Media Coverage
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Detention of US tourists to North Korea unusual
The Seattle Times quoted assistant professor of literature (East Asian Studies) Christine Hong in an article about Americans visiting North Korea despite strong warnings from the U.S. State Department, and the risk of being detained there. The story also appeared in Yahoo! News Canada.
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How Asian-Americans on Twitter are telling Hollywood to back off
KPCC (Southern California Public Radio) quoted associate professor of film & digital media L.S. Kim in a story about how Asian-Americans are using Twitter and other social media platforms in place of a public square to express perspectives and assert themselves in the American public discussion.
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UCSC student honored for musical claymation video game
The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about Deirdra "Squinky" Kiai, a first-year student in UCSC's Digital Arts and New Media MFA program (DANM), who was named a finalist in four categories of the 2014 Independent Game Festival Awards, also quoting Noah Wardrip-Fruin, chair of the DANM program.
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UCSC alumni glow in TV spotlight
The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured an article about the success of two UCSC alumni in television, spotlighting Andy Samberg who received a Golden Globe Award for "Best Actor in a TV Series Comedy", and the premiere of Cary Fukunaga's hot new HBO series, True Detective.
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Astronomers catch a strand of 'cosmic web' in quasar's bright light
Astronomers Sebastiano Cantalupo and Xavier Prochaska were quoted in coverage of their discovery of a quasar illuminating a filament of the 'cosmic web,' including stories in the Los Angeles Times, Christian Science Monitor, Huffington Post, Nature, BBC News, UPI, Science News, National Geographic, New Scientist, Ars Technica, Independent, Australian, Sydney Morning Herald, French Tribune, Nature…
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Big Data
A cover story on "big data" in the Good Times weekly features UCSC experts David Haussler and Ethan Miller.
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Mystery Solved: How Do Dolphins Swim So Fast?
Biologist Terrie Williams was quoted in news stories from National Geographic and others about a study using dolphins Primo and Puka at Long Marine Lab to determine how dolphins are able to swim so fast. Stories also ran in Science Codex, PhysOrg, Top News, Zee News, International Business Standard, Newstrack India, and others.
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UCSC Team Adds TARGET Data to CGHub, Prepares to Accommodate CGCI Project
Bioinformatics experts David Haussler and Linda Rosewood were quoted in stories about new features in UCSC's Cancer Genomics Hub, a data portal used by cancer researchers throughout the country, including coverage from GenomeWeb, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Inside Bay Area, BioSpace, MedicalXpress, Health Canal, Science Daily, and Digital Me.
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UCSC alumni speak on the writing field
The Santa Cruz Sentinel published an article about the Humanities Division's Living Writers series, quoting literature professor Michah Perks, as well as alumni authors Reyna Grande and Molly Antopol, and award-winning journalist Martha Mendoza.
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Deep-Sea Expedition Could Reveal How Continents Form
Geologist James Gill was quoted in stories about a deep-sea expedition he is leading that ran in the Oregon Herald, LiveScience, and Yahoo News in the U.K., Malaysia, South Africa, and UAR.
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The Intelligent Plant
Plant biologist Lincoln Taiz was quoted extensively in a New Yorker magazine article about a controversial field some have called "plant neurobiology."
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Maverix Biomics, co-founded by UCSC professor, announces funding
The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about Maverix Biomics, a biotech startup cofounded by biomolecular engineer Todd Lowe. It was also covered in biotech newsletter BioInform.