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New data on ‘hot Saturn’ exoplanet is a ‘game changer,’ scientists say
Astronomers Natalie Batalha and Kazumasa Ohno were quoted in coverage of their research on the atmosphere of an exoplanet, including stories from CNN, Daily Mail, Forbes, Mashable, Science Daily, Universe Today, Verge, Economic Times, EarthSky, SpaceDaily, and many other media outlets.
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Historian Dana Frank receives extensive coverage in Spanish language media for her new book The Long Honduran Night.
Dana Frank's book The Long Honduran Night recounts the resistance of the Honduran people as a result of the 2009 coup against Manuel Zelaya Rosales.
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The Gotham, HBO Documentary Films Set Inaugural Cohort & Mentors For Documentary Development Initiative
UC Santa Cruz alum, Melanie Ho, is part of the Gotham Film and Media Institute and HBO Documentary Films inaugural cohort and mentors for their Documentary Development Initiative.
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California Plant Rescue: The race to save precious wild seeds and sprouts
Arboretum native plant experts Alex Hubner, Lucy Ferneyhough, and Brett Hall were featured in a San Jose Mercury News story about California Plant Rescue, a consortium of botanical institutions working to protect the state's botanical diversity.
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Study finds widespread occurrence of microplastic in Monterey Bay
Environmental toxicologists Myra Finkelstein and Sami Michishita were featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about their research on microplastics in Monterey Bay.
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James Webb telescope spots galaxies near the dawn of time, thrilling scientists
Astronomer Garth Illingworth was quoted in widespread coverage of new JWST images of the earliest galaxies, including stories from NPR, Washington Post, Space.com, CBS News, Associated Press, CNET, LAist, Nature, U.S. News & World Report, and other media outlets.
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Trump vastly understates how much experts expect sea levels to rise
Geologist Gary Griggs was quoted in a Politifact article fact-checking Donald Trump's wildly inaccurate statement about sea level rise.
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Can Wildlife Corridors Save Mountain Lions?
Chris Wilmers, a professor at UC Santa Cruz and the principal investigator at the Santa Cruz Puma Project, discusses the issues facing pumas in the Santa Cruz range.
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No Capes
In a first-person essay, Executive Director for College Student Life Alex Belisario writes about presenting on community building at Comic-Con.
