Media Coverage
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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.
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UCSC public affairs director Jim Burns retires
The Santa Cruz Sentinel played it straight with its article on the director of public affairs retiring after 30 years working at UC Santa Cruz.
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95 new U.S. citizens sworn in at UC Santa Cruz
KION covered the citizenship swearing in ceremony at Porter College as did KSBW and Univision.
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UC takes initiative on food issues
Several news outlets included information on UC Santa Cruz in their coverage of the UC Global Food Initiative including the Contra Costa Times, San Jose Mercury News, Santa Cruz Sentinel, the blog Berkeleyside, Imperial Valley News, and Feedstuffs, an online new source for the ag industry.
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$4M gift supports UCSC farming apprenticeship
The Santa Cruz Sentinel wrote about the $4 million grant to the farm apprenticeship at UC Santa Cruz. KION channel 46 also posted a story about it.
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How Solitary Confinement Hurts the Teenage Brain
The Atlantic magazine quoted psychology professor Craig Haney in an article on the consequences of solitary confinement on teens.
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UC Santa Cruz pioneers in organic, sustainable farming
KSBW Channel 8 covered the UC Global Food Initiative by filming where it started, the UC Santa Cruz farm.