Media Coverage
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The remarkable comeback of sea otters to the B.C. coast
Marine ecologist James Estes was quoted in a Toronto Globe & Mail story about the recovery of sea otter populations along the British Columbia coast.
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Star Trek 'engine' goes where no one has gone before
Astronomer Jonathan Fortney was quoted in a story in Science and Huffington Post about an experiment using powerful lasers to crush a diamond.
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Underwater Meadows Might Serve As Antacid For Acid Seas
Marine ecologist Mark Carr was featured in a story on NPR's "Morning Edition" about a study led by alumna Kristy Kroeker on the role that eelgrass beds might play in mitigating the effects of ocean acidification. The story was reposted on public radio station news sites around the country.
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Supersonic Earthquake Shook Kamchatka
Seismologist Thorne Lay was quoted in stories about a "supersonic" earthquake in Kamchatka in Scientific American, LiveScience, and Tech Media.
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Stoking a passion for science
Astronomer Raja Guhathakurta, director of the UCSC Student Internship Program, was featured in a Palo Alto Weekly cover story about high school students doing summer internships in research labs in the region.
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Make Way for Whales
Marine biologist Asha de Vos was interviewed about her research on Sri Lankan blue whales in Slate and New Scientist. The Sri Lanka Sunday Times also ran a story about her research.
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‘Supermoon’ will rise on Saturday
Astronomer Greg Laughlin was quoted in a story on SFGate about the "supermoon" on Saturday night, and Laughlin's comments were picked up nationally by Mashable, NPR blog "The Two-Way," and other news sites.
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UCSC names new university librarian
The Santa Cruz Sentinel published a story about the selection of Elizabeth Cowell as new University Librarian, noting she will “continue to move the libraries beyond a collection, toward a set of services integrated in UC Santa Cruz's research and educational mission.”
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UCSC alum designs affordable desktop digital router
Computer engineering professor Gabe Elkaim is quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about UCSC alumni Bar Smith and Tom Beckett who have developed an affordable desktop CNC router and started a company to market it.
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Who's Responsible for the Flight of Honduran Children?
History professor Dana Frank contributed an article to the Huffington Post about how the influx of Central American children crossing the border is a result of U.S. support of a corrupt post-coup regime in Honduras that has given that country the highest murder rate in the world. Frank was also featured in an interview on…
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Your job in 5 words
Marketplace Radio invited listeners to describe their jobs in five words, and among the responses aired on the show was one from Marc Mangel, professor of mathematical biology: "Create opportunities for young scientists."
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UCSC alum builds career-advising company
The Santa Cruz Sentinel wrote about an alum's new company.