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U.S. cities lag in race against rising seas
Coastal geologist Gary Griggs was quoted in an article about the impacts of sea level rise in Scientific American and ClimateWire.
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UCSC Genomics Institute receives $1 million grant
Biomolecular engineer Benedict Paten was featured in coverage of the Human Genome Variation Map project, including stories in the Santa Cruz Sentinel, Medical Xpress, Genome Web, BioSpace, ClinicaSpace, and others.
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A clash of codes: Hack UCSC 2015
Coverage of the 2015 Hack UCSC hackathon included stories from Huffington Post, Santa Cruz Tech Beat, and Santa Cruz Sentinel.
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World's most powerful camera receives funding approval
Physicist Steve Ritz was quoted in news stories about the approval of funding for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope project, including stories from PhysOrg, Space Ref, Space Daily, and other media outlets. Ritz is lead scientist of the LSST camera project.
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Andromeda has a history of violence: Turbulent past of our twin galaxy…
Astronomers Claire Dorman and Raja Guhathakurta were quoted in coverage of their research on the Andromeda galaxy in the Daily Mail (U.K.), Science 2.0, Space Daily, Yahoo News, UPI, Herald Sun, Courier Mail (Australia), Science Codex, Universe Today, Zee News, Business Standard, Headlines & Global News, and other media outlets.
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Brave new world-hunters spot exoplanets on the cheap
Astronomer Greg Laughlin was quoted in a New Scientist article about new telescopes searching for extrasolar planets.
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Exoplanet bounty includes most Earth-like worlds yet
Astronomer Angie Wolfgang was quoted in a Nature story about new planet discoveries from the Kepler space telescope.
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The Fantastic Fur of Sea Otters
Biologist Heather Liwanag's research on sea otter fur was featured in a KQED Science multimedia story on how sea otters' fur helps them survive in cold ocean waters.
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Dana Frank: U.S. should rethink support for Honduras
History professor Dana Frank contributed an op-ed to the Houston Chronicle urging the U.S. to rethink it's foreign policy of supporting a dangerous militarization of post-coup Honduras.
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'The Interview' Belittles North Korea, But is Film’s Backstory and U.S. Policy the Real Farce?
Assistant professor of literature Christine Hong, an executive board member of the Korea Policy Institute, was featured on Democracy Now! about President Obama's response to North Korea over the cyber hacking of Sony due to the Seth Rogen/James Franco comedy film, The Interview. Hong's commentary on this issue was also reported by the Institute for…