Media Coverage
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San Francisco Chronicle
It's a tale that wags the dogma
San Francisco Chronicle columnist Leah Garchik ran an item on UCSC alumna, and and former SNL star Maya Rudolph, who will appear with her Prince cover band, "Princess," at the SF Sketchfest comedy festival, noting that Rudolph and her bandmate Gretchen Lieberum "met at UC Santa Cruz, where their funk band was Supersauce."
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Santa Cruz Sentinel
Type, literature and poetry: UCSC's Cowell Press takes an hands-on approach
The Santa Cruz Sentinel published a story about UCSC's Cowell Press, a program directed by humanities lecturer, poet, and master printer Gary Young that teaches the traditional arts of typography and printing.
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MSNBC
Shakespeare's sonnets (and more) stored in DNA files
Genomics expert David Haussler was quoted in a story on MSNBC.com about researchers who developed a way to encode music and text files into DNA molecules. The story also ran on Yahoo! News, Live Science, TechNewsDaily, and other news sites.
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NBC Today
Middle children, your new mascot is Lady Edith
NBC's Today Show quoted sociology professor Marcia Millman in a story on sisters focused on Edith Crawley, the middle sister in the PBS series "Downton Abbey."
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Santa Cruz Sentinel
UCSC psychology study reveals students have traditional marriage preferences
TheSanta Cruz Sentinel published a page one article on psychology doctoral candidate Rachael Robnett's study of marriage proposal preferences. The article was reprinted in the San Jose Mercury News and Marin Independent Journal.
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Santa Cruz Sentinel
Cadavers make comeback as medical classes shift away from virtual learning
An article in the Santa Cruz Sentinel on cadavers used for lab study quoted Richard Baldwin, laboratory manager for the anthropology department. It was reprinted in the San Jose Mercury News.
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Los Angeles Times
UC freshman applicants for 2013 a record high
The Los Angeles Times, Associated Press, Sacramento Bee, San Jose Mercury News, Santa Cruz Sentinel, KSBW, KION, and KGO-TV reported on the record number of freshman applicants to UCSC as part of their coverage of UC-wide applications.
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R&D Magazine
Technique reveals dynamics of telomere DNA structure
Coverage of biochemist Michael Stone's research on telomere DNA structures included stories in R&D magazine, Medical News Today, Bio-Medicine, Science Daily, Medical Xpress, Bioscience Technology, Lab Manager, and Bright Surf.
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Santa Cruz Sentinel
Seymour Center at LML hosts talk about humpback whales
A Santa Cruz Sentinel story about biologist Ari Friedlaender's public talk on humpback whales at the Seymour Center at Long Marine Lab also ran in the Monterey County Herald, Long Beach Press-Telegram, and Inland Valley Daily Bulletin.
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Oakland Tribune
Actor bends rules, toys with taboos
A profile of Theater Arts professor and actor/director Danny Scheie was featured in the Oakland Tribune and the San Jose Mercury News.
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National Geographic Channel
Finding the Next Earth
Astronomer Steve Vogt was featured in the National Geographic Channel program "Finding the Next Earth."
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KTVU Bay Area People
Condor Recovery Program
Environmental toxicologist Myra Finkelstein was featured on the KTVU television program "Bay Area People" in a show about efforts to save the California condor.