Media Coverage
-
UCSC launches free public online course on Holocaust
The Santa Cruz Sentinel announced the launch of UCSC's first free online course open to the public through the Coursera platform.
-
UC Santa Cruz offers master’s degree In video gaming
KPIX Channel 5 in San Francisco aired a report on the new master's degree in games and playable media.
-
Losing a single pollinator species harms plants
A paper co-authored by environmental studies doctoral candidate Heather Briggs on the effects that a loss of bees has on plants was covered by the New York Times, Nature, the Los Angeles Times, Scientific American, National Geographic, Digital Journal and Science Daily.
-
Feds say once endangered peregrine falcons have recovered; no more chick rescues
An Associated Press article on the recovery of peregrine falcons featured Glenn Stewart, who directs the UC Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group. The article was published and broadcast around the country including by the San Jose Mercury News and Santa Cruz Sentinel.
-
Sea floor research expedition that features live online video feed
The Santa Cruz Sentinel published a report on professor Andy Fisher's sea floor research expedition that features live online video feed.
-
Ocean acid conversion cuts coral density, UCSC study finds
The Santa Cruz Sentinel published a report on a UCSC study of ocean acidification due to rising carbon dioxide levels.
-
UC Santa Cruz researchers take project to tech conference
The Santa Cruz Sentinel reported on a UCSC research team that will show its prototype, "3-D+2-D television," at the SIGGRAPH 2013, 40th International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interaction Techniques.
-
In Syria and Africa, Obama ignores US laws and human rights violations
History professor Dana Frank was quoted in The Washington Times about reports of more than 10,000 complaints of human rights abuses by U.S. funded and trained state security forces in Honduras. Frank also appeared on KPFA and contribted a piece to The Baffler blog about this issue.
-
Military sonar can alter blue whale behavior
The Santa Cruz Sentinel published a report on a UCSC study of the effects of sonar on blue whales.
-
Stanford, UCSC study predicts oil demand to peak around 2035
The Santa Cruz Sentinel printed an article on economics professor Adam Millard-Bell's paper predicting a decline in the demand for oil.
-
Shakespeare-ing Things Up
The Santa Cruz Good Times featured an extensive cover story celebrating the opening of the 2013 Shakespeare Santa Cruz summer festival at UCSC.
-
Saving coastal habitats may help cut cost of storm damage
San Francisco Chronicle science writer David Perlman quoted Gary Griggs, director of the Institute of Marine Sciences and Distinguished Professor of Earth Sciences, in an article on protecting the coastlines.