Media Coverage

Seismologist Susan Schwartz was interviewed by KSBW TV about the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake and what scientists have learned about earthquakes since then.

Arts Division students Dietrich “Squinky” Squinkifer (DANM '15) and Joyce Lin (AGPM '20) were featured in a New York Times article about underrepresented game designers and artists, and the persistent lack of diversity in mainstream gaming today.

Biochemist Carrie Partch commented on the physiological effects of jet lag in a Bloomberg news story that ran in the Los Angeles Times and other outlets about Quantas offering direct flights between New York and Sidney, Australia.

The New York Times published an op-ed by associate professor of philosophy Jonathan Ellis and his former student Francesca Hovagimian about how traditional school debate discourages the kind of listening and reasoning that is critical to a healthy democracy, and offering Ethics Bowl as a positive alternative solution. The piece was also picked up by…

Astrophysics alumnus Chris Moody was featured in a Wired article about astrophysicists applying their data analysis skills in the style industry.

Astronomer Natalie Batalha was quoted in a Christian Science Monitor story about the winners of the Nobel Prize for Physics, and astronomer Sandra Faber was quoted in the Washington Post story.

Biologists Giacomo Bernardi and Bruce Lyon were quoted in coverage of their research on brood parasitism in coral reef fish, including stories in PhysOrg, Bioengineering, and other media outlets.

Seismologist Emily Brodsky was quoted in a Cosmos article about a new system for evaluating earthquakes to distinguish between the foreshocks, main shock, and aftershocks.

Geologist Gary Griggs was quoted in stories in the San Jose Mercury News, Santa Cruz Sentinel, and other regional newspapers about plans to build a seawall around San Francisco International Airport to protect against sea level rise.

Junior chemistry and biology major Ysabella Donlan was featured on Bay Area CBS affiliate KPIX TV in a story about the challenges she overcame to pursue a college degree.