Media Coverage

Quanta magazine ran an interview with biomolecular engineer David Deamer about his research on the origins of life. The story also appeared in the Atlantic.

The New Yorker magazine quoted history professor Dana Frank in a piece about the murder of enivironmental and human rights activist Berta Cáceres last week in Honduras. An interview with Frank about the murder and rising political violence in Honduras was also featured in the syndicated weekly radio news magazine, Between the Lines.

The Santa Cruz Good Times featured a story about a UC Santa Cruz reading by acclaimed visionary science-fiction novelist and critic Samuel R. Delany, presented by the Humanities Division. An article also appeared in the Santa Cruz Sentinel.

KQED ran a story about the San Francisco-based nonprofit music organization, Other Minds, donating its archives to UC Santa Cruz. It was also reported on SF Gate and in the Santa Cruz Sentinel.

Conservation biologist Bernie Tershy was quoted in a New York Times article about the use of technology to protect wildlife and preserve wilderness. The article, by UCSC American literature Ph.D. graduate Daniel Duane, ran in the Sunday NY Times on March 13.

Guillermo Delgado-P., a lecturer in anthropology, was interviewed by Veja, a leading Brazilian journal, on the Bolivian national referendum to reform the constitution and allow current president Evo Morales to be candidate for a fourth term. (The interview and article are in Portuguese.)

Hydrogeologist Andrew Fisher is featured in a Scientific American article about his groundwater recharge projects in the Pajaro Valley.

Biologists Joseph Hoyt and Kate Langwig were quoted in coverage of their research on the deadly bat disease white-nose syndrome, including stories from the BBC, The Scientist, Discovery News, Inverse, Greenwire, Tech Times Science 2.0, and other media outlets.

The San Francisco Chronicle's arts section ran a cover story on UC Santa Cruz alumna Elizabeth McKenzie (B.A. Literature, 1981) about her new book The Portable Veblen.

Biologist Tim Tinker was quoted in a Monterey Herald story about the effects on sea otters of El Nino.

Biologist Barry Sinervo was featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about his research on California giant salamanders and an unusual population of the salamanders living in the caves on the UCSC campus.