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American Kestrel Population Drops Dramatically, And Without Fanfare
Bay Nature followed two volunteer researchers with the UC Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group as they watched kestrels in the Santa Cruz area including on campus.
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New cancer classification system shows promise as lifesaver
Biomolecular engineer Josh Stuart was featured in coverage of the pan-cancer study which revealed a new way to classify cancers, including stories in the San Francisco Chronicle (lead story on the front page), Los Angeles Times, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Fresno Bee, MedScape, Bio-IT, BioSpace, Health Canal, Science Daily, Delhi Daily News, and other media outlets.
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The Scientists are Amateurs, But Their Coastal Research Makes a Splash
Biologist John Pearse was featured in a Bay Nature story about a coastal monitoring program involving high school students.
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When Freedom Summer Landed in White America’s Living Rooms
History of Art and Visual Culture professor Martin Berger was quoted in a Herald de Paris story about the impact of images from the civil rights movement in the 1960s. The story also ran in Salon.
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James Shigeta 'Led The Way' For Asian-American Lovers On Screen
Professor of Film and Digital Media L.S. Kim was featured on NPR"s syndicated Weekend Edition program in a story about the passing of actor James Shigeta, who broke barriers in film as one of Hollywood's first Asian-American actors to play romantic lead characters.
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UCSC engineering lab awarded $2.28M grant
The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about biomolecular engineer Mark Akeson's research group, which received a major grant for work on a nanopore device for DNA sequencing.
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Seabed samples cast doubt on earthquake risk for Pacific Northwest
Geologist Gary Griggs was quoted in news stories from Nature and other outlets about a study of earthquake risks in the Pacific Northwest.
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New exhibit at UC Santa Cruz traces the literary roots of the Grateful Dead
The San Jose Mercury News, Inside Bay Area, Contra Costa Times, Santa Cruz Sentinel, San Francisco Chronicle, and KSBW-TV featured stories about a new exhibition on the literary history of the Grateful Dead at the Grateful Dead Archive in McHenry Library. The news also appeared on numerous web sites such as Reddit and Muck Rack.
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Gridlock over border crisis continues
Héctor Perla Jr., assistant professor of Latin American and Latino studies, appeared on the Melissa Harris-Perry show on MSNBC to discuss the crisis over child immigrants from Central America.
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Dead anchovies inundate Santa Cruz harbor, leave foul smell
Ocean scientist Raphael Kudela and biologist Baldo Marinovic were quoted in news stories about the large numbers of anchovies in Monterey Bay and the die-off of anchovies in the Santa Cruz harbor, including stories in the San Jose Mercury News, San Francisco Chronicle, Sacramento Bee, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Monterey Herald, Contra Costa Times, CBS San…