Media Coverage
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What an ‘infinite’ AI-generated podcast can tell us about the future of entertainment
Computational media graduate student James Ryan is featured in an article in the Verge about his AI-generated podcast.
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Scientists May Have Found the Secret Environmental Factor Behind Your Personality
In a Mother Jones article about research linking ambient temperature to personality, environmental anthropologist Andrew Mathews expressed skepticism, saying humans have a broader range of "comfort zones" than the findings imply.
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Up to 99% of starfish on the west coast of North America have wasted away due to a mysterious epidemic
Biologist Melissa Miner was quoted in coverage of her research on sea star wasting syndrome, including stories from ZME Science, Science Daily, PhysOrg, ScienMag, and other outlets.
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The Y chromosome's still-uncharted regions
Genomics researcher Karen Miga was quoted in coverage of her team's accomplishments in determining the DNA sequence of the centromere on the human Y chromosome, including stories from Atlantic, Front Line Genomics, Science Newsline, Nanowerk, R&D, and other media outlets.
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The Myth of Mistakes: Why Won't The Trump Administration Admit A Mistake?
Forbes magazine published a column about the Trump presidency that focused on phenomena spelled out by Professor Emeritus of Psychology Elliot Aronson in his 2007 book, Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts.
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UCSC rated No. 6 for film, video study
The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran an article about UC Santa Cruz's ranking in a 2018 Top 10 list by College Factual of the best colleges and universities in the U.S. to study for a film, video and photographic arts degree.
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Why Earth's history appears so miraculous
Physicist Anthony Aguirre is featured in an Atlantic article about the unlikeliness of our existence in the universe.
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San Francisco Bay shellfish are loaded with toxins, study finds
Ocean scientist Raphael Kudela was quoted in news coverage of his research on algal toxins, including stories in KQED News, Science Daily, Bright Surf, and other media outlets.
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Your next computer could improve with age
Computer engineer Heiner Litz was quoted in an article in Technology Review about the use of artificial intelligence to improve computer systems.
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Conversations with Robots: UCSC’s Marilyn Walker on the Future of AI
Santa Cruz Tech Beat ran an interview with computer scientist Marilyn Walker on the future of artificial intelligence.
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Theater Review: ‘Raisin in the Sun’ worth seeing despite sound issues
The Santa Cruz Sentinel reviewed a campus production of the groundbreaking play, "A Raisin in the Sun," presented as a collaboration between guest alumna actress Adilah Barnes, the Theater Arts Department, and the African American Theatre Arts Troupe.
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For the love of Dickens
A story in Maine's Sun Journal cited a story in the New Yorker magazine about the Dickens Universe at UC Santa Cruz and described the annual gathering each summer on campus to study the world of Charles Dickens.