Media Coverage
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Laboratory-on-a-chip technique simplifies detection of cancer DNA biomarkers
Electrical engineer Holger Schmidt's research on an optofluidic platform for detection of cancer biomarkers was featured in stories on PhysOrg, Science Newsline, Nanowerk, Science Daily, and other media outlets.
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UCSC team to compete in Amazon’s Alexa Prize Challenge
Computer scientist Marilyn Walker and her graduate students were featured in stories about their team's selection to compete in Amazon's Alexa Prize Challenge in the Santa Cruz Sentinel and Santa Cruz Tech Beat.
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It takes a village for science? Researchers turn to crowdfunding to fund projects
Environmental toxicologist Myra Finkelstein was featured in stories in the Santa Cruz Sentinel and San Jose Mercury News about scientists using crowdfunding to fund their research.
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Pitch Slam! students compete at 2nd annual event
Santa Cruz Tech Beat published an article about the second Pitch Slam, the business pitch competition organized by the UC Santa Cruz Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Development.
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Mosquitoes thrive in U.S. but don't blame climate change
Biologist Marm Kilpatrick was quoted in coverage of his research on growing mosquito populations, including stories from NBC News, KPCC Radio, KCBS Radio, Washington Times, Fremont Tribune, Health Day, Medical News, ScienMag, Outbreak News Today, and other media outlets.
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Could there really be life under Pluto’s ice?
Planetary scientist Francis Nimmo is quoted in an Astronomy magazine story about the possibility of life in Pluto's subsurface ocean.
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The millennial astrophysicist who found a planet with math
OZY ran a profile of alumnus Konstantin Batygin, now a Caltech astrophysicist.
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$25 million in Breakthrough Prizes given in science and math
Biologist Harry Noller was featured in widespread coverage of the Breakthrough Prizes, including stories in the New York Times, Washington Post, SiliconValley.com, San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Guardian, Daily Mail, Fortune, VentureBeat, and many other media outlets.
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Parenting advice for the Trump era
An article in the online magazine Slate on how to talk with children about the president-elect quoted psychology professor and chair Campbell Leaper who has published research showing girls who learn about sexism at a young age are better able to respond proactively when they encounter it later.
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Tuna’s declining mercury contamination linked to U.S. shift away from coal
Ocean scientist Carl Lamborg is quoted in a Scientific American article about declining mercury levels in tuna.
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George Blumenthal: University of California has made a commitment to in-state students
Ninety-two percent of UC Santa Cruz students are California residents with the remainder evenly split between foreign and out-of-state students, Chancellor Blumenthal writes in an op-ed in the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
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Words ain't what they used to be
The international arts journal Music & Literature quoted Derek Conrad Murray, associate professor of History of Art and Visual Culture, in a feature story about writer/art critic Bernard Cooper.