Media Coverage
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'CT scan' of the universe: 3D animation reveals evolution of galaxies over 10.8 billion years
Astronomer Jason Prochaska was quoted in storiesabout his team's research on the cosmic web in the Daily Mail and the Nation.
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Dry Valley
Hydrogeologist Andy Fisher is featured in a Good Times Weekly article about groundwater problems in the Pajaro Valley.
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Can Alaska’s waters be a respite for sick sea stars?
Marine biologists Pete Raimondi and Melissa Miner were featured in a PBS Newshour update on the impact of sea star wasting syndrome on west coast starfish populations.
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A New Department Marks the Rise of a Discipline: ‘Computational Media’
Computer scientists Noah Wardrip-Fruin and Michael Mateas were featured in a story in the Chronicle of Higher Education about the new Department of Computational Media, which was also covered in Technology News and TMCnet.
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Big data, meet big money: NIH funds centers to crunch health data
The Los Angeles Times Science section reported on the $32 million National Institutes of Health grant to fund biomedical data sets and noted UC Santa Cruz's prominent role.
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UC Santa Cruz puma research demonstrates new high-tech wildlife tracker
Continued coverage of mountain lion research led by biologist Terrie Williams includes stories in the Santa Cruz Sentinel, Contra Costa Times, Inside Bay Area, Financial Times, Planet Ark, and Qatar Tribune.
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A perilous journey: Seabird runs gauntlet of hazards on 40,000-mile annual trip
Ocean scientist Raphael Kudela and environmental toxicologist Myra Finkelstein are featured in an article about threats to the sooty shearwater population in Environmental Health News. The story also ran in TruthOut.
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UCSC genomics center awarded $11 million NIH grant
Biomolecular engineer David Haussler was quoted in coverage of NIH funding for the new Center for Big Data in Translational Genomics in the San Jose Mercury News, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Contra Costa Times, Inside Bay Area, Los Angeles Times, BioSpace, PhysOrg, and other media outlets.
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Blue Angel
Marine biologist Asha de Vos was featured in the Good Times Weekly cover story about her research on blue whales and the impact of ship strikes in Indian Ocean near Sri Lanka. Another story in the same issue covers biologist Susan Strome's research on epigenetics, and both stories are cited in an Editor's Note about…
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The double life of the Irish consonant
The Irish Times picked up a story about UC Santa Cruz Linguistics researchers working to document the tongue movement of native Irish speakers utilizing ultrasound in order to help save the endangered language.
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In 'DOC/UNDOC,' artist Felicia Rice and her collaborators bring new dimension to the book
The Santa Cruz Sentinel and the Good Times Weekly each featured stories about a multi-media book art exhibition at the Sesnon Gallery by alumna artist Felicia Rice (1978, Fine Art Printing) in collaboration with arts professors Gustavo Vazquez, Jennifer Gonzales, and lecturer Zachary Watson, plus MacArthur Fellow, Guillermo Gómez-Peña.
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UC Santa Cruz Fighting Ebola With Technology
NBC Bay Area reported on Jim Kent and the genome browser created at the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute.