Media Coverage
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Milky Way Galaxy Mass Only Half As Large As Previously Thought, Astronomers Say
Coverage of research by astronomer Alis Deason on the mass of the Milky Way galaxy included stories from the Huffington Post, ScienceNow, KTVU-TV, KRXI-TV, MSNBC, CBS News, Yahoo News, Physics Today, Space.com, and Live Science.
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Low rates of extinction made California a hot spot of plant diversity
Coverage of botanist Kathleen Kay's research on what makes California a hot spot of plant diversity included stories from the Los Angeles Times, KQED radio news, UPI, Bright Surf, and PhysOrg.
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Female Directors Gain Ground, Slowly
Professor of Film and Digital Media B. Ruby Rich was quoted in a New York Times story about how the number of women making films in the top 250 at the box office was the highest this year since 2000.
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UC Santa Cruz symposium honors professors Howard Haber, Michael Dine, draws top physicists
A symposium honoring physicists Howard Haber and Michael Dine was covered in the Santa Cruz Sentinel, San Jose Mercury News, and Contra Costa Times.
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Galactic surprise: New find overturns theories how our galaxy evolved
The Santa Cruz Sentinel and San Jose Mercury News ran a story about new findings by UCSC astronomers on how galaxies evolve.
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Data Saved In Quartz Glass Might Last 300 Million Years
Computer scientist Ethan Miller was quoted in an article about long-term data storage in Scientific American magazine.
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UC Santa Cruz names 'game designer in residence'
The appointment of Brenda Romero as game designer in residence was covered by the Silicon Valley Business Journal, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Gamespot, GamePolitics, and Escapist magazine.
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Project aims to develop systems for human-robot collaboration
The Santa Cruz Sentinel and San Jose Mercury News ran a story about computer engineer Jacob Rosen's research on robotic surgery and human-robot collaboration.
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Deadly 'sneaker waves' are wintertime peril on California beaches
Geologist Gary Griggs was quoted in an article about "sneaker waves" that ran in the San Jose Mercury News, Contra Costa Times, Monterey County Herald, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Sacramento Bee, and other newspapers nationwide. Griggs was also interviewed live on KKSF radio news (San Francisco).
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The Life of Pi, and Other Infinities
Physicist and cosmologist Anthony Aguirre was featured in a New York Times article about concepts of infinity.
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B. Ruby Rich on the Identity Politics of 'Cloud Atlas'
IndieWire featured UCSC Film and Digital Media professor B. Ruby Rich discussing the new release "Cloud Atlas" with Entertainment Weekly's Lisa Schwarzbaum.
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Discoveries: UC Santa Cruz's Grateful Dead archive very alive
The Sacramento Bee published a story about the UC Santa Cruz Grateful Dead Archive, featuring an interview with the Library’s Grateful Dead Archivist, Nicholas Meriwether.