Media Coverage
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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.
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Hack UCSC: A Step in the Right Direction
The Hack UCSC hackathon competition was covered in Santa Cruz Tech Beat, Santa Cruz Weekly, and the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
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Chilean earthquake may be part of a cascade
Seismologists Thorne Lay and Emily Brodsky were quoted in coverage of the Chilean earthquake from New Scientist and World News.
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Ocean on Saturn moon may have ingredients for life
Planetary scientist Francis Nimmo was quoted in stories about new evidence for the existence of a liquid ocean beneath the icy shell of Saturn's moon Enceladus, including a USA Today article that was distributed by AP and appeared in newspapers and online news sites across the country, and a story in New Scientist magazine.
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'Game Of Thrones' Action Underpinned By Science, Experts Say
Astrophysicist Greg Laughlin was quoted in a story about the science behind the HBO series 'Game of Thrones' that ran on Huffington Post, Live Science, and Space.com.