Media Coverage
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Coast getting little radiation from Fukushima disaster
The San Francisco Chronicle quoted Daniel Hirsch, lecturer in nuclear policy, in an article debunking reports of elevated radiation levels on the California coast emanating from the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster.
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Preventing Civil War in South Sudan: Christian Leaders Should Resume Activism
Mark Fathi Massoud, assistant professor of politics and legal studies, was invited to contribute to the New York Times online feature "Room for Debate" on crisis in South Sudan.
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Bright ancient galaxies offer rare glimpse of early universe
The discovery of four brilliant galaxies, among the earliest and most distant ever seen, by a team lead by UCSC astronomers Garth Illingworth and Pascal Oesch received widespread media coverage, including stories from the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Associated Press (appearing in hundreds of media outlets throughout the country), BBC News,…
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Coyotes developing taste for beach food, study finds
Research on the changing diets of coyotes in coastal California led by graduate student Rachel Reid and paleoecologist Paul Koch was covered in the San Jose Mercury News, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Contra Costa Times, Inside Bay Area, and other media.
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The starfish are dying, and no one knows why
Marine biologist Pete Raimondi continues to be quoted in news coverage of sea star wasting syndrome, including an article from USA Today that was widely reprinted in newspapers throughout the country.
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UCSC researcher leads cancer's digital revolution
The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a profile of bioinformatics expert and cancer researcher David Haussler. The story also ran in the San Jose Mercury News and Contra Costa Times.
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A star is born: the updated Human Reference Genome
A Nature story about the release of a more complete version of the human genome reference sequence cites the work of a UCSC team led by Karen Miga and Jim Kent to produce the centromere sequences.
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Gamers could help debug military code
Computer scientists Jim Whitehead and Heather Logas were quoted in stories about their work on an iPad game that helps debug computer code, with coverage from the Santa Cruz Sentinel, San Jose Mercury News, and Inside Bay Area.
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Size And Location Of 2012 Costa Rica Earthquake Anticipated By Scientists
Seismologist Susan Schwartz was quoted in stories about her research on earthquakes in Costa Rica from RedOrbit, LA Weekly, Science Daily, Innovations Report, Nature World News, and others.
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Crafting Peace in South Sudan
Writing in Foreign Policy, Mark Fathi Massoud, assistant professor of politics, outlines several steps that aid groups and allies of South Sudan can do to help curtail violence and craft a lasting peace for the world's newest country.
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On The Trail Of A Mountain Lion, Hunters Hope To Help
A KQED report on the UC Santa Cruz Puma Project was broadcast on NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday. The online version includes a video of a mountain lion being captured and fitted with a tracking collar.
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Blazing the Trails of Science – UC Santa Cruz’s top scientific breakthroughs of 2013
The Santa Cruz Good Times highlighted many of UCSC's research accomplishments in a year-end feature.