Media Coverage
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A battle for the heavens on Mauna Kea: Native Hawaiians protest plans for a massive telescope
Astronomer Michael Bolte was quoted in a Los Angeles Times article about the protests in Hawaii over plans to build the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea.
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Georgia’s prisons face troubling rise in suicides. What are officials doing about it?
Psychology Professor Craig Haney's research on mental-health conditions inside Georgia's prisons was cited in a Macon Telegraph report about the system's troubling rise in suicides among inmates.
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Plants don’t have feelings and aren’t conscious, a biologist argues
Botanist Lincoln Taiz was featured in a Science News article about his work discrediting the idea that plants have consciousness.
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Cash-strapped students are skipping meals at colleges
Psychology Professor Heather Bullock's survey results about food insecurity among college students was cited in a Boston Globe article about cash-strapped students skipping meals.
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Researchers turn to public to count wildlife on Año Nuevo Island
Biologist Patrick Robinson and Roxanne Beltran were quoted in a front page story in the Santa Cruz Sentinel about their citizen science project to count the marine mammals and birds on Año Nuevo Island.
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Stony corals: At the limits of adaption?
Marine scientist Adina Paytan was quoted in coverage of her research on the ability of corals to adapt to ocean acidification, including stories in PhysOrg, Science Daily, Scienmag, and other media outlets.
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Mega-Trees Are the New Weapon Against Climate Change
Environmental Studies Professor Karen Holl was quoted in a Daily Beast article about planting "mega trees" to fight climate change.
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Tuna and higher education
Environmental toxicologist Myra Finkelstein's research on tuna consumption by college students was featured on the MediBlurb podcast.
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New study traces Io's volcanic tides
Planetary scientist Francis Nimmo was quoted in a story on PhysOrg and AGU blogs about volcanoes on Jupiter's moon Io.
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Why robots won’t kill the Bay Area’s job growth: report
The San Jose Mercury News tapped Sociology Professor Chris Benner to comment on a new report about the impact of robots on Bay Area jobs.
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Human genetic diversity of South America reveals complex history of Amazonia
Lars Fehren-Schmitz, associate professor of anthropology, was quoted in an article in Phys.org about new research that reveals details of history, ecology, and cultural diversity in the genetic makeup of South America's living rural populations.
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‘A true once in a lifetime moment’: Rare photo shows humpback whale trapping a sea lion in its mouth
Biologist Ari Friedlaender was quoted in a Washington Post story about the photograph of a humpback whale with a sea lion in its mouth.