Media Coverage
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With new release, Keshav Batish builds on famous father’s legacy
The San Jose Mercury News featured a story about musician Keshav Batish, a recent graduate of UCSC with both a B.A. in music and a Master’s degree in music composition.
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Michael Caspe and Nathaniel Deutsch: A fortress in Brooklyn
History professor Nathaniel Deutsch was featured in a Jewish Journal podcast about a new book he co-authored, “A Fortress in Brooklyn: Race, Real Estate, and the Making of Hasidic Williamsburg.”
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Art installations to decorate Downtown Santa Cruz
A KION-TV news story about the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History described how interactive art installations by UCSC Digital Art and New Media students will be featured in a new biennial festival of lights.
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Souped-up supernovas may produce much of the universe’s heavy elements
Astrophysicist Stan Woosley was quoted in a Science News story about production of heavy elements in supernovas.
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A shadowy birthplace may explain Jupiter’s strange chemistry
Planetary scientist Kazumasa Ohno was quoted in a Science News story about research on Jupiter's atmosphere.
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The Sound of One Walrus Clapping
Marine scientist Colleen Reichmuth was quoted in articles in the New York Times and Atlantic about her research on the sounds made by walruses.
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How the Delta variant took over
Genomic scientist Yatish Turakhia was quoted in a Wired article about how the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 became the dominant variant of the virus.
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The Human Genome Is—Finally!—Complete
Genomics expert Karen Miga was featured in ongoing coverage of her work on a complete DNA sequence of the human genome in the Atlantic and other media outlets.
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Move Over, Psilocybin And Ketamine: A New Compound Derived From A Naturally-Growing Hallucinogen May Revolutionize Psychiatry
Biologist Yi Zuo's research on an ibogaine analog for treating stress was covered by Forbes and Freethink.
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For flood-prone cities, seawalls raise as many questions as they answer
An article for the Conversation by geologist Gary Griggs about seawalls and sea level rise ran in Yahoo News and other media outlets.
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COVID: How the pandemic may have helped whales off California’s coast
Biologist Ari Friedlaender was quoted in coverage of his research on the effects of shipping noise on whales in Monterey Bay, including stories from the San Jose Mercury News and KSBW.
