Media Coverage

KQED News ran a story about the 1961 Santa Cruz bird invasion, its role in the Hitchcock movie "The Birds," and the role of UCSC scientists in figuring out that the algal toxin domoic acid was behind in the incident.

Geologist Gary Griggs was quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about erosion at Lighthouse Point.

Environmental toxicologist Peter Weiss-Penzias was quoted in a story in Scientific American and Salon about rising mercury levels in rainfall.

Astronomer Brant Robertson was quoted in a CNET story about NASA's plans for the WFIRST telescope.

KQED Science covered seismologist Thomas Geobel's research on earthquakes induced by wastewater injection in oil and gas drilling operations.

Computer science grad student James Ryan and his game project Talk of the Town are featured in articles in New Scientist and Gamasutra about artificial intelligence and games.

The Columbia Daily Tribune publiished ”71. Realizing Lucy," a poem by associate professor of literature Ronaldo Wilson that is part of a series of 72 persona poems from his forthcoming collection, ‘Lucy 72." 

The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about environmental toxicologist Peter Weiss-Penzias and his research on mercury levels in rainfall.

Biologist Pete Raimondi was featured in a story about sea star wasting syndrome in the San Luis Obispo Tribune.