Media Coverage
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Road to the IGF: Down to the Wire's Ice-Bound
Game news site Gamasutra published an interview with graduate students Jacob Garbe and Aaron Reed about their interactive fiction project "Ice-Bound," a finalist for the upcoming Independent Games Festival awards.
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Cover Story: Reclaiming Anita
The Good Times Santa Cruz weekly newspaper featured a cover story on Anita Hill, about the impact of her 1991 testimony in the Clarence Thomas hearings, in anticipation of her public lecture at UC Santa Cruz. The Santa Cruz Sentinel and San Jose Mercury News also ran a story about Hill's upcoming visit to campus.
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Spider Martin’s Photographs of the Selma March Get a Broader View
In a story about the archive of photojournalist James "Spider" Martin, The New York Times quoted acting dean of the arts Martin Berger, who noted he was struck by how many scenes in the current film "Selma" seem to have been structured based on Spider Martin’s 1965 images shot in Selma. Berger's comments were also featured…
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UC Santa Cruz Carbon Fund jump starts climate action projects
The Santa Cruz Sentinel quoted environmental studies professor Adam Millard-Ball in an article about the student-funded carbon fund and how its proceeds are used to create climate action projects. Ball is the advisor to the fund.
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Near cities, pumas kill more but eat less
Newsweek magazine online was one of a number of media outlets that featured reports on a study by a UC Santa Cruz graduate student as part of the Santa Cruz Puma Project. The piece was picked up by MSN and other reports appeared in the Toronto Telegraph, Jagran Post in India, and on Redorbit.com.
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Internet of DNA
Biomolecular engineer David Haussler was featured in an article in the MIT Technology Review about his work with the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health.
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Rise in Stranded Sea Lions Alarms Scientists
Marine biologist Dan Costa was a featured guest on a KQED Forum radio program about the increasing numbers of stranded sea lions.
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How much lead is in your chocolate?
Environmental toxicologist Russ Flegal was quoted in a Washington Post story about lead in chocolate.
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Lick Observatory gets $1 million donation from Google
Astronomer Elinor Gates was interviewed on KTVU and ABC7 TV news about the $1million gift to Lick Observatory from Google, while astronomer Claire Max was interviewed on KGO radio.
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Google gives $1 million to historic Lick Observatory
Astronomer Claire Max was quoted in coverage of Google's $1 million gift to Lick Observatory, including stories in the San Jose Mercury News, Santa Cruz Sentinel, San Francisco Chronicle, Sacramento Bee, KLIV, KSBW, Astronomy magazine, Astronomy Now, Exploring the Universe, PhysOrg, and other media outlets.
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Trace Amounts of Mercury in Fog
Environmental toxicologist Peter Weiss-Penzias was featured in a KUSP news story about his research on trace amounts of mercury in coastal fog.
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Bright Pink Sea Slugs Invading New Habitats Due to Global Warming?
Marine ecologist John Pearse was quoted in a National Geographic News story about the link between ocean temperatures and bright pink sea slugs in Northern California.