Media Coverage
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Here's why scientists are coloring birds’ heads with markers
Biologist Bruce Lyon's research on golden-crowned sparrows in the Arboretum was featured in a National Geographic video.
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Bodies keep shrinking on this island, and scientists aren't sure why
Biomolecular engineer Ed Green was featured in widespread coverage of his research on the genomes of a pygmy population in Indonesia, including stories in the New York Times, BBC News, LiveScience, Daily Mail, National Geographic, Smithsonian, Science, Nature, Science News, Cosmos, Haaretz, India Tribune, Eurasia Review, Science Daily, and other media outlets.
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Counting critters in the kelp forest
Biologists Umi Hoshijima and Kristy Kroeker were featured on KCAW, Alaska community radio, in a story about their research on kelp forests in Sitka Sound.
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‘Global Greening’ Sounds Good. In the Long Run, It’s Terrible.
The New York Times turned to Elliott Campbell of Environmental Studies to set the record straight in a story about "global greening;" the article followed earlier coverage of Campbell's research, which was embraced by climate-change deniers.
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A breakthrough way to see distant planets
Astronomer Henriette Schwarz was featured in an Atlantic magazine article about a new way to detect extrasolar planets.
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Forgotten giants: Why the time is ripe to revisit Uranus and Neptune
Astrophysicist Jonathan Fortney was quoted in a New Scientist article about research on the ice giant planets Neptune and Uranus.
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People are bad at spotting fake news. Can computer programs do better?
Computer scientist Luca de Alfaro was quoted in a Science News article about efforts to use artificial intelligence to identify "fake news."
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Women and men get research grants at equal rates — if women apply in the first place
Biologist Needhi Bhalla was quoted in an article about women scientists and research grants in Science News.
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Among golden-crowned sparrows, a false crown only fools strangers
Biologist Bruce Lyon was quoted in coverage of his research on golden-crowned sparrows, including stories from PhysOrg, Environmental News Network, Science Daily, and other media outlets.
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Turning to Recycled Wastewater, Cities May Face Obstacle: The 'Ick' Factor
Environmental Studies Professor Brent Haddad was featured in a story produced by NPR affiliate Arizona Public Media about the "ick" factor of recycled wastewater.
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Chamorro-English dictionary now has over 10,000 entries
A story in Micronesia’s leading newspaper, Marianas Variety, noted that a successful effort to document the endangered language of Chamorro was initially funded by the National Science Foundation through a grant by UC Santa Cruz linguistics professor Sandra Chung.
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Bay Area filmmaker’s short at SF Jewish fest inspired by Jerusalem graffiti
An article in the San Francisco Chronicle noted that film and digital media professor B. Ruby Rich was among the 2018 Bay Area invitees to the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, the organization behind the Academy Awards.