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Oregon Herald
Deep-Sea Expedition Could Reveal How Continents Form
Geologist James Gill was quoted in stories about a deep-sea expedition he is leading that ran in the Oregon Herald, LiveScience, and Yahoo News in the U.K., Malaysia, South Africa, and UAR.
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The New Yorker
The Intelligent Plant
Plant biologist Lincoln Taiz was quoted extensively in a New Yorker magazine article about a controversial field some have called "plant neurobiology."
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Santa Cruz Sentinel
Maverix Biomics, co-founded by UCSC professor, announces funding
The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about Maverix Biomics, a biotech startup cofounded by biomolecular engineer Todd Lowe. It was also covered in biotech newsletter BioInform.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Coast getting little radiation from Fukushima disaster
The San Francisco Chronicle quoted Daniel Hirsch, lecturer in nuclear policy, in an article debunking reports of elevated radiation levels on the California coast emanating from the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster.
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New York Times
Preventing Civil War in South Sudan: Christian Leaders Should Resume Activism
Mark Fathi Massoud, assistant professor of politics and legal studies, was invited to contribute to the New York Times online feature "Room for Debate" on crisis in South Sudan.
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Los Angeles Times
Bright ancient galaxies offer rare glimpse of early universe
The discovery of four brilliant galaxies, among the earliest and most distant ever seen, by a team lead by UCSC astronomers Garth Illingworth and Pascal Oesch received widespread media coverage, including stories from the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Associated Press (appearing in hundreds of media outlets throughout the country), BBC News,…
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San Jose Mercury News
Coyotes developing taste for beach food, study finds
Research on the changing diets of coyotes in coastal California led by graduate student Rachel Reid and paleoecologist Paul Koch was covered in the San Jose Mercury News, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Contra Costa Times, Inside Bay Area, and other media.
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USA Today
The starfish are dying, and no one knows why
Marine biologist Pete Raimondi continues to be quoted in news coverage of sea star wasting syndrome, including an article from USA Today that was widely reprinted in newspapers throughout the country.
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Santa Cruz Sentinel
UCSC researcher leads cancer's digital revolution
The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a profile of bioinformatics expert and cancer researcher David Haussler. The story also ran in the San Jose Mercury News and Contra Costa Times.
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Nature
A star is born: the updated Human Reference Genome
A Nature story about the release of a more complete version of the human genome reference sequence cites the work of a UCSC team led by Karen Miga and Jim Kent to produce the centromere sequences.