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Musical Enterprise
The Santa Cruz Good Times featured an article about associate professor of music Ben Carson and his project to compose a Star Trek opera.
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Strange superfast 'cannonball' star likely blasted from supernova
Undergraduate Kathryn Plant and astronomer Bruce Margon were quoted in coverage of their research on an unusual star, including stories from Space.com, Scientific American, Yahoo, and other media outlets.
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The 'Pluto killer' and the rocker: Meet the odd couple behind the Planet 9 discovery
Astronomer Greg Laughlin continues to be featured in coverage of the discovery of a possible ninth planet by his former student Konstantin Batygin and Caltech astronomer Mike Brown, including stories from KPCC (Southern California Public Radio), New Scientist, Chicago Tribune, and others.
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MRI patients flush gadolinium into San Francisco Bay
Research led by environmental toxicologist Russ Flegal and ocean scientist Ken Bruland on contamination of San Francisco Bay with gadolinium was covered in Chemical & Engineering News.
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Scientists find evidence for ninth planet in solar system
Astronomer Greg Laughlin was quoted in news coverage of the discovery of a possible ninth planet in our solar system, including stories from National Geographic, Science, Scientific American, Smithsonian, Yahoo, New York Post, Daily Mail (U.K.), National (Scotland), and other media outlets. Codiscoverer Konstantin Batygin, a UCSC alum, worked with Laughlin as an undergraduate and…
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To save its salmon, California calls in the fish matchmaker
Geneticist John Carlos Garza was featured in a New York Times story about how salmon are bred at hatcheries. The story ran on the front page of the New York Times Sunday edition.
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Birds are returning to a rodent-free island formerly known as Rat
Biologist Don Croll was featured in an article in Alaska Dispatch News about the return of seabirds to an island in Alaska after eradication of rats.
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Jenny Reardon, sociologist between science and justice
The French daily Le Monde published a profile of Jenny Reardon, professor of sociology and director of the Science and Justice Research Center.
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Marine neurotoxin more widespread than ever before
Ocean scientist Raphael Kudela was featured in a Newsweek story about the 2015 West Coast toxic algae bloom.
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Obama, Art-ified
A photo essay in Politico Magazine noted that history of art and visual culture assistant professor Derek Conrad Murray was one of the curators, artists, and art historians who helped the magazine identify some of the most unique and interesting pieces of art depicting the 44th president.