Media Coverage
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Gary Griggs digs up perils of Monterey Bay quakes, floods
Geologist Gary Griggs was featured in a Good Times article about his new book about the history of natural disasters in the local area.
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Long noncoding RNA identified as a key regulator of inflammation
Biologist Susan Carpenter was quoted in coverage of her research on long noncoding RNAs involved in inflammation, including stories in Medical Xpress, Health Canal, Technology Networks, and other media outlets.
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3D printed graphene aerogel enhances supercapacitor ability
Chemist Yat Li was quoted in ongoing coverage of his research on supercapacitors, including stories from R&D Magazine and In Compliance.
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Massive volcano chain discovered near Tasmania
Earth scientist Andrew Fisher was quoted in news stories about the discovery of a chain of undersea volcanoes near Australia, including stories in the New York Daily News, EuroNews, MSN, and other media outlets.
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Chemists develop safe alternatives to phthalates used in plastics
Chemist Rebecca Braslau was quoted in coverage of her research on alternatives to phthalate plasticizers, including stories in PhysOrg, Plastics Today, AZO Materials, Tech Site, Laboratory Equipment, Science Daily, and other media outlets.
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Contract lecturers are a growing yet precarious population in higher education
Physics lecturer Stephanie Bailey was quoted in a Physics Today article about the role of non-tenure-track teachers in higher education.
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Coastal Biology building and marine sciences campus by EHDD
Architectural Record ran a story about the new Coastal Biology building.
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Tech Pioneer: Social Media is Destroying Democracy
The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a front-page story about tech pioneer Jaron Lanier's appearance at UC Santa Cruz to deliver the 2018 Peggy Downes Baskin Ethics Lecture in humanities and meet with students from the College Scholars Program. The story also ran in the San Jose Mercury News, Monterey Herald, The Bakersfield Californian, Omaha World-Herald,…
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'It Serves The Elites Well': Honduran Gov't Fails Returning Migrants as NGOs Step In
Latin American television network Telesur interviewed emerita history professor Dana Frank for a story about Hondurans migrating to Mexico and the United States in order to seek asylum. Frank was also featured on KPFA’s “UpFront” program and on Korean radio about the Honduran caravan heading north.
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How a Santa Cruz County man revived the search for alien life
Good Times ran a profile of astronomer Frank Drake and his work on the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI).

