Media Coverage
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UCSC duo designs children’s speech therapy game
Computer engineers Sri Kurniawan and Zak Rubin are featured in a story in the Santa Cruz Sentinel about their work on an animated computer game that provides speech therapy for children who have had cleft palate surgery.
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The Fastest Stars in the Universe May Approach Light Speed
Astrophysicist Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz was quoted in an article in Wired about superfast stars and merging black holes.
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Ocean biology: Marine dreams
Biologist Rita Mehta was quoted in an article in Nature about careers in marine biology.
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Dreams of Murder May Signal Real-Life Aggression
Emeritus professor of sociology Bill Domhoff was tapped to provide an alternate view in a Live Science article on research about people who dream of committing murder. The report was picked up by other blogs.
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As organic farming has grown and gone mainstream, how has it changed?
Social sciences professor Julie Guthman was the featured interview on “Your Call,” a call-in public affairs radio program broadcast on KALW in San Francisco and KUSP in Santa Cruz.
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California Nuke Plant Key in Quake Safety Review
Daniel Hirsch, lecturer in nuclear policy, was quoted in an Associated Press article on the San Onofre nuclear power plant that was used by ABC News among others.
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After recession, wave of 'accidental' entrepreneurs
Economics department chair Rob Fairlie was featured in a CNBC report on the growth of entrepreneurs as a result of the great recession.
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A Believer in Vacant Lots, Urban Farming’s Grande Dame: Karen Washington
Karen Washington, a graduate of the Apprenticeship in Ecological Horticulture, was featured in a New York Times article after she won a James Beard Foundation leadership Award.
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Challenge for protesters in wake of police killings: Turning anger, grief into action
Acting Dean of the Arts and History of Art and Visual Culture professor Martin Berger was quoted in a Washington Post story about the rapidly growing social movement that began four months ago after the fatal shooting by police in Ferguson, Missouri.
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'Tis the season for white-nose syndrome in bats
Biologist Kate Langwig was quoted in a Science News article about her research on white-nose syndrome in bats.
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UC sea otter surpasses age record, earns keep
The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about sea otter Taylor's 21st birthday, with quotes from trainer Courtney Ribeiro-French and biologist Nicole Thometz.
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UCSC researchers link bat epidemic to hibernation
Biologists Kate Langwig and Marm Kilpatrick were quoted in coverage of their research on white-nose syndrome in bats, including stories in the Santa Cruz Sentinel, Red Orbit, PhysOrg, Science 2.0, Science Codex, Press News, and other media outlets.