Media Coverage

Seismologist Emily Brodsky was quoted in a Vice News story about the earthquake in Nepal and the prospects for earthquake prediction.

A story in the 40th anniversary issue of Good Times Weekly spotlighted feminist studies professor Bettina Aptheker, plus former director of the UCSC Women's Center, Roberta Valdez, noting their major impact on the feminist movement in Santa Cruz and describing the birth of Women's Studies at UC Santa Cruz.

The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a cover story in its Arts & Entertainment section about independent film producer and UC Santa Cruz alumnus Ron Yerxa, whose presentation, 50 Years of American Film Comedies, is a featured event at the 50th Anniversary Alumni Weekend.

The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran an article about National Public Radio host Jesse Thorn, a humanities alumnus who is taping a live podcast from Kuumbwa Jazz Center during the 50th Anniversary Alumni Weekend to benefit the campus radio station, KZSC.

Santa Cruz's Good Times featured a story about the rich history of talented writers in the area, including a number of UC Santa Cruz faculty and alumni, noting that many of them will give public presentations during the campus's 50th Anniversary Alumni Weekend.

Biologist Ingrid Parker and ecologist Greg Gilbert were quoted in coverage of their research on the dynamics of plant diseases in Science Daily, Terra Daily, Science Newsline, Smithsonian, Science 2.0, and other media outlets.

Biomolecular engineer David Haussler and biologist Beth Shapiro are featured in an Inside Science TV story about the Genome 10K project to sequence the genomes of 10,000 vertebrate species.

The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about astronomer Jonathan Fortney's involvement in a NASA coalition leading the search for life on other planets.

Astronomer Greg Laughlin is the primary source quoted in a Wired story about the plausibility of the habitable planets in the Star Wars movies.

ABCNews 7 in San Francisco visited campus for an Earth Day report on the installation of smart water meters that deliver usage information to smart phones and computer desktops.

Both NBC Bay Area and ABCNews 7 covered biologist Glenn Stewart of the UC Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Group as he descended to a peregrin falcon nest at San Jose City Hall to band the legs of three chicks and determine their gender.

Biologist Beth Shapiro is featured in stories about de-extinction and plans to recreate woolly mammoths on NBC News, BBC News, Smithsonian, and Red Orbit.