Media Coverage
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Conservationists team up with ranchers, loggers
An Associated Press article on conservation easements included quotes from environmental studies professor Daniel Press and Peter Stein, a UCSC alumnus, who is managing director of Lyme Timber Co. an investment company involved in negotiating easements. The article was published widely across the nation in dozens of newspapers and on websites, including U.S. News and…
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Which bat's the better pollinator?
Research by biologists Winifred Frick and Kathleen Kay on the bat pollinators of cardon cactus in Baja California was covered by Science Blog, Science Daily, BrightSurf, Science Newsline, and Science Codex.
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Hundreds of Humboldt squid wash up on Aptos area beaches
Biologist Baldo Marinovic commented on the Humboldt squid that washed up on Central Coast beaches in stories on KSBW TV and in the Santa Cruz Sentinel, Huffington Post, San Jose Mercury News, Monterey County Herald, Contra Costa Times, and Inside Bay Area.
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UC Santa Cruz team harnessing sunlight
Research on an innovative "sun to fiber" optical device led by electrical engineer Nobby Kobayashi was covered by Laser Focus World, Santa Cruz Sentinel, and Aptos Times.
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Biggest tides of the year set to hit California
Geologist Gary Griggs was quoted in a widely published San Jose Mercury News article about this month's "king tides." The story ran in the Sacramento Bee, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Contra Costa Times, Miami Herald, Inside Bay Area, and other media.
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Portal's physics engine rebuilt…on a graphing calculator
The Ars Technica "gadgets" blog marveled at the achievement of computer game design major Alex Marcolina, who rebuilt the popular game Portal to work on a graphing calculator, and Venture Beat ran an interview with Marcolina.
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Emerging vector-borne diseases create public health challenge
Biologist Marm Kilpatrick's findings on the emergence of vector-borne diseases around the world were covered by R&D magazine, Infection Control Today, Medical Express, HealthCanal, RedOrbit, Science Codex, and OnMedica.
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The transporter: Cloud banks carry mercury
Research by environmental toxicologist Peter Weiss-Penzias on mercury in coastal fog was covered by National Geographic, Scientific American, Santa Cruz Sentinel, San Jose Mercury News, Monterey County Herald Pasadena Star-News, Long Beach Press-Telegram, Environmental Protection, RedOrbit, PhysOrg, and Science Codex.
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New Orleans through the eyes of Lewis Watts
The Santa Cruz Sentinel published an interview with art professor Lewis Watts about his research, photographs of New Orleans and Cuba, and upcoming exhibition at the Sesnon Gallery.
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Author returns to Santa Cruz with new memoir
The San Jose Mercury News, Monterey Herald, Contra Costa Times, Inside Bay Area, and Santa Cruz Sentinel featured stories about alumna Reyna Grande and her new memoir of immigration, including quotes from Grande’s former teacher, literature professor Micah Perks, who is co-director of the UCSC Creative Writing Program.
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Swedish weekly quotes Dana Frank on Honduras
Sweden's weekly newspaper Friatidnengen, based in Stockholm, published comments from history professor Dana Frank about the political situation in Honduras three years after the coup. Frank was also interviewed by Al Jazeera.
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Ethics Bowl comes to UC Santa Cruz
The San Jose Mercury News and Santa Cruz Sentinel featured stories on a state regional Ethics Bowl tournament, hosted for the very first time on the UC Santa Cruz campus by the Humanities Division's Philosophy Department.