Media Coverage
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New sea level rise report for Santa Barbara
Geologist Gary Griggs was featured in an article in the Santa Barbara Independent about the potential impacts of sea level rise on Santa Barbara.
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South Bay astronomer wins $500,000 prize
The San Jose Mercury News ran a story about astronomer Sandra Faber, who won the prestigious Gruber Cosmology Prize.
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Some resources for people interested in sleep and dreams
Psychology Today called Distinguished Professor Emeritus Bill Domhoff's "Dreambank" the "best available repository of dream narratives."
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Mountain lions are terrified by the voices of Rush Limbaugh and Rachel Maddow
The Washington Post reported on a new study by Justine Smith and Chris Wilmers that established that pumas are afraid of humans.
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Psst, the human genome was never completely sequenced. Some scientists say it should be
Molecular biologist Karen Miga was quoted in an article in Stat and Scientific American about the sequencing of the human genome.
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E3 2017’s brightest indie games, cataloged in words and video
Games created by students and faculty in the Games and Playable Media program were featured in coverage of the E3 game industry conference, including the student games Control-Shift and Phantom Jump, both recognized by Ars Technica as among the best indie games, with Control-Shift highlighted in the Ars Technica editors' picks for the best of…
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NASA eyes Neptune and Uranus for missions in the 2030s
Planetary scientist Jonathan Fortney was quoted in stories about NASA's planned mission to Uranus and Neptune, including stories in New Scientist, The Verge, and other media outlets.
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This transgender NCAA goalie has competed the last two years and is now coming out
Soccer player Athena Del Rosario writes about coming out as a transgendered athlete at UC Santa Cruz.
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How Jupiter split the asteroid belt in two shows its great age
Planetary scientist Francis Nimmo was quoted in a New Scientist article about the role of Jupiter in the evolution of our solar system.
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The weaker sex? Science that shows women are stronger than men
The Guardian tapped anthropologist Adrienne Zihlman for insight into the evolutionary forces that shaped human anatomy as part of a myth-busting story about differences between the sexes.
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'Hail Mary' mechanism can rescue cells with severely damaged chromosomes
Biologist Bill Sullivan's research on damaged chromosomes was covered in stories from PhysOrg, Frontline Genomics, Science Daily, Health Medicine Network, and other media outlets.
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The hottest planet ever discovered has an atmosphere as warm as a star’s
Planetary scientist Jonathan Fortney was quoted in coverage of the discovery of an exoplanet that is the hottest yet found, including stories from the Washington Post, National Public Radio, and other media outlets.