Media Coverage
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Science News
Quakes in Slo-Mo
Seismologist Susan Schwartz was featured in a Science News article about "slow slip" or slow-motion earthquakes.
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Associated Press
Calif. nuke plant could breakdown at full power
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.
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Los Angeles Review of Books
A Touch of Grey Matter: On 'Reading the Grateful Dead'
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.
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San Francisco Chronicle
The pope and Hugo Chavez contrasted
The San Francisco Chronicle published an op-ed by Hector Perla, assistant professor of Latin American and Latino studies, on the selection of Jorge Mario Bergoglio as pope and the death of Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela.
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Santa Cruz Sentinel
$5 million gift aids UCSC's historic barn preservation
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.
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Sky & Telescope
Interview with Exoplanet Expert Greg Laughlin
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.
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West Hawaii Today
Long ago .. not far away
Astronomer Claire Max was quoted in a West Hawaii Today article about the 20th anniversary of the Keck Telescopes.
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Santa Cruz Sentinel
Linda Burman-Hall reflects on 40 years of adventurous musical programming
The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a story about music professor Linda Burman-Hall on the 40th anniversary of the Santa Cruz Baroque Festival, of which she is the founder and artistic director.
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Los Angeles Times
Study helps untangle polar bear and brown bear genetics
Research on polar bears and brown bears led by biologist Beth Shapiro and biomolecular engineer Ed Green was covered by the Los Angeles Times, Discover, NBC News.com, Yahoo!News, CTV News, KTUU (Alaska), Vancouver Sun, Edmonton Journal, Toronto Star, Nunatsiaq News, French Tribune, Nature World News, LiveScience, Science Daily, Red Orbit, PhysOrg, and other news outlets.
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San Jose Mercury News
Clara, the peregrine falcon is back at San Jose City Hall with a new mate
The appearance of falcon eggs in a nest at San Jose City Hall again has prompted the San Jose Mercury News to write about the annual occurrence and quote Glenn Stewart, director of the Predatory Bird Research Group at Long Marine Laboratory.
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The Scientist
Life Below the Seabed
Earth scientist Andy Fisher was quoted in an article in The Scientist magazine about the recovery of rock samples containing microbial life from deep within the Earth's oceanic crust.
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The New Yorker
Up All Night: The science of sleeplessness
New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert quoted extensively from assistant anthropology professor Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer 's book The Slumbering Masses in her article on sleeping and sleep problems. The Huffington Post's HuffPost Live followed The New Yorker with an online video report on the same subjecct and interviewed Wolf-Meyer via Skype.