Media Coverage
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Garden of Gaming in Santa Cruz is Tilled and Ready for Growth
Game design faculty Jim Whitehead, Michael Mateas, and Brenda and John Romero are featured in a Santa Cruz Tech Beat article about the growing game development industry in Santa Cruz.
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Recent jail deaths raise questions about detox protocols
Newsworks, a blog by WHYY public radio in Philadelphia, quoted psychology professor Craig Haney in an article that looked at the recent deaths of two inmates in Bucks County, Penn. jails.
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On their own: What explains the surge in self-employment?
The Economist interviewed Rob Fairlie, chair of economics, in an article on entrepreneurship. Separately, a report Fairlie authored for the Kauffman Foundation, the Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity, received widespread coverage nationally including a Dallas Morning News blog that mentioned Fairlie.
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UC Santa Cruz alumnus nominated to chair national organization
The San Jose Mercury News and the Santa Cruz Sentinel published a story announcing that UCSC alumnus William "Bro" Adams was nominated by President Obama to be chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Prominent Moroccan director presents films at Block Museum
Film and Digital Media professor Peter Limbrick was quoted in the Morocco Gazette for a story about a series of film screenings featuring the works of prominent Moroccan director Moumen Smihi at the Block Museum.
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Madison Nguyen: Seeing an example in the Samsung building
The San Jose Mercury News and Inside Bay Area ran a story on Madison Nguyen, a UCSC graduate in history, who is one of the five major candidates for San Jose mayor.
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'Super Planet Crash' Game Is Like An Astronomer's Version Of 'Angry Birds'
Astrophysicist Greg Laughlin was featured in coverage of the online game 'Super Planet Crash' based on Laughlin's planet-finding software, including stories from the Huffington Post, Space.com, Yahoo News, the Verge, Hacker News, Space Ref, PhysOrg, Space Daily, Global News, io9, TweakTown, Motherboard, Geekosystem, Malaysia Sun, SiFy, Zee News, and others.
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Will we ever… detect other universes?
Physicist Anthony Aguirre is featured in a BBC Future article about the possibility of detecting other universes.
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Packard Foundation Awards $2 Million in Support of Natural History Fieldwork
The Foundation Center wrote about the $2 million Packard Foundation grant to support natural history education at UCSC in its Philanthropy News Digest.
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UCSC environmental studies department receives $2 million gift
The Santa Cruz Sentinel published an article about the Packard grant, and the Good Times made mention of it, too.
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UC Hastings law professor speaks on prosecuting the Holocaust
The Santa Cruz Sentinel covered a lecture at UCSC by UC Hastings law professor Morris Ratner, who spoke about his experience prosecuting European banks and companies that benefitted from Nazi atrocities, noting that the lecture kicked off a partnership between UCSC and the law school, and including quotes from emeritus history professor Peter Kenez. The…
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UCSC remembers artist and founding faculty member Mary Holmes
The San Jose Mercury News and Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about events to honor the late art history professor and founding UCSC faculty member Mary Holmes, which included quotes from emeritus humanities professor John Dizkikes.