Media Coverage

The New Yorker magazine featured a story about renowned winemaker and philosophy alumnus Randall Grahm, describing his quest to breed new varietals from scratch and grow them where grapes have never been grown before.

The Santa Cruz Good Times published a cover story about UC Santa Cruz's spring opera production of The Magic Flute, featuring an extensive interview with music lecturer Sheila Willey about how it took a full year to produce and direct.

Biologist Glenn Stewart was featured in a San Francisco Chronicle story about the peregrine falcons nesting on the Campanile, UC Berkeley's bell tower.

Physicist David Smith was quoted in coverage of his research on terrestrial gamma-ray flashes, including stories in Gizmodo, Newsweek, PhysOrg, Register, Inquisitr, Science Alert, Science Daily, SpaceRef, Astro Watch, and other media outlets.

The New Yorker magazine featured a profile of jazz artist and composer Carla Bley, noting that her early development as an independent spirit is "well documented in the excellent 2011 book Carla Bley" by UC Santa Cruz music professor Amy C. Beal, and quoting a passage from the book.

History professor Dana Frank was interviewed on National Public Radio's "All Things Considered" program about the consequences of President Trump's decision to end Temporary Protection Status (TPS) for 60,000 Hondurans who have lived in the U.S. for years and have 53,500 U.S.-born children.

Adriana Manago was featured in a story on KQED Radio's "California Report" about the factors that prompt people to share content on social media, including psychological factors like a desire to construct an online identity or one's "brand."

The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about two art exhibitions presented on campus by the Institute of the Arts and Sciences: "Future Garden for the Coast of Central California" and "Forest (for a thousand years)."

Ecologist Kerstin Wasson was profiled in the Monterey Herald for her award-winning work in Elkhorn Slough.