Media Coverage
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New York Times
Indies Grab the Controls at a Game Conference
Game designer in residence Brenda Romero was quoted in a New York Times article about the annual Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.
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NPR Weekend Edition
Sea Lion Keeps The Beat In Pursuit Of Science
Coverage of Ronan the beat-keeping sea lion continued over the weekend on NPR, where Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon interviewed graduate student Peter Cook and Ronan's groove-finding ability was the answer to a question on the NPR news quiz show Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me.
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IndieWire
"Write Fast" – B. Ruby Rich Remembers Roger Ebert
UCSC professor of Film and Digital Media, film critic, and author B. Ruby Rich remembers Roger Ebert for IndieWire.
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McClatchy Newspapers
In shift on immigration, GOP takes cues from California
McClatchy Newspapers turned to Jonathan Fox, chair of the Latin American and Latino studies department, for comment in an article on immigration policies nationally and in California. The article was published in newspapers and websites across the country.
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Democracy Now with Amy Goodman
New Era of Nuclear-Armed North Korea Forces U.S. to Reconsider War Games at Regime’s Door
UCSC assistant professor of literature Christine Hong, an executive board member of the Korea Policy Institute, was interviewed by Amy Goodman on the daily global independent news hour Democracy Now, providing a critical, progressive analysis of the increasing tension between the U.S. and North Korea over nuclear weapons threats.
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Oxford University Press
Exclusion and the LGBT life course
Oxford University Press asked psychology professor Phillip L. Hammack to write a blog post about the U.S. Supreme Court hearings on marriage equality.
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CNN Situation Room
Sea lion dances to 'Boogie Wonderland'
CNN Situation Room reporter Jeanne Moos managed to have a good time and still report the science of Ronan the beat-keeping sea lion at Long Marine Lab. She even spoke with an Earth, Wind & Fire member who suggested Ronan might have to join the band, making it Earth, Wind, Fire & Water.
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NBC News.com
This sea lion grooves to a disco beat
Nothing like a beat-keeping sea lion to attract the attention of the world's media. Ronan, at the Pinniped Cognition and Sensory Systems Laboratory at Long Marine Lab, showed she can keep the beat to Earth, Wind & Fire, and the Backstreet Boys. Her story and particularly her music video garnered international media interest from NBC, …
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Sikhchic.com
(Re-)Building Punjab: Political Economy, Society and Values: Santa Cruz, California Conference
Sikhchic.com ran a story about a conference to be hosted by the UCSC Sikh and Punjabi Studies program on campus titled (Re-)Building Punjab: Political Economy, Society and Values. Articles also appeared on sikhsiyasat.net and in the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
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Santa Cruz Sentinel
Shakespeare Santa Cruz goes all outdoors for 2013 season
The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a story announcing the 2013 Shakespeare Santa Cruz season. A story also ran in examiner.com.
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NBC Nightly News
Seed libraries help future crops
NBC Nightly News visited the "seed summit" organized by the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems at UCSC in February as part of its report on seed libraries sprouting up around the country that allow patrons to check out seeds for spring planting and then return with fresh seeds after harvest.
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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.