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San Jose Mercury News
'Condor Watch' enlists citizens to help endangered species
Environmental toxicologist Myra Finkelstein was featured in coverage of the Condor Watch citizen science project, including stories in the San Jose Mercury News, Santa Cruz Sentinel, KION TV, Inside Bay Area, PhysOrg, and others.
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Santa Cruz Tech Beat
Garden of Gaming in Santa Cruz is Tilled and Ready for Growth
Game design faculty Jim Whitehead, Michael Mateas, and Brenda and John Romero are featured in a Santa Cruz Tech Beat article about the growing game development industry in Santa Cruz.
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Newsworks
Recent jail deaths raise questions about detox protocols
Newsworks, a blog by WHYY public radio in Philadelphia, quoted psychology professor Craig Haney in an article that looked at the recent deaths of two inmates in Bucks County, Penn. jails.
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Economist
On their own: What explains the surge in self-employment?
The Economist interviewed Rob Fairlie, chair of economics, in an article on entrepreneurship. Separately, a report Fairlie authored for the Kauffman Foundation, the Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity, received widespread coverage nationally including a Dallas Morning News blog that mentioned Fairlie.
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San Jose Mercury News
UC Santa Cruz alumnus nominated to chair national organization
The San Jose Mercury News and the Santa Cruz Sentinel published a story announcing that UCSC alumnus William "Bro" Adams was nominated by President Obama to be chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Morocco Gazette
Prominent Moroccan director presents films at Block Museum
Film and Digital Media professor Peter Limbrick was quoted in the Morocco Gazette for a story about a series of film screenings featuring the works of prominent Moroccan director Moumen Smihi at the Block Museum.
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San Jose Mercury News
Madison Nguyen: Seeing an example in the Samsung building
The San Jose Mercury News and Inside Bay Area ran a story on Madison Nguyen, a UCSC graduate in history, who is one of the five major candidates for San Jose mayor.
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Huffington Post
'Super Planet Crash' Game Is Like An Astronomer's Version Of 'Angry Birds'
Astrophysicist Greg Laughlin was featured in coverage of the online game 'Super Planet Crash' based on Laughlin's planet-finding software, including stories from the Huffington Post, Space.com, Yahoo News, the Verge, Hacker News, Space Ref, PhysOrg, Space Daily, Global News, io9, TweakTown, Motherboard, Geekosystem, Malaysia Sun, SiFy, Zee News, and others.
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BBC
Will we ever… detect other universes?
Physicist Anthony Aguirre is featured in a BBC Future article about the possibility of detecting other universes.
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Philanthropy News Digest
Packard Foundation Awards $2 Million in Support of Natural History Fieldwork
The Foundation Center wrote about the $2 million Packard Foundation grant to support natural history education at UCSC in its Philanthropy News Digest.