Media Coverage

The Santa Cruz Sentinel published an article about UCSC being in the top 20 colleges or universities in the nation for the number of alumni serving as Peace Corps volunteers.  The article was also published in the Pasadena Star-News, Monterey County Herald, and Inland Valley Daily Bulletin.

A Santa Cruz Sentinel story about UCSC researchers who drilled into a subglacial lake beneath the Antarctic ice sheet featured quotes from UCSC faculty, students, and staff, including Slawek Tulaczyk, Marci Beitch, and Ken Mankoff.

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.