Media Coverage
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Giving thanks for Seymour Center volunteers
The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a guest commentary by Seymour Center Director Julie Heffington about the crucial role of volunteers in Long Marine Lab's public outreach programs.
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A picture is worth a thousand base pairs
Alumnus Adam Siepel was quoted in a Nature article about the UCSC Genome Browser and other tools for visualizing genomic data.
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Heat stress is causing desert bird populations to collapse
Biologist Barry Sinervo was quoted in a story about the effects of climate change and heat stress on desert bird populations in Mongabay and other media outlets.
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The Fragile Future of Strawberries
Professor of Social Sciences Julie Guthman was featured on KQED Radio's Forum program discussing the fragile future of the strawberry industry.
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Fog brings poison mercury to Santa Cruz Mountains — mountain lions are suffering
The San Francisco Chronicle gave front-page coverage to the latest research about mountain lions by Environmental Studies Professor Chris Wilmers and environmental toxicologist Peter Weiss-Penzias; other outlets that picked up the story include Salon, KSBW TV, the Los Angeles Times, and the Sacramento Bee.
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Botany at the Bar
Scientific American interviewed botanist Rachel Meyer and her coauthors of the book Botany at the Bar about the science and history of bitters.
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Fish in California estuaries are evolving as climate change alters their habitat
Biologist Eric Palkovacs was quoted in coverage of his research on the evolution of fish in response to climate-driven habitat change, including stories in PhysOrg, Scienmag, Science Daily, YubaNet, World News Monitor, and other media outlets.
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Doing it Right
Insider tapped Psychology Professor Phil Hammack for comment on a letter from a reader asking about her husband's porn-watching habits.
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The Tech Effect
Research by Adam Millard-Ball of Environmental Studies was cited in a major investigative report by the Boston Globe about the impact of high-tech services like Uber and GrubHub on traffic.
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The economic debate over the minimum wage, explained
Economist Jeremy West's research on the labor-market effects of raising the minimum wage was cited in a Vox article.
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Bay Area open space district proposes killing mountain lions to help cattle ranchers
Environmental Studies Professor Chris Wilmers, director of the Puma Project, was quoted in a Monterey Herald article about a proposal by the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District to allow the killing of mountain lions to protect grazing cattle.
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What does it take to be a moon?
Planetary scientist Francis Nimmo was quoted in an article about how astronomers define a moon in Live Science, MSN, and other media outlets.