Media Coverage
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Slate
Are dairy producers trying to sneak artificial sweeteners into our milk?
The online magazine Slate reached out to sociology professor Melanie Dupuis for comment in an article on moves by the dairy industry to put sweeteners into milk.
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CBSNews.com
Breaking up in the digital age is difficult, study says
A study by psychology professor Steve Whittaker on how break ups unfold in a digital age was featured in international news outlets from CBSNews.com to publications in Great Britain, India, and the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
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Venture Beat
Warren Spector wants game designers to work on non-combat A.I.
VentureBeat's Dean Takahashi filed three stories from the Interactive Storytelling Symposium organized by the Center for Games and Playable Media, including one on keynote speaker Warren Spector, another on CGPM's game designer in residence Brenda Romero, and the third on Disney Imagineering creative director Asa Kalama.
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New Scientist
App helps blind photographers take the perfect snap
A smartphone camera app to help blind and partially sighted people take photos, developed by computer science graduate student Dustin Adams and others in the Interactive Systems for Individuals with Special Needs Lab, was the subject of stories in New Scientist magazine, Digital Trends, Tech Hive, and Hot Hardware.
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Financial Times
Time is money when it comes to microwaves
Astrophysicist Greg Laughlin and physicist Anthony Aguirre teamed up with a Stanford law professor to study the use of microwave communications for high-frequency trading in financial markets, and their findings are reported in an article in the Financial Times.
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Red Orbit
Picky Eating Drove Saber-Tooth Tiger To Extinction In Last Ice Age
Paleontologist Justin Yeakel was quoted in coverage of his research on the Pleistocene predators of the mammoth steppe, including stories from Red Orbit, Field & Stream, Science 2.0, eScienceNews, and PhysOrg.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Medical research must not be cut
The San Francisco Chronicle published an opinion piece by Chancellor Blumenthal on the need to maintain federal support for medical research.
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Santa Cruz Sentinel
UFW co-founder Dolores Huerta addresses Cesar Chavez Convocation at UCSC
The Santa Cruz Sentinel covered the 10th Annual César Chávez Convocation and the keynote address by United Farm Workers co-founder Dolores Huerta.
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Santa Cruz Sentinel
UCSC's Michael Nauenberg wins UC distinguished emeriti award
The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about physicist Michael Nauenberg winning the 2013 Constantine Panunzio Distinguished Emeriti Award.
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NPR: Krulwich Wonders
Our Very Normal Solar System Isn't Normal Anymore
Astronomer Steven Vogt was quoted in a story about the unusual characteristics of our solar system on Robert Krulwich's NPR blog "Krulwich Wonders."
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San Jose Mercury News
UCSC's Ted Warburton to give Arts Division's Outstanding Faculty Research Lecture
The San Jose Mercury News and the Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a story about associate professor of dance Ted Warburton, who will deliver the Arts Division’s 2013 Outstanding Faculty Research Lecture, plus direct a faculty dance concert with guest Bay Area alumni and students.
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KQED Quest
Top cats: How pumas and other apex predators' populations affect the big biodiversity picture
KQED's Quest science blog took a detailed look at apex predators and wildlife ecologist Chris Wilmer's study of pumas in the Santa Cruz Mountains.