Media Coverage
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People Don't Read Everything They Share Online … and That's a Big Problem
Adriana Manago was featured in a story on KQED Radio's "California Report" about the factors that prompt people to share content on social media, including psychological factors like a desire to construct an online identity or one's "brand."
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UCSC Arboretum features Spring 2018 art exhibitions
The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about two art exhibitions presented on campus by the Institute of the Arts and Sciences: "Future Garden for the Coast of Central California" and "Forest (for a thousand years)."
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The machines have taught themselves to make Mario levels
Computational media professor Adam Smith was quoted in a Fast Company article about the use of artificial intelligence to generate levels in videogames.
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Moss Landing’s Kerstin Wasson, happy as a scientist in mud
Ecologist Kerstin Wasson was profiled in the Monterey Herald for her award-winning work in Elkhorn Slough.
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Teachers are battling back
Lora Bartlett, associate professor of education, was a featured guest discussing teaching and the state of public education on "To the Point," a program produced by National Public Radio's Los Angeles affiliate KCRW Radio.
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Cruz Foam made from shrimp shells could help keep beaches clean
Electrical engineering grad student John Felts was featured in a Forbes article about his start-up Cruz Foam.
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Secrets Of A Maya Supermom: What Parenting Books Don't Tell You
Distinguished Professor of Psychology Barbara Rogoff was featured on the NPR global health blog "Goats and Soda: Stories of Life in a Changing World," in a report about parenting around the world.
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Monarch butterfly autopsies reveal potential predators
Environmental Studies senior Rico Ruiz's research on the decline of western monarch butterflies along the Central Coast was featured in the San Jose Mercury News.
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It's never cloudy on this newly discovered exoplanet
Astronomer Jonathan Fortney was quoted in coverage of his research on exoplanet atmospheres, including stories from UPI, Space Daily, PhysOrg, and other media outlets.
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Cinema School Stars
UC Santa Cruz dean of the arts Susan Solt was named a top tier educator in Variety's entertainment education issue.
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Record number of killer whales sighted on Monterey Bay
Biologist Ari Friedlaender was quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about killer whale attacks on migrating gray whales in Monterey Bay.
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Trump Administration wants to send 57,000 Hondurans to one of the world’s most dangerous places
History professor Dana Frank was quoted in Mother Jones magazine for a story about how nearly 57,000 Hondurans who have lived in the United States since at least 1998 will lose their temporary legal residency in January of 2020.