Media Coverage
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Art exhibit lets visitors get handle on water issues: 'Undercurents' on display at UCSC's Digital Arts Research Center
The Santa Cruz Sentinel published an article about a new art exhibition on campus by 11 graduate students from UCSC's Digital Arts and New Media M.F.A. Program (DANM), who combine science, technology and art to explore social problems such as local water issues.
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Kepler's cool find: Another Earth-size planet
Astronomer Greg Laughlin was quoted as an outside expert in coverage of a new planet discovery, an Earth-sized planet in the habitable zone of its host star, including stories from the Associated Press and USA Today that appeared in a wide range of other media outlets,
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UCSC grad Kelsey Doyle travels the world
The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a feature story about Kelsey Doyle, a recent graduate of UCSC with a bachelor's degree in Film and Digital Media, and her travels around the world to explore and document different people and cultures through documentary films and photography.
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Photographer David Pace finds his muse in Burkino Faso
The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured an interview with alumus photographer David Pace, who is one of three UCSC alums currently featured in a photography exhibition at UCSC's Sesnon Gallery.
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Gerald Casel brings his vision of a united dance community to National Dance Week Santa Cruz
The Good Times Weekly published a story about theater arts professor of dance Gerald Casel and his involvement with the local community in National Dance Week Santa Cruz.
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Nicole Paiement: The Bright New Force of Opera Parallèle
San Francisco Classical Voice featured an interview with music professor Nicole Paiement, director of ensembles at UCSC, where she conducts the Orchestra, the Chamber Singers, and the Opera.
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What's old is new again for some in digital age
The LaCrosse Tribune, Idaho Statesman, Columbia Daily Herald, and Bellingham Herald quoted film and digital media professor Warren Sack, a software designer and media theorist, in an article about emerging groups turning to old technology due to distrust of the breadth of electronic surveillance revealed by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden.
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'Condor Watch' enlists citizens to help endangered species
Environmental toxicologist Myra Finkelstein was featured in coverage of the Condor Watch citizen science project, including stories in the San Jose Mercury News, Santa Cruz Sentinel, KION TV, Inside Bay Area, PhysOrg, and others.
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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.