Media Coverage
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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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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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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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Finding the Next Earth
Astronomer Steve Vogt was featured in the National Geographic Channel program "Finding the Next Earth."
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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.
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UC Santa Cruz Arts faculty collaborate for 'Guitar Fantasy' concert
The San Jose Mercury News and the Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a feature story about UCSC music faculty Mesut Özgen and William Coulter, who are collaborating on a special program of Spanish, Latin American, Celtic, Turkish, and Russian music.
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Obama White House to push for comprehensive immigration plan
Bloomberg News quoted from a report by economics professor Rob Fairlie in an article about immigration reform. The report for the Partnership for a New American Economy focused on immigrant entrepreneurship.
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Planet Found in Alpha Centauri System
Astronomer Greg Laughlin was quoted in a Sky & Telescope article about the discovery of a planet in the Alpha Centauri system, the closest stars to Earth.
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Deep Under Antarctica, Looking for Signs of Life
The New York Times ran an article about the Antarctic drilling project (called WISSARD) led by glaciologist Slawek Tulaczyk and others, who will be looking for signs of microbial life in a lake hidden deep beneath the ice.
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Beyond the Standard Model — Or Not
Astronomer Ryan Cooke's research on the composition of pristine gas clouds in the early universe was covered by Sky & Telescope magazine.
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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.