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NPR
From poor beginnings to a wealth of knowledge
NPR's StoryCorps featured Professor J. Herman Blake talking with his brother Simon about their early years growing up outside New York City and the woman responsible for the Blake siblings going to college. The online version included a link to the UCSC Alumni Reunion Weekend site and the J. Herman Blake Tribute dinner.
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Santa Cruz Sentinel
UC Santa Cruz digital arts exhibition opens Saturday
The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured an article about the annual exhibition of the interdisciplinary Digital Arts and New Media (DANM) MFA program, representing the culmination of two years of intensive study by UCSC graduate students.
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Santa Cruz Sentinel
Shakespeare Santa Cruz and Jewel Theater seal a historic collaboration with Harold Pinter plays
The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a story about how Shakespeare Santa Cruz has joined forces with Santa Cruz’s Jewel Theatre Company to present two one-act plays by Harold Pinter in downtown Santa Cruz.
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Santa Cruz Sentinel
New Music Works combines forces with Santa Cruz Guitar Orchestra
The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about an upcoming concert at Kuumbwa Jazz Center where UCSC music lecturer Mesut Özgen will direct the Santa Cruz Guitar Orchestra in a joint concert with the New Music Works Ensemble.
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San Jose Mercury News
San Jose: City Hall baby falcons are three boys
The San Jose Mercury News and NBC Bay Area covered the trek Glenn Stewart, director of the UCSC Predatory Bird Research Group, took to San Jose City Hall to identify and band three peregrine falcon chicks born there.
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Financial Express
Rebuilding Punjab
Professor Nirvikar Singh contributed an article to The Financial Express–a major daily financial newspaper in India–describing a conference hosted by the Humanities Division's Sikh and Punjabi Studies program on campus titled "Rebuilding Punjab: Political Economy, Society and Values."
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San Francisco Chronicle
UC Santa Cruz farm blazed organic trail
The San Francisco Chronicle published a special food section focusing on UCSC and Santa Cruz. Included were articles on the history of the UCSC Farm and Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems and its pioneering role in organic agriculture. Other stories looked at UCSC's role in vegetarian food and vegan restaurants in the town.…
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New York Times
America’s Biggest Entrepreneurs: High School Dropouts
The New York Times' Economix blog wrote about economics professor Rob Fairlie's report for the Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity. The American City Business Journals' Washington D.C. bureau also wrote about the report in an article that was published in business journals around the country.
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Santa Cruz Sentinel
UC Santa Cruz admits less than half of freshman applicants for fall quarter
The Santa Cruz Sentinel wrote about UCSC admissions statistics for the fall 2013 freshman class. The story was also published by the San Jose Mercury News, Pasadena Star News and Long Beach Press Telegram.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Mountain lions mark their territory in Santa Cruz mountains
The San Francisco Chronicle published a front page article on the study of mountain lion behavior in the Santa Cruz Mountains by associate professor of environmental studies Chris Wilmers. The Santa Cruz Sentinel and Good Times also published articles on the study. The Sentinel story was republished in the San Jose Mercury News.