Media Coverage
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'It’s a catastrophe': low-income workers get priced out of California beach city
Sociology professor Steve McKay was quoted in a Guardian (UK) article about how high housing costs are driving lower-income residents out of Santa Cruz.
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Ocean slime spreading quickly across the Earth
Ocean scientist Raphael Kudela is quoted in a National Geographic article about harmful algal blooms.
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‘No Man’s Sky’ Is like 18 quintillion bowls of oatmeal
Computer scientist and game designer Kate Compton was quoted in a Motherboard article about the recently released game "No Man's Sky."
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These simple fixes could save thousands of birds a year from fishing boats
Biologist Breck Tyler was quoted in a Smithsonian article about the impact of long-line fishing on endangered seabird populations.
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I, Twitter Bot
Computer scientist Kate Compton was a guest on the public radio program Science Friday to discuss Twitter bots.
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Drifting tectonic hotspot overturns Himalayan theory
Geologist Noah Finnegan was quoted in a LiveScience article about research on the geology of the Himalayas.
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Better conservation could prevent most island vertebrate extinctions, research shows
Biologists Erin McCreless and Don Croll were quoted in coverage of their research on island extinctions, including stories from UPI, Science Daily, Breitbart, Science Newsline, PhysOrg, and other media outlets.
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Why this foundation's focus on precision medicine really matters
Genomics Institute director David Haussler is quoted in a story from Inside Philanthropy about support for the Treehouse Childhood Cancer Initiative from St. Baldrick's Foundation.
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Should the U.S still be sending military aid to Honduras?
A story in the New Yorker magazine about whether the U.S. should cut off military aid to Honduras quoted UC Santa Cruz history professor and Honduras expert Dana Frank, who noted: “There’s a great deal of evidence that the U.S. is funding violence creation by the government on a grand scale.”
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Susan Solt named dean at UC Santa Cruz
The East Bay Times published a story announcing the appointment of Susan Solt as new dean of the UC Santa Cruz Arts Division. The story also appeared in The Mercury News.
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Book by UC Santa Cruz alumnus tops President Obama’s Summer Reading List
The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about UC Santa Cruz graduate William Finnegan, (Cowell, ’74, English literature) and his award-winning book, Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life, which appeared at the top of President Obama’s 2016 Summer Reading List.
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How many twists can be done in 1.5 seconds?
Mathematician Richard Montgomery's work is cited in an article in El Pais about the mathematics of Olympic diving.