Media Coverage
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Why this foundation's focus on precision medicine really matters
Genomics Institute director David Haussler is quoted in a story from Inside Philanthropy about support for the Treehouse Childhood Cancer Initiative from St. Baldrick's Foundation.
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Should the U.S still be sending military aid to Honduras?
A story in the New Yorker magazine about whether the U.S. should cut off military aid to Honduras quoted UC Santa Cruz history professor and Honduras expert Dana Frank, who noted: “There’s a great deal of evidence that the U.S. is funding violence creation by the government on a grand scale.”
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Susan Solt named dean at UC Santa Cruz
The East Bay Times published a story announcing the appointment of Susan Solt as new dean of the UC Santa Cruz Arts Division. The story also appeared in The Mercury News.
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Book by UC Santa Cruz alumnus tops President Obama’s Summer Reading List
The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about UC Santa Cruz graduate William Finnegan, (Cowell, ’74, English literature) and his award-winning book, Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life, which appeared at the top of President Obama’s 2016 Summer Reading List.
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How many twists can be done in 1.5 seconds?
Mathematician Richard Montgomery's work is cited in an article in El Pais about the mathematics of Olympic diving.
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Craig Haney: Floridians prefer life without parole over capital punishment for murderers
The Tampa Bay Times published an op-ed by Craig Haney, distinguished professor of psychology, on his research on Florida public opinion regarding the death penalty. Haney is also co-director of the University of California Criminal Justice & Health Consortium.
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Study: Startup Activity Is on the Upswing
Tech.Co, an online site that covers tech startup news, quoted economics professor Rob Fairlie in a report on the Kaufmann Index report on startup activity of which Fairlie is an author.
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Give it up, sneaky males: These lady fish have you outwitted
Biologist Suzanne Alonzo's research on the reproductive tricks of the ocellated wrasse received widespread coverage, including a Wall Street Journal video and stories from Smithsonian, the Guardian, Daily Mail, UPI, The Scientist, Science News, Science Daily, and other media outlets.
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Susan Solt named dean at UC Santa Cruz
The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a story about the new UC Santa Cruz arts dean, Susan Solt.
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Via sensor or struggle, seals offer ocean of insight into climate change underseas
Biologist Dan Costa is quoted in a story in Fusion about climate change impacts on marine mammals.
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NASA's Fermi mission expands its search for dark matter
Physicist Regina Caputo was quoted in stories about the search for dark matter using NASA's Fermi space telescope, including stories from Science Daily, Space.com, Space Daily, Astronomy Now, Innovations Report, and other outlets.
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Perseids meteor shower even better this year
Lick Observatory astronomer Elinor Gates is quoted in a San Jose Mercury News story about the Perseid meteor shower.