Media Coverage
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Books N Bags: Kindergarten's the right time to start a little library
The Missourian cited research by Psychology Professor Emeritus Dominic Massaro in an article about kindergartners and reading.
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Young Californians are politically aware, they just don't vote. Here's how we turn them out
Associate Professor of Sociology Veronica Terriquez and politics graduate student Randy Villegas penned an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times about young voters and what it will take to boost their turnout in November.
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Julie Heffernan's first New York presentation in five years opens at P·P·O·W
ArtDaily featured a story about arts alumna Julie Heffernan, who received a B.F.A. in Painting and Printmaking from UC Santa Cruz in 1981, and an M.F.A. in Painting at the Yale School of Art in 1985.
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5 ways travel can help create your dream career
Forbes magazine featured an interview with playwright, actor, and assistant professor of theater arts Amy Mihyang Ginther, whose one-woman show, "Homeful: A New Solo Play About Roots & Restlessness," debuts this fall off Broadway as part of United Solo, the world's largest solo theater festival.
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Surviving Climate Change in Italy
Sapiens published a feature about Associate Professor of Anthropology Andrew Mathews, who is conducting climate-change research in Italy.
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Plan to build a genetic Noah’s ark includes a staggering 66,000 species
David Haussler, director of the UCSC Genomics Institute, was quoted in coverage of plans to sequence the genomes of all vertebrate species, including stories in Gizmodo, The Scientist, Science, and other media outlets.
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Distressing statistics about HIV testing and prevention
CompassQ covered the results of a study by Psychology Professor Phil Hammack that assessed the use of HIV prevention medication and HIV testing among sexually active gay and bisexual men.
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This Plan to Bring Back an Extinct Ice-Age Horse Species Is an Extreme Long Shot, Scientists Say
Biologist Beth Shapiro was quoted in a LiveScience story about the discovery of a mummified baby horse in Siberia and long odds against any attempt to clone it.
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Fast-evolving lizards can change their color within a single lifetime to survive new environments
Biologist Barry Sinervo was quoted in coverage of his research on evolutionary processes in side-blotched lizards, including stories in the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Yahoo News, Science Daily, and other media outlets.
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On the Farm: Genius and Justice
Edible Monterey Bay published a feature about the Center for Agroecology's apprenticeship in organic farming and gardening.
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Students “veg out” on the physics of music
Physics lecturer Stephanie Bailey was quoted in a Santa Cruz Tech Beat story about her summer course on the physics of music, in which COSMOS students carved vegetables into playable musical instruments.
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Tracking marine migrations across geopolitical boundaries aids conservation
Biologists Dan Costa and Autumn-Lynn Harrison were quoted in coverage of their research on marine migrations, including stories from PhysOrg, ECO Magazine, TerraMar, Science Daily, and other media outlets.