage of their research on the Milky Way's halo stars, including stories in CNET, Gizmodo, IFL Science, Space.com, Science Daily, PhysOrg, and other media outlets. -
January 07, 2023 - NPRCalifornia is getting drenched. So why can't it save water for the drought?
Hydrogeologist Andrew Fisher was interviewed on NPR's 'All Things Considered' about ways California can capture water from atmospheric river storms to help alleviate drought conditions; he was also quoted in articles in the Washington Post and New Scientist, and an article he wrote for the Conversation ran in many other media outlets. -
January 06, 2023 - Lookout Santa Cruz
‘I have never seen anything this dramatic’: Santa Cruz’s most-tenured ocean observer in awe of storm damage
Geologist Gary Griggs and ocean scientist Mike Beck were featured in a Lookout article about storm damage on West Cliff Drive, and Griggs was also quoted in a New York Times article about storm damage in the Santa Cruz region. -
December 21, 2022 - Harper's MagazineBoomtown: A solar land rush in the West
Hillary Angelo, an associate professor of sociology at the University of California at Santa Cruz and a 2022–23 member of the Institute for Advanced Study, penned this piece on the solar land rush in the West.
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January 05, 2023 - San Jose Mercury News
Bay Area storm: Capitola Village battered, wharf restaurant left stranded by supercharged storm surge
Geologist Gary Griggs was quoted in a story about the recent storm's impact on the coastal structures in the San Jose Mercury News, Monterey Herald, and other media outlets. -
January 05, 2023 - Technology NetworksCan Our Lifestyle Choices Biologically Impact Our Grandkids?
Biologist Susan Strome was interviewed for an "Ask the Researcher" article about epigenetics in Technology Networks. -
January 03, 2023 - Los Angeles Times
Op-Ed: How to save all that water from the ‘atmospheric river’
The Los Angeles Times ran an op-ed by Earth scientist Andrew Fisher about groundwater restoration projects to store the water from atmospheric river storm events. -
January 03, 2023 - Good TimesUCSC SciCom Students Answer Complex Questions About Water
Graduate students in UCSC's Science Communication Program wrote about water issues for a feature story in Good Times, with quotes from Earth scientists Andrew Fisher and Patrick Chuang, environmental scientist Michael Loik, and environmental toxicologist Peter Weiss-Penzias.
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