Media Coverage
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San Jose: City Hall baby falcons are three boys
The San Jose Mercury News and NBC Bay Area covered the trek Glenn Stewart, director of the UCSC Predatory Bird Research Group, took to San Jose City Hall to identify and band three peregrine falcon chicks born there.
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Rebuilding Punjab
Professor Nirvikar Singh contributed an article to The Financial Express–a major daily financial newspaper in India–describing a conference hosted by the Humanities Division's Sikh and Punjabi Studies program on campus titled "Rebuilding Punjab: Political Economy, Society and Values."
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UC Santa Cruz farm blazed organic trail
The San Francisco Chronicle published a special food section focusing on UCSC and Santa Cruz. Included were articles on the history of the UCSC Farm and Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems and its pioneering role in organic agriculture. Other stories looked at UCSC's role in vegetarian food and vegan restaurants in the town.…
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America’s Biggest Entrepreneurs: High School Dropouts
The New York Times' Economix blog wrote about economics professor Rob Fairlie's report for the Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity. The American City Business Journals' Washington D.C. bureau also wrote about the report in an article that was published in business journals around the country.
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UC Santa Cruz admits less than half of freshman applicants for fall quarter
The Santa Cruz Sentinel wrote about UCSC admissions statistics for the fall 2013 freshman class. The story was also published by the San Jose Mercury News, Pasadena Star News and Long Beach Press Telegram.
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Mountain lions mark their territory in Santa Cruz mountains
The San Francisco Chronicle published a front page article on the study of mountain lion behavior in the Santa Cruz Mountains by associate professor of environmental studies Chris Wilmers. The Santa Cruz Sentinel and Good Times also published articles on the study. The Sentinel story was republished in the San Jose Mercury News.
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Bright Blazar’s Emission Defies Explanations
The discovery by physicists Amy Furniss and David Williams of a blazar that is the most distant source of very high-energy gamma rays was covered by Universe Today, Science Daily, and RedOrbit.
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Tracking "Killer Electrons" Helps Predict Risks to Satellites
Physicist David Smith was featured in a story on National Public Radio's All Things Considered about research on "killer electrons" that can damage communications satellites in space.
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Ronan Fights Back! Scrappy sea lion regains title
Graduate student Peter Cook responds to questions raised about Ronan the sea lion's beat-keeping ability on a Scientific American blog, The Thoughtful Animal.
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Faint flashes reveal moment a black hole is born
Astrophysicists Elizabeth Lovegrove and Stan Woosley were quoted in a New Scientist article about their research suggesting that some massive stars may implode and form a black hole without producing a supernova explosion.
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10 Colleges and Universities for (Extremely) Active Students
The Active Times, a website that targets adventure sports and active lifestyle enthusiasts, selected UCSC for a slideshow featuring the 10 most active colleges and universities in the country. The article includes links to OPERS classes and events and the UCSC Bike Library.
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Extreme Beethoven From Richard Goode
Music professor Anatole Leikin contributed a review of virtuoso pianist Richard Goode’s recital at San Francisco’s Herbst Theatre to San Francisco Classical Voice.