Media Coverage
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Elephant seals recognize vocal rhythms to avoid bullies
Biologist Caroline Casey was featured in news coverage of her research on elephant seal vocal rhythms, including stories on PBS Newshour, BBC News, CBC News, Science News, and other media outlets.
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Did a glowing sea creature help push the U.S. into the Vietnam War?
Biologist Todd Newberry was quoted in an Atlantic magazine article about the possibility that pyrosomes were mistaken for torpedoes by U.S. ships in the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident.
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Lucky break leads to controversial supernova discovery
Astrophysicist Stan Woosley was quoted in a Quanta article about an important supernova discovery.
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Scientists are busy watching one galaxy destroy another – for a good reason
Astronomer Tiffany Hsyu was quoted in coverage of her research on the "Little Cub" galaxy, including stories in the Mirror, Daily Mail, New York Post, Statesman, India Today, Space Daily, PhysOrg, and other media outlets.
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Artificial intelligence research is helping the disabled use public transportation
Computer engineer Roberto Manduchi was featured in coverage of his research on assistive technology to help people with visual and other impairments use public transportation, including stories from ABC News San Francisco and the Silicon Valley Business Journal.
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Find your next must-play game by flying through a virtual galaxy
Computational media grad student James Ryan was featured in a New Scientist story about GameSpace, a tool Ryan developed for exploring and discovering new games.
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How did life begin on Earth?
Scientific American published a cover story about the origin of life on Earth that featured the work of biomolecular engineering researchers David Deamer and Bruce Damer.
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Conference at Sonoma State University highlights drive for diversity by Latina scholars, activists
In an article about Latinas in higher education, Cindy Cruz, associate professor of education, discussed her personal experience on the path to becoming an academic, including the critical role played by a mentor when she was an undergraduate.
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UC Santa Cruz’s Seth Rubin gets cancer research grant
Biochemist Seth Rubin was featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about his cancer research.
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UC Santa Cruz’s new second-in-command, Marlene Tromp, introduced to community
The Santa Cruz Sentinel covered the community reception for Campus Provost/Executive Vice Chancellor Marlene Tromp.
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Cleaning up toxic sites shouldn't clear out the neighbors
Assistant Professor of Sociology Lindsey Dillon authored a piece for The Conversation about the cleanup and reuse of contaminated sites like the Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood of San Francisco. Funded by the EPA's Brownfields Program, cleanup projects–which can have unintended consequences that include gentrification–are threatened by proposed budget cuts.
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Forgot where you parked? Good
Benjamin Storm, associate professor of psychology, was featured in a New York Times column about memory that asserts that people are more likely to recall information in the future after they have forgotten it and had to "relearn" it.