Media Coverage

Reuters covered the testimony of biologist and statistician Marc Mangel before the International Court of Justice as an independent science expert in Australia's case against Japan over Japanese whaling practices. The story also ran in Scientific American, the Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun, and other newspapers across the country.

The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a story announcing UCSC's new major in Spanish studies, leading to a new bachelor of arts degree, beginning this fall quarter. Inside Bay Area also picked up the story.

The Santa Cruz Sentinel interviewed UCSC's Grateful Dead Archvist Nicholas Meriwether for a story about a new exhibition now open to the public at Dead Central in McHenry Library.

The Santa Cruz Sentinel wrote about the Watsonville City Council approving a lease for WaterLab, an experimental wastewater treatment facility to be run by UC Santa Cruz at the city's Water Resource Center. Environmental studies professor Brent Haddad, the project director, is also quoted in a story by the Watsonville Register-Pajaronian.

Seismologist Emily Brodsky was quoted in coverage of her research on how rock recovers in a fault zone and affects groundwater flow, including stories in Nature, Time, Science News, LiveScience, and Discovery News.

Paleogenomics experts Beth Shapiro and Tara Fulton were quoted in coverage of the genome sequence of an ancient horse, including stories in the San Francisco Chronicle, Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, LiveScience, Globe and Mail (Canada), Alaska Dispatch, and KSBW TV.

The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about bioinformatics expert Josh Stuart's project to use big data technology for cancer genomics.

Chemical & Engineering News covered research by marine scientists Elizabeth Crook and Adina Paytan on the effects of ocean acidification on coral reefs.

Maine Public Radio broadcast a talk by history professor Dana Frank titled “The U.S. and Post-Coup Honduras: A Human Rights Disaster.”