Media Coverage

CNN Situation Room reporter Jeanne Moos managed to have a good time and still report the science of Ronan the beat-keeping sea lion at Long Marine Lab. She even spoke with an Earth, Wind & Fire member who suggested Ronan might have to join the band, making it Earth, Wind, Fire & Water.

Sikhchic.com ran a story about a conference to be hosted by the UCSC Sikh and Punjabi Studies program on campus titled  (Re-)Building Punjab: Political Economy, Society and Values. Articles also appeared on sikhsiyasat.net and in the Santa Cruz Sentinel.

The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a story announcing the 2013 Shakespeare Santa Cruz season. A story also ran in examiner.com.

NBC Nightly News visited the "seed summit" organized by the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems at UCSC in February as part of its report on seed libraries sprouting up around the country that allow patrons to check out seeds for spring planting and then return with fresh seeds after harvest.

Seismologist Susan Schwartz was featured in a Science News article about "slow slip" or slow-motion earthquakes.

The Associated Press quoted lecturer Daniel Hirsch in an article about restarting the San Onofre nuclear power plant. The article was widely published across the country.

The Los Angeles Review of Books–a literary review journal covering the national and international book scenes–published a lengthy review of Reading the Grateful Dead: A Critical Survey, a collection of recent writing edited by UCSC's Grateful Dead Archivist Nicholas Meriwether, quoting him extensively.

The Santa Cruz Sentinel published a page one article on a $5 million gift that will help  rebuild the hay barn and make it a center for environmental and sustainability activities on campus. The article was reprinted in the San Jose Mercury News andMonterey County Herald.

Astronomer Greg Laughlin is featured in an article about exoplanets in the May issue of Sky & Telescope magazine, and a podcast interview with Laughlin is posted on the magazine's web site.

Astronomer Claire Max was quoted in a West Hawaii Today article about the 20th anniversary of the Keck Telescopes.