Media Coverage
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New Study Shows Growing Threat Of Rising Sea Levels In Santa Cruz
Geologist Gary Griggs was featured in a KCBS TV news story about a new report on the expected impacts of sea level rise on Santa Cruz.
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The shot hole borer beetle could kill 38% of all trees in the L.A. region
Environmental Studies doctoral candidate Shannon Lynch co-authored an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times about the dire threat an invasive beetle poses to trees in Southern California.
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Why did passenger pigeons go extinct?
Biologist Beth Shapiro was featured on Science Friday from Public Radio International, discussing her recent research on the passenger pigeon genome.
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Environmentalism, feminism, community engagement all part of 2016-17 Rydell Fellowships
The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about the Rydell Fellowships, established to promote and support Santa Cruz visual artists, noting a local exhibition featuring the work of the 2016-2017 winners, including Irene Lusztig, associate professor of film and digital media, and the collaborative team of Helen and Newton Harrison, professors-in-residence in the Digital Arts…
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Meet Botanical Print Artist Lili Arnold
The Santa Cruz Good Times featured a profile of artist Lili Arnold, who graduated from UC Santa Cruz with an arts degree in 2011 and went on to create a full-time, successful printmaking career, working from the comfort of her own bedroom.
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Why some bird babies ride piggyback
Biologist Bruce Lyon was featured in a Discover story about aquatic birds that carry their chicks on their backs.
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Optical cell sorting
Electrical engineer Ali Yanik was quoted in an article in The Scientist about new optical technologies for cell sorting.
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Global SPHERE Network promotes research opportunities for high school students
The Smithsonian Insider blog ran a story about a project led by astronomy Raja GuhaThakurta to provide a network of research opportunities for high school students.
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Death by Killer Algae
Ocean scientist Raphael Kudela was quoted in a feature story in Hakai magazine about a bloom of toxic algae that killed 343 sei whales off the coast of Chilean Patagonia in 2015.
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So much for the abominable snowman. Study finds that ‘yeti’ DNA belongs to bears
Biologist Beth Shapiro was quoted in a Science story about DNA analysis of purported yeti samples that were identified as coming from Himalayan brown bears.
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Horse remains belong to unrecognized genus from last ice age
Biologists Peter Heintzman and Beth Shapiro were quoted in media coverage of their discovery of a previously unrecognized genus of horses that lived in North America during the last ice age, including stories from UPI, Daily Mail, Europa Press, Global Times, Science Daily, CTV News, The Horse, Horse Nation, and other media outlets.
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Q&A: Alireza Chavosh on what makes Startup Sandbox unique
Santa Cruz Tech Beat ran an interview with Alirez Chavosh, director of the Startup Sandbox.