Media Coverage
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Strange Eats: Scientists Who Snack on Their Research
Live Science ran a story about scientists who snack on their research subjects, including anecdotes from UCSC researchers Joe Sapp and Terrie Williams.
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Study Reveals Key Step In Protein Synthesis
Research led by molecular biologist Harry Noller on how ribosomes carry out protein synthesis was covered by Medical News Today, MediLexicon, Science Daily, Science Newsline, Machines Like Us, and Science Codex.
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Japan's whaling is not science, expert witness tells World Court
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.
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UC Santa Cruz to offer new Spanish Studies degree starting this fall
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.
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UC Santa Cruz's Grateful Dead archive offers a reason to visit the campus this summer
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.
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Declining fortunes of Yellowstone’s migratory elk
Chris Wilmers, associate professor of environmental studies, and Taal Levi, who received his Ph.D from UCSC, contributed a piece to a forum discussion of a study of migratory elk in the Yellowstone region. The study and forum were published in Ecological Society of America's journal Ecology.
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The Other Mexicans: Indigenous people come from a world apart from Spanish-speaking Mexicans
National Geographic online quoted Jonathan Fox, professor and chair of Latin American and Latino studies, in an article on indigenous immigrants from Mexico who speak neither Spanish nor English.
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Watsonville City Council approves wastewater treatment experiment with UCSC
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.
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How Earth Heals Itself After an Earthquake
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.
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Frozen toe bone yields insight to horse evolution
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.
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Major grant funds UCSC researchers using big data to predict cancer outcomes
The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about bioinformatics expert Josh Stuart's project to use big data technology for cancer genomics.
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Computer pioneer Harry Huskey honored for lifetime contribution
The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a profile of Harry Huskey, professor emeritus of computer science.