Media Coverage
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Wage theft clinic Thursday in Watsonville
The Santa Cruz Sentinel wrote an advance article on a Working for Dignity event in Watsonville. Bloomberg Business also picked up the article.
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Mercury in San Francisco Bay
Environmental toxicologist Russ Flegal is featured in a KQED Quest program about mercury in San Francisco Bay, broadcast on many state public television stations.
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Santa Cruz proves an incubator for genomics technology
Genomics experts David Haussler and Ed Green are featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel article about local genomics technology companies based on UCSC research.
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California health officials warn of toxic crab, seek delay in Dungeness season
Marine scientists Raphael Kudela and Clarissa Anderson were featured in news coverage of the delay of the Dungeness crab season due to the toxin domoic acid from an unprecedented toxic algae bloom along the west coast, including stories from the Sacramento Bee, San Francisco Chronicle, Santa Cruz Sentinel, KQED Radio, National Public Radio, KCBS Radio,…
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Musical DNA
Radiolab, a nationwide syndicated radio program produced by New York City public radio station WNYC, featured a piece about emeritus professor of music David Cope, who wrote a computer program that creates brand new compositions based on the patterns found in the work of great composers.
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UCSC hosts film executives for free panel
The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a story about "The Business of Entertainment," an Arts Division public panel of industry leaders in film and television, quoting Arts Dean David Yager and panelist David Korduner, a UCSC alumnus who is Associate National Executive Director of the Directors Guild of America. The story was picked up by Bloomberg…
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Edison never told federal regulators of San Onofre equipment design flaw
Daniel Hirsch, a lecturer in nuclear policy, was quoted by San Diego public radio station KPBS in a report on the San Onofre nuclear power plant.
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Students sink teeth into food justice issues
The Santa Cruz Sentinel joined 300 middle and hich school students on the UCSC farm for a harvest festival put on by Food, What?!
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White-nose syndrome: Devastating disease found in Chinese bats
Biologists Joseph Hoyt and Marm Kilpatrick were quoted in coverage of their discovery of the bat disease white-nose syndrome in China, including stories from Nature World News, PhysOrg, Science Codex, and others.
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Scientists dig hundreds of meters beneath subarctic seafloor for climate answers
Paleoceanographers Karla Knudson and Christina Ravelo were featured in an Environmental Monitor news story about their research on climate change and the Bering Sea.
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Radiation sensors in major U.S. cities turned off because they don’t work
A Wall Street Journal report on radiation sensors installed across the country in the aftermath of 9/11 included expert comments and observations by Daniel Hirsch, a lecturer in nuclear policy at UCSC.
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The startling racial divide in pay for restaurant workers
A study co-authored by Chris Benner, professor of sociology and environmental studies, was the subject of numerous reports including NPR and the Oakland Tribune.