Media Coverage
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A Q&A with Mark Lipson: How has organic certification stood up to the test of time?
Alumnus Mark Lipson, now a researcher with the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, was the subject of an interview in Modern Farmer.
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Antarctica's science seekers
Glaciologist Slawek Tulaczyk was on an episode of Al Jazeera's "The Stream" about research in Antarctica.
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UC Santa Cruz study shows female mosquitofish have larger ecological impact than male mosquitofish
Biologists Eric Palkovacs and David Fryxell were featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about their research on mosquitofish.
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Molten metal storms rage on orphan planet that lost its star
Astronomy grad student Caroline Morley was quoted in a New Scientist article about a planet with an atmosphere of molten metal.
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Cassini spacecraft set to dive into Saturn moon’s jetting vapors
Planetary scientist Francis Nimmo was quoted in a San Francisco Chronicle story about the Cassini mission to study Saturn's moon Enceladus.
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Carmel Film Festival to screen UCSC film professor’s documentary
The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a story on a new documentary film by assistant film and digital media professor Jennifer Maytorena Taylor about gang violence intervention workers that screened at the Carmel International Film Festival and debuted on Al Jazeera America television.
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Astronomers watch supermassive black hole shred star
Astrophysicist Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz was quoted in a UPI story about new observations of a black hole destroying a star.
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Sea ice and circulation: North Pacific sea ice plays significant role
Ocean scientists Christina Ravelo and Karla Knudson were quoted in coverage of their research on the role of sea ice in ocean circulation and climate, including stories from Nature World News, PhysOrg, Space Daily, and Science 2.0.
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Mummified seals reveal ecological impact of ice change
Paleontologists Paul Koch and Emily Brault were quoted in a PhysOrg story about their research on mummified seal remains in Antarctica that hold clues to the impact of past climate change on Antarctic seal species.
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Shining light on Ebola virus for faster diagnosis
Electrical engineer Holger Schmidt's research on a biosensor chip system for detection of Ebola virus was featured on the blog of NIH Director Francis Collins.
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Astronomers may have witnessed two black hole births
Astrophysicist Stan Woosley was quoted in a Scientific American article about dying stars that become black holes.
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Where do pumas den?
The Santa Cruz Puma Project was featured in a National Geographic online report on puma dens.