Media Coverage
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UCSC's Nathaniel Mackey receives major poetry award
The Santa Cruz Sentinel published an article about Nathaniel Mackey, professor emeritus of literature, who was named the winner of the Poetry Foundation’s 2014 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize for lifetime achievement.
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Theater review: UCSC's 'Rent' shows a lot of heart, and skin
The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a review of the UCSC student production of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical, Rent, directed by Theater Arts Professor Danny Scheie.
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Bridging the Coasts: Bay Area Figurative Painters at Yale
Brooklyn-based arts blogazine Hyperallergic profiled UCSC alumnus Jock Reynolds, the Henry J. Heinz II Director of the Yale University Art Gallery.
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Strange Rocks Found in Earth's Crustal Graveyard
Earth scientist Quentin Williams is quoted in a story about rocks in the deep mantle from Live Science, Yahoo News, and the Huffington Post.
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Physics panel to feds: Beam us up some neutrinos
Physicist Steve Ritz, who chaired the Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel, was quoted in news coverage of the panel's recommendations, including an Associated Press article that ran in the Sacramento Bee, Newsday, U.S. News & World Report, and hundreds of newspapers and other media across the country, as well as stories in Symmetry magazine and…
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U.S. deploys 80 troops to Chad to help find kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls
The Washington Post interviewed Paul Lubeck, emeritus professor of sociology, about the Nigerian military and Boko Haram for an article on the U.S. sending 80 military personnel to Nigeria to help search for kidnapped schoolgirls.
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The Barbie Effect: Toys make a difference in children’s aspirations
Psychology professor Eileen Zurbriggen's study of how girls' views of career options are affected by playing with Barbie dolls was featured in the online version of The American Scholar, the quarterly literary magazine of the Phi Beta Kappa Society.
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40 under 40: Professors Who Inspire
Nerd Wallet, an online personal finance site for millennials, selected assistant economics professor Alan Spearot as one of its "40 under 40: Professors Who Inspire" in its Nerd Scholar section.
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UCSC Games and Playable Media Programs take it to the Next Level
Santa Cruz Tech Beat ran a feature story about the Center for Games and Playable Media and the various degree programs offered in computer game design at UCSC.
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Earthquake cluster likely to strike Bay Area, scientists say
Seismologist Thorne Lay commented on a USGS study of earthquake risk in the Bay Area in a San Jose Mercury News story that was widely distributed by AP, running in the Sacramento Bee, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Contra Costa Times, and many other outlets.
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There’s a Science to Squashing Rumors, and the Times Did the Opposite
A New York Magazine blog post on the firing of New York Times editor Jill Abramson quoted psychology professor Anthony Pratkanis on rumor control. The quote was lifted from a 2008 Boston Globe article by the same author.
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What happens when poor women suddenly acquire land status and power
The online site examiner.com wrote about assistant psychology professor Shelly Grabe's study on land owning and power among women in two developing countries.