Media Coverage
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In Africa, birds and humans form a unique honey hunting party
Evolutionary biologist John Thompson is quoted in a New York Times story about the cooperation between humans and honey-hunter birds in Africa.
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UC Santa Cruz summer startup academy instructs entrepreneurs
The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about Summer Entrepreneurship Academy featuring instructor Nada Miljkovic, physicist Sue Carter, and Crown provost Manel Camps.
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'Clone sisters' Of Dolly the sheep are alive and kicking
Biologist Beth Shapiro is quoted in an NPR story about the health and longevity of a group of cloned sheep who are the 'clone sisters' of Dolly.
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Soquel teen develops new technology for astronomical telescopes
The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about a local high school student's summer internship project working with astronomer Andrew Phillips in the UC Observatories Advanced Coatings Lab.
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Website tests predictive powers of the hive mind
Science News ran a story about Metaculus.com, a web site created by physicist Anthony Aguirre and astrophysicist Greg Laughlin to crowdsource predictions about the future.
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Seven Experts to Watch on California’s Groundwater
Water Deeply, a website that covers California’s water and drought issues, named Ruth Langridge, a researcher with the Center for Global, International and Regional Studies and a continuing lecturer with the legal studies program, as an expert to watch.
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The Afterlives of the 'Free State of Jones'
Literature professor Susan Gillman contributed a piece to the Los Angeles Review of Books about the new film, Free State of Jones.
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Humpback, blue whales storm Monterey Bay
Biologist Elliott Hazen was quoted in a story about whales in Monterey Bay in the Santa Cruz Sentinel, San Jose Mercury News, and Monterey Herald.
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UCSC humanities dean contributes to Time Magazine’s ‘25 Moments That Changed America’
The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a story about UC Santa Cruz humanities dean Tyler Stovall's contribution to Time Magazine' s "25 Moments That Changed America," where he chose Busing is Mandated in Boston (June 21, 1974) as a significant moment in American history.
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Baby stars grow big and strong by eating their own burst bubbles
Astronomer Anna Rosen was quoted in a New Scientist article about her research on star formation.
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Indigenous tribal band reclaims land stewardship
Arboretum curator Rick Flores is quoted in a story in the San Jose Mercury News and Santa Cruz Sentinel about land stewardship by the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band.
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‘Junk DNA’ has value for roundworms
Geneticist Susan Strome is quoted in a Science News story about 'junk DNA.'