Media Coverage
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Seabed samples cast doubt on earthquake risk for Pacific Northwest
Geologist Gary Griggs was quoted in news stories from Nature and other outlets about a study of earthquake risks in the Pacific Northwest.
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New exhibit at UC Santa Cruz traces the literary roots of the Grateful Dead
The San Jose Mercury News, Inside Bay Area, Contra Costa Times, Santa Cruz Sentinel, San Francisco Chronicle, and KSBW-TV featured stories about a new exhibition on the literary history of the Grateful Dead at the Grateful Dead Archive in McHenry Library. The news also appeared on numerous web sites such as Reddit and Muck Rack.
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Gridlock over border crisis continues
Héctor Perla Jr., assistant professor of Latin American and Latino studies, appeared on the Melissa Harris-Perry show on MSNBC to discuss the crisis over child immigrants from Central America.
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Dead anchovies inundate Santa Cruz harbor, leave foul smell
Ocean scientist Raphael Kudela and biologist Baldo Marinovic were quoted in news stories about the large numbers of anchovies in Monterey Bay and the die-off of anchovies in the Santa Cruz harbor, including stories in the San Jose Mercury News, San Francisco Chronicle, Sacramento Bee, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Monterey Herald, Contra Costa Times, CBS San…
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The Moon Is (Slightly) Flat, Scientists Say
A study led by planetary scientist Ian Garrick-Bethell on the shape of the moon received widespread media coverage, including stories from the New York Times, BBC News, Mashable, Huffington Post, NBC News, New Scientist, Space.com, NPR Blogs, AFP, International Business Times, Mother Nature News, PhysOrg, Yahoo News, and many other national and international media outlets.
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More Eyes on the Skies
Astronomer Mike Bolte was quoted in a New York Times article about giant telescope projects, including the Thirty Meter Telescope.
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Could the mammoth make a comeback?
Biologist Beth Shapiro was quoted in a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette story about the possibility of cloning a woolly mammoth. The story was distributed by Associated Press and ran in several other media outlets.
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Doom co-creator John Romero skeptical of virtual reality “fad”
John Romero, creative director of the games and playable media masters program, is featured in stories from Ars Technica and Games Industry about the changing landscape of video games.
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Christa Martin: Gene Felice's interactive design
The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a profile of interactive artist Gene Felice, who just graduated from UC Santa Cruz's Digital Arts and New Media (DANM) program with a master of fine arts degree.
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U.S. Turns Back on Child Migrants After Its Policies in Guatemala, Honduras Sowed Seeds of Crisis
History professor Dana Frank was interviewed on the national news program Democracy Now, as well as on Fusion TV (a new channel launched by ABC News and Univision), Al Jazeera America news network, the weekly syndicated half-hour news magazine Between the Lines, and The Weekly Wonk digital news magazine about the link between the flood…
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Young women with sexy social media photos seen as less competent by peers, study shows
A study by psychology professor Eileen Zurbriggen and former UC Santa Cruz graduate student Elizabeth Daniels published online in the journal Psychology of Popular Media Culture received coverage from the Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, and television station KTLA in Los Angeles.
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U.S. foreign policy provoked immigration crisis
The San Francisco Chronicle published an opinion piece by Héctor Perla Jr., assistant professor of Latin American and Latino studies, on the flood of child immigrants to the United States.