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Scientists put the animal equivalent of a Fitbit on polar bears
Biologist Anthony Pagano was quoted in a story in Alaska Dispatch News about his research on polar bear energetics in the Arctic.
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California earthquakes linked to oilfield wastewater injections
Seismologist Thomas Goebel was quoted in news stories about his research findings on earthquakes induced by wastewater injection in California oil fields, including stories in the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Fortune, Bloomberg, AP, Capital Public Radio, Daily Mail, Bakersfield Californian, and other media outlets.
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HACK UCSC winners collect cash for tech solutions
Coverage of the third annual UCSC hackathon included stories from the Santa Cruz Sentinel, Santa Cruz Tech Beat, KSBW, and Community TV.
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Solving social ills takes humanities, says UCSC alum
The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a story about UCSC alumnus William Adams, chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, who delivered the 15th annual Maitra lecture at UC Santa Cruz on the topic: “Wicked Problems: The Humanities in the Time of STEM.”
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Are humans driving evolution in animals?
Biologist Eric Palkovacs is quoted in a BBC News story about how humans are affecting the evolution of wild animals.
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UCSC study: Drought testing limits of hardy ferns
Coverage of biologist Jarmila Pittermann's research on the effects of drought on native ferns included stories in the Santa Cruz Sentinel, San Francisco Chronicle, Orange County Register, California Post, PhysOrg, and other media outlets.
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Mirror on the cosmos: NASA's next big telescope takes shape
Astronomer Garth Illingworth is quoted in a Scientific American article about progress on the James Webb Space Telescope.
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Study says Sarao may not have been responsible for flash crash
Bloomberg Business News wrote an article about a draft paper, "The Flash Crash: A New Deconstruction," by Eric Aldrich in economics, Greg Laughlin, astronomy and astrophysics, and a Stanford colleague that analyzes on a millisecond level the May 2010 “flash crash” that drove the Dow Jones Industrial Average down nearly 1,000 points. Reuters and the…
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Two organizations send first-generation students to UCSC
The Santa Cruz Sentinel covered a luncheon celebrating UCSC students who have benefited from Project Grad and the Gumball Foundation.
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Oscar nominated short 'Last Day of Freedom' streaming on Netflix
An article about associate professor of art Dee Hibbert-Jones's Academy Award nominated documentary short film, "Last Day of Freedom," appeared on examiner.com.