Media Coverage
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‘Discovering the UC Santa Cruz Campus’: Jim Clifford to give lecture on his new book
The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a UC Santa Cruz NewsCenter story about a new book by emeritus humanities professor Jim Clifford, In the Ecotone, that reflects on the campus as an extraordinary architectural and ecological site.
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Does your mascot have a DNA sequence? School boosters compete with science
Biomolecular engineer Kevin Karplus was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article about DNA sequencing of school mascots.
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Hubble telescope breaks record, observes most distant galaxy ever seen
Astronomer Garth Illingworth was quoted in widespread news coverage of his team's observations of the most distant galaxy ever seen, including stories from CNN, Associated Press, CBC (Canada), Spiegel (Germany), New York Post, Huffington Post, Christian Science Monitor, Hawaii Tribune Herald, Forbes, Engadget, Daily Galaxy, Space Reporter, Space Daily, and many other media outlets.
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Winged wonders: Arboretum’s annual celebration spotlights magnificence of hummingbirds
Biologist Bruce Lyon was quoted in Santa Cruz Sentinel coverage of Hummingbird Days at the UCSC Arboretum.
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Tech helps find endangered seabirds among Santa Cruz redwoods
Biologists Abe Borker and Bill Henry were quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about researcher using acoustic technology to monitor endangered marbled murrelets, also covered by Santa Cruz Tech Beat.
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Zika raises the question: Are mosquitoes necessary?
Biologists Winifred Frick and Marm Kilpatrick are quoted in a National Geographic article about the the possible ecological consequences of eliminating mosquitoes in order to control zika and other mosquito-borne diseases.
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Autonomous acoustic sensors help researchers find endangered seabirds
Biologists Donald Croll and Abe Borker are quoted in coverage of their research on acoustic monitoring of marbled murrelets, including stories in Santa Cruz Tech Beat, PhysOrg, and other outlets.
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In animated, Oscar-nominated doc, a man turns his brother in for murder
Psychology professor Craig Haney was quoted in an NPR report on the documentary short by arts professor Dee Hibbert-Jones that was nominated for an Academy Award.
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UCSC’s Dee Hibbert-Jones in the swirl of Oscar attention
The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a story about UC Santa Cruz art professor Dee Hibbert-Jones and the buzz surrounding her Academy Award-nominated film Last Day of Freedom in the week before the Oscar ceremonies. A story about her film also ran in The Daily Californian.
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Alfred Hitchcock’s ties to the Central Coast
KION-TV interviewed film and digital media professor Shelley Stamp about movies by legendary director Alfred Hitchcock that were filmed in the Central Coast of California during Hollywood’s Golden Age.
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Local filmmakers’ painful look at the death penalty goes for gold
The San Francisco Chronicle ran a story about Last Day of Freedom, an animated short documentary film by UC Santa Cruz associate professor of art Dee Hibbert-Jones and artist Nomi Talisman, that was nominated for an Academy Award. Stories also ran in the Bay Area Reporter and The Chicago Crusader.
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Smaller portions keep healthy eating on track
Wade Garza, a unit manager and chef with UC Santa Cruz Dining Services, is quoted in the trade magazine Food Service Director on how Dining has controlled portions by switching from self-service to full-service stations, thus reducing waists and waste.