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First hiker completes new 800-mile Oregon Desert Trail
Several newspapers in the Pacific northwest carried an article about UCSC alumna Sage Clegg, who is the first person to traverse the new 800-mile Oregon Desert Trail. The article was first published in the Ontario Argus Observer and later reprinted in the Seattle Times, Portland Oregonian, and Idaho Statesman.
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Wolves help preserve berries for imperiled Yellowstone bears -study
Reuters quoted Chris Wilmers, associate professor of environmental studies, as an outside expert in an article on wolves in Yellowstone.
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Break ups are both harder and easier today
A columnist writing on divorce in Psychology Today quoted from psychology professor Steve Whittaker's study on breakups and Facebook.
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Immodest proposal
The New York Times Sunday Magazine referred to psychology grad student Rachael Robnett's study that found not one male or female surveyed preferred that a woman propose marriage to a man. The mention was in the "One-page Magazine" feature.
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Local lions
The California Academy of Sciences has produced and is showing a video on the mountain lion research associate professor of environmental studies Chris Wilmers is conducting. Santa Cruz Style magazine also published an article on Wilmers and his work with pumas in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
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Can art change the world?
Oxfam America featured an article on the mural project at College Nine that includes a video by student Zoe Tofaletti.
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Five Directors To Discover Online
Studio System News featured an article about the top five online directors to watch right now–including Film and Digital Media alumnus Chris Guerrero. The Santa Cruz Good Times also ran a profile on the up-and-coming Arts Division graduate.
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UCSC launches free public online course on Holocaust
The Santa Cruz Sentinel announced the launch of UCSC's first free online course open to the public through the Coursera platform.
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UC Santa Cruz offers master’s degree In video gaming
KPIX Channel 5 in San Francisco aired a report on the new master's degree in games and playable media.
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Losing a single pollinator species harms plants
A paper co-authored by environmental studies doctoral candidate Heather Briggs on the effects that a loss of bees has on plants was covered by the New York Times, Nature, the Los Angeles Times, Scientific American, National Geographic, Digital Journal and Science Daily.