Media Coverage
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Video from a polar bear’s point of view
Polar bear research led by Anthony Pagano, a UCSC grad student and USGS wildlife biologist, was featured in a New York Times article and video.
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Alzheimer's researchers find clues to toxic forms of amyloid beta
Research on Alzheimer's disease led by biochemist Jevgenij Raskatov was covered by Medical News Today, Bionity, Science Newsline, and other media outlets.
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Why current game preservation efforts might not be ready for the future
Computer science grad student Eric Kaltman was featured in a Gamasutra story about his blog post regarding the preservation and archiving of digital games.
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UC Santa Cruz students launch start-up company
The Santa Cruz Sentinel wrote about three Merrill College students who have created an app and company called ClubConnect.
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Santa Cruz nature organization brings birding to the classroom
The Santa Cruz Sentinel published a piece about the two 2012 alums who started the Bird School Project to introduce school children to birding and natural history.
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Why do Indian-Americans win spelling bee contests?
An article by the BBC referenced research contributed by economics professor Nirvikar Singh.
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Researchers follow the bison for clues to mystery of ancient America's settlement
Evolutionary biologists Pete Heintzman and Beth Shapiro were quoted in coverage of their research on Pleistocene bison and human migrations, including stories from the Guardian, Washington Post, Daily Mail, Edmonton Journal, Science magazine, CBC, CNN, Christian Science Monitor, Smithsonian, Fox News, Yahoo News, Cosmos, Popular Archaeology, MSN, Tech Times, and other media outlets.
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World War II, Opium Wars recorded in ocean’s corals
Geochemist Carl Lamborg was quoted in a Science article about research on mercury pollution recorded in coral skeletons.
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UCSC professor to create new public database about the slave trade
The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a story about the research of associate professor of history Gregory O'Malley.
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Corruption: Scandals in Argentina and Honduras
Latin Pulse featured an in-depth interview with history professor Dana Frank about corruption in Honduras.
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Let Obama’s Hiroshima visit open up debate in the U.S. about the nuclear attacks
History lecturer and former grad student Dustin Wright contributed a story to The Japan Times about President Barack Obama's historic visit to Hiroshima. Wright was also interviewed on Rising Up with Sonali, a Los Angeles-based radio show that brings news coverage about gender and racial justice to Pacifica stations KPFA and KPFK.
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“Summer Shower" showcases volumes and voids in the poetic work of Korean-American artist Jamie M. Lee.
Art Radar featured the work of UC Santa Cruz art alumna Jamie M. Lee, who received her degree in painting and printmaking in 2001.