Media Coverage
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How much more is there to know about the Grateful Dead?
An article in the Washington Post noted that the Grateful Dead have created an enormous, living body of work ripe for scholarship, adding, "Pulled from the band’s own vault, an immense trove of press clippings, fan mail and memorabilia is housed in the library of the University of California at Santa Cruz, much of it…
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Quartet of quasars discovered for the first time
Astronomer Xavier Prochaska was quoted in coverage of his team's discovery of a rare quasar quartet, including stories from CBS News, Mashable, UPI, Zee News, Sci-News, Astronomy Now, and other media outlets.
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UC Santa Cruz professor develops HIV vaccine
Biomolecular engineer Phil Berman's research on an HIV vaccine was covered by the Santa Cruz Sentinel, KSBW TV, KION TV, and BioSpace. The KSBW news clip was rebroadcast on other NBC TV news affiliates across the country.
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Women started smaller percentage of U.S. businesses in 2014
A Wall Street Journal article on female entrepreneurs was based on a study by economics department chair Rob Fairlie. MSN.comalso published the article.
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How weird is our solar system?
Astronomer Greg Laughlin is featured in a BBC News story about how our solar system compares with other planetary systems.
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Cesar Chavez convocation at UC Santa Cruz celebrates labor leader’s memory, legacy
The Santa Cruz Sentinel covered the 12th annual Cesar Chavez Convocation featuring keynote speaker Daniel “Nane”Alejandrez, founder of Barrios Unidos.
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Starfish along coast making comeback
Biologists Melissa Redfield, Betsy Steele, and Peter Macht were featured in KSBW TV news coverage of the sea star wasting disease.
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Inside the quest to ‘de-extinct’ mammoths
The New York Post ran an in-depth article about biologist Beth Shapiro and her new book 'How to Clone a Mammoth.'
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UCSC opens new virtual reality lab
Computational media professors Sri Kurniawan and Noah Wardrip-Fruin were quoted in coverage of the new CAVE Lab for virtual reality research projects, including stories in the Santa Cruz Sentinel and Santa Cruz Tech Beat.
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How a $1.4-billion scientific project ran into a cultural buzz saw
Astronomer Michael Bolte was quoted in a Los Angeles Times article about the challenges facing the Thirty Meter Telescope project.
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Living on $10 an hour in Santa Cruz County
The Santa Cruz Sentinel wrote about the Working for Dignity research study and event featuring interviews with low-wage workers in the county.
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After a killer disease, baby starfish make comeback
Biologist Pete Raimondi was featured in a KION TV news story about sea star wasting disease.