Media Coverage

Physicist David Smith was featured in a story on National Public Radio's All Things Considered about research on "killer electrons" that can damage communications satellites in space.

Graduate student Peter Cook responds to questions raised about Ronan the sea lion's beat-keeping ability on a Scientific American blog, The Thoughtful Animal.

Astrophysicists Elizabeth Lovegrove and Stan Woosley were quoted in a New Scientist article about their research suggesting that some massive stars may implode and form a black hole without producing a supernova explosion.

The Active Times, a website that targets adventure sports and active lifestyle enthusiasts, selected UCSC for a slideshow featuring the 10 most active colleges and universities in the country. The article includes links to OPERS classes and events and the UCSC Bike Library.

Music professor Anatole Leikin contributed a review of virtuoso pianist Richard Goode’s recital at San Francisco’s Herbst Theatre to San Francisco Classical Voice.

The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about a new exhibit at UCSC'S Sesnon Gallery titled "The Dinner Parties: Art & Agriculture," quoting Sesnon director Shelby Graham, the curator of the exhibit. The article also appeared on a number of news web sites including Green Technolgy Wolrd, Smart Grid, Education Technology, and TMC.net.

The Santa Cruz Sentinel wrote about UCSC hosting a group of visitors working in agricultural areas in Nicaragua, Mexico and Costa Rica. The article was also published in the San Jose Mercury News, Pasadena Star-News, Monterey County Herald, Long Beach Press Telegraph, Torrance Daily Breeze, and Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

Physicist David Smith was quoted in a Discovery News story about "dark lightning" in thunderstorms that may expose airline passengers to gamma rays.

Astrophysicist Jonathan Fortney was quoted in a Science News article about the first study to analyze the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar system.

A story in ARTnews magazine–the most widely circulated art magazine in the world–quoted associate art professor Jennifer Parker (co-director of UCSC's Open Lab) about the expanding world of art and science, also noting that Arts Dean David Yager "is now trying to build momentum for the university's planned Museum of the Arts and Sciences, one…

The Washington Post published a rave review of “Thousand Gates,” a multicultural, collaborative concert featuring works by UCSC music professor Hi Kyung Kim at the Smithsonian Institution that featured a blend of Korean folk and Western classical music.

New findings on galaxy formation and black holes by astrophysicists Piero Madau and Valery Rashkov were covered by New Scientist and io9.