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Farm to label: Alumnus helped bring organic labeling policy to the nation
The Santa Cruz Sentinel published an article about alumnus Mark Lipson who was closely involved in helping set national organic food labeling standards and has now joined the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems as a research associate.
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When Seals Molt, They Leave Behind Mercury
Environmental toxicologists Russ Flegal and Jennifer Cossaboon were quoted in coverage of their research on mercury in molted hair from elephant seals, including stories in the Australian, BBC Radio, KPCC Radio, New Scientist, Science News, Washington Post, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Yahoo News, PhysOrg, Xinhua, Die Welt, Environmental Research Web, Medical News Today, International Business Times,…
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Possibilities remain vibrant within Yamashita’s ‘Anime Wong’
Literature professor Karen Tei Yamashita was featured in an International Examiner story about her anthology, Anime Wong: Fictions of Performance, documenting the texts of her past performances.
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Dickens Project receives NEH grant
The Santa Cruz Sentinel announced that the Dickens Project at UC Santa Cruz has received a $119,417 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for a four-week NEH Summer Seminar designed for middle and high school teachers that will be held on campus in 2016.
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Large number of inmates in solitary poses problem for justice system, study says
The Wall Street Journal quoted Craig Haney, distinguished professor of psychology, in an article on a report that as many as 100,000 prisoners are being held in solitary confinement in the U.S.
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Dan Wirls: Why it’s so much easier for Congress to vote for war than peace
Reuters published an op-ed co-authored by politics professor Dan Wirls on the congressional politics surrounding the Iran nuclear agreement.
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Maverick’s At 180 Beats Per Minute
Biologist Terrie Williams was featured in coverage of her exercise physiology research in Surfing Magazine, Medical News Today, Santa Cruz Waves, Science Blog, Science 360, Medical Xpress, and other media outlets.
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What are the odds Stephen Hawking will answer your Reddit AMA question?
Wired turned to computer scientist Dimitris Achlioptas for help with a statistics question about Stephen Hawking's upcoming Reddit AMA.
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Grateful Dead’s 30 Trips Around the Sun: First Look at Box, Premiere of Music and Essay
A story in Relix magazine about the upcoming commemorative box set celebrating the Grateful Dead’s 50th anniversary noted that it includes a 288-page book with an extensive essay written by Nicholas Meriwether, the Grateful Dead Archivist at UC Santa Cruz.
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From the U.S. to Saudi Arabia, women had to fight to vote
Distinguished Professor of Feminist Studies Bettina Aptheker was quoted in a Natiional Geographic story about how women around the world have had to actively fight for women’s suffrage.