Media Coverage

  • Space.com

    Something strange is happening inside Saturn

    Astronomer Jonathan Fortney was quoted in a story about puzzling features of Saturn from MSN, Space.com, Yahoo, and other outlets.

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    UCSC visionaries honored at celebration

    The Santa Cruz Sentinel attended the Fiat Fifty Founders Celebration and wrote an article about it.

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    UC Santa Cruz’s inaugural year was unlike any experience before, or since

    The Santa Cruz Sentinel published a Sunday page one feature on UCSC’s first year, 1965.

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    Oakland artist Raymond Saunders featured at UCSC

    The Santa Cruz Sentinel announced that celebrated Oakland painter and artist Raymond Saunders is the center of a new exhibit opening at the Mary Porter Sesnon Gallery at UC Santa Cruz titled “Raymond Saunders: Black is a Color.”

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    Endowed chair established at UC Santa Cruz

    The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a story about a gift from arts alumnus Ken Corday that helped establish a new Presidential Chair in writing for television and film, quoting David Yager, dean of the Arts Division, and Irene Gustafson, chair of the Film and Digital Media Department.

  • Wallet Hub

    2015’s States Where Hispanics Are Most Assimilated

    Catherine S. Ramírez, associate professor of Latin American and Latino studies,  was quoted in an “ask the experts” portion of an article about Hispanic assimilation in Wallet Hub, an online site based in Washington, D.C.

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    UCSC Foundation honors food activist Alice Waters

    The Santa Cruz Sentinel interviewed Alice Waters in advance of the Founders Celebration where she will receive the UC Santa Cruz Foundation medal.

  • Optics & Photonics News

    A Chip-Based System for Detecting Ebola

    Coverage of electrical engineer Holger Schmidt's development of chip-based technology for Ebola detection includes stories in Optics & Photonics News, CNET, Yahoo, Gizmodo, Medical News Today, Santa Cruz Tech Beat, Biotechnology News, Nanotech Now, Times of India, and other media outlets.

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    Three California universities celebrate 50 years

    The Los Angeles Times wrote about the 50th anniversary of UC Santa Cruz (and two other California universities). The article featured the Founders celebration and quoted Chancellor Blumenthal.

  • US News & World Report

    San Francisco Bay Area College Road Trip: UC—Santa Cruz

    US News and World Report visits UC Santa Cruz in its college road trip feature in the 2016 edition of the Best Colleges guidebook, calling it a “nature-lover’s dream.”

Last modified: Apr 02, 2025