Media Coverage

Chancellor George Blumenthal was quoted in a Los Angeles Times story about the UC Regents approval of UC's participation in the Thirty Meter Telescope project.

The Santa Cruz Sentinel and San Jose Mercury News noted that UCSC has expanded its Zipcar fleet to 10 cars in five locations.

Architect magazine ran an article about UCSC's search for the architect to design the campus’s new Institute of the Arts and Sciences, noting that the three finalist teams were picked based on their experience in designing museums, educational, and cultural projects, and an understanding of the relationship between landscape and built form. ArchDaily also announced…

The Santa Cruz Sentinel published an article on the 3+3 BA/JD program between UCSC and UC Hastings College of Law.

The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a story about an upcoming lecture by UC Hastings law professor Morris Ratner on justice for Holocaust victims, noting that the event kicks off a new social justice speaker series at UCSC that signals the start of a partnership between the campus and UC Hastings that will allow UCSC students…

The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured social sciences development assistant Audries Blake in its series on happiness and well-being.

Theoretical physicist Howard Haber was interviewed on KUSP radio's 7th Avenue Project, discussing the Higgs boson with host Robert Pollie.

The UC Santa Cruz Arboretum was featured in a story in the San Jose Mercury News travel section.

Plant ecologist Ingrid Parker and her students were featured in coverage of their work to help save a critically endangered wetland plant called marsh sandwort, including stories in Science Daily, Science Codex, PhysOrg, and Santa Cruz Sentinel.

Brenda and John Romero, directors of the games and playable media masters program, were featured in a Venture Beat story about a panel at the GDC conference on game developers working in academia, also covered by Gamasutra and Polygon.

Botanist Jarmilla Pitterman was quoted in a National Geographic story about a rare albino redwood that may be cut down to make room for a new transit system in Cotati, California.