Media Coverage
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Dignity and life: UCSC pre-med students paired with patients for course in compassion
Health sciences student Eric Flores was featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about UCSC students working as volunteers with Hospice of Santa Cruz County.
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Structure of human astrovirus could lead to antiviral therapies, vaccines
Biomolecular engineer Rebecca DuBois was featured in coverage of her research on astrovirus, including stories from PhysOrg, Health Medicine Network, Health Canal, Infection Control Today, Science Newsline, and other media outlets.
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Porpoises plan their dives and can set their heart rate to match
Biologist Terrie Williams is quoted in a New Scientist article about a study showing that porpoises can consciously control their heart rate.
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Q&A: What more can we learn about the Higgs?
Physicist Howard Haber is interviewed in a Symmetry magazine Q&A about research on the Higgs boson.
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Environmental Protection Agency's new emergency plan for drinking water concerns many
NBC Bay Area relied on Daniel Hirsch, director of the UC Santa Cruz Environmental and Nuclear Policy program, as an expert source for an investigative report about radiation exposure guidelines for drinking water.
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A heavy heart may have rolled Pluto over
Planetary scientist Francis Nimmo was quoted in widespread coverage of evidence for a subsurface ocean on Pluto, including stories in the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Guardian, Daily Mail, PBS NewsHour, Scientific American, AP, Christian Science Monitor, Economist, Gizmodo, Wired, Ars Technica, The Verge, YahooNews, Astronomy Now, Space.com, Popular Science, and many…
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Older English language learners can face restricted learning opportunities
Peggy Estrada, associate research scientist in Latin American and Latino studies, was interviewed about older students who are English-language learners by “Learning the Language” blog of Education Week.
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What women who condemned Trump’s sexism do now
Psychology professor and chair Campbell Leaper was quoted extensively in a Buzzfeed post on women and sexism in light of the presidential election results.
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What the lottery can tell us about college affordability
Vox.com wrote about a study by economics professors George Bulmnan and Rob Fairlie that looked at tax return data from state lottery winners to investigate college-going decisions.
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How Historians of Tomorrow Will Interpret Donald Trump’s Election
Humanities Dean Tyler Stovall was featured in a Time Magazine post-election story that asked eight historians to weigh in on one question: "When historians of the future look back on this week, what do you think they will see?"
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Finding the Art In Our Stars
Metro Silicon Valley featured a story about Look Back in Time: Russell Crotty and Lick Observatory, the first traveling exhibition of the UC Santa Cruz Institute of the Arts and Sciences, opening in November at the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art.
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Flashy recyclable photovoltaic system breaks record for solar energy
Physicist Sue Carter was quoted in an article about solar energy systems in IEEE Spectrum.