Media Coverage
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UCSC researchers create Ebola genome browser
KION 46 produced a piece on the Ebola genome browser created by the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute. The Santa Cruz Sentinel followed with a story of its own.
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Thousands hit UCSC for move-in days
The Santa Cruz Sentinel, KTVU Channel 2 in Oakland, and KION 46 and reported on new students moving in to residence halls and the new academic year.
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Climbing high to save a threatened West Coast plant
Arboretum curator Stephen McCabe is featured in a Science News magazine article about his work to save an endangered succulent known as Verity’s liveforever. McCabe and the Arboretum were also featured in recent issues of Fremontia and Horticulture magazines.
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'Stalk And Pounce' Hunting Method Of Mountain Lions Dissected By UC Santa Cruz Scientists
Biologist Terrie Williams was quoted in stories about her mountain lion research from KPIX (CBS SF Bay Area), local TV stations KION and KSBW, Los Angeles Times, Sacramento Bee, National Geographic, Science, Daily Mail, Reuters, and other media outlets.
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UC Santa Cruz student dreams in three dimensions
The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a profile of undergraduate Hasti Afsarifard, an economics major with a minor in technology and information management, who is working on 3-D printer technology.
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Sticky fingers ground jumping genes
Biologists Frank Jacobs and Sofie Salama were quoted in a story about their research on jumping genes in Science.
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UC Berkeley celebrates free speech movement's 50th anniversary
Feminist Studies Professor Bettina Aptheker was featured in several news articles about the 50th anniversary of the UC Free Speech Movement, including stories in the San Jose Mercury News, San Francisco Chronicle, Contra Costa Times, and Santa Cruz Sentinel, plus an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal.
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UCSC researchers study endangered Irish language
The San Jose Mercury News and Santa Cruz Sentinel published a story about Linguistics professors Jaye Padgett and Grant McGuire, who received a $260,000 National Science Foundation grant to document the tongue movement of native Irish speakers utilizing ultrasound in order to help save the endangered language. New York's Daily News also picked up the…
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Huge Primordial Stars Disappeared Without So Much As A Supermassive Black Hole Left Behind
Astrophysicist Ken Chen's research showing that some ancient stars could have exploded in supernovae that left behind no black hole remnant was covered in Forbes, Science Daily, Daily Mail, Nanowerk, PhysOrg, SciTech Daily, Nature World News, and other media outlets.
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The Human Genome Is In Stalemate in the War Against Itself
Research led by biologist Sofie Salama on an evolutionary arms race within the human genome received widespread media coverage, including an online column from National Geographic and stories from Yahoo News, Slash Dot, Medical News Today, Genetic Engineering and Biotech News, Canada Journal, Herald Scotland, Herald Globe (Australia), Cronica Madrid, Jagran Post, Tech Times, Biotechnology…
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Will Your Lifestyle Hurt Your Grandchildren?
Biologist Susan Strome's research on epigenetics was featured in a column on ABC News.com.
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California otter population growth stalls, shark bites seen as a major problem
Biologist Tim Tinker was quoted in coverage of the annual sea otter population census, including stories in the San Jose Mercury News, Capital Public Radio, KCBA-TV, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Monterey Herald, Contra Costa Times, Inside Bay Area, Sea Magazine, PhysOrg, Nature World News, and other media outlets.