Media Coverage

Seismologist Thorne Lay was quoted in a Science News story about research suggesting that large earthquakes can weaken nearby faults and make them more prone to rupture.

The Santa Cruz Sentinel reported on a $400,000 campus project to clean and recycle water. The San Jose Mercury News also carried the story.

The Alaska Dispatch interviewed ocean scientist Ken Bruland to set the record straight about a photo he took showing sediment-laden water from a glacial river in the Gulf of Alaska. The photo has been posted on various Internet sites with misleading labels such as "the place where two oceans meet."

Glaciologist Slawek Tulaczyk was quoted in a New York Times story about his team's discovery of bacteria living in a subglacial lake deep beneath the Antarctic ice sheet.

The Santa Cruz Good Times featured a story about Helen and Newton Harrison, leading pioneers of the environmental and ecological art movement, and currently professors-in-residence in the UCSC Arts Division, who are recognized for their use of maps as narratives to track climate change and ecosystems.

The Santa Cruz Sentinel and San Jose Mercury News announced that History professor Gail Hershatter will deliver the 47th annual UCSC Faculty Research Lecture, the foremost academic research honor bestowed by the UCSC Academic Senate.

Evolutionary biologist Beth Shapiro was quoted in a New York Times article about a team of scientists studying the genetics of pigeon breeds for insights into evolutionary biology.

The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a profile of physicist Joel Primack and his wife Nancy Abrams, highlighting their collaborative efforts to explain modern cosmology to the general public.

Glaciologist Slawek Tulaczyk was quoted in a Science News article about his team's report that they had found evidence of microbial life in water samples retrieved from Subglacial Lake Whillans in Antarctica.

A Santa Cruz Sentinel story about astronomer Sandra Faber receiving the National Medal of Science at the White House also ran in the San Jose Mercury News, Contra Costa Times, Monterey County Herald, and Inside Bay Area, and KSBW TV also covered the event.