Media Coverage
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Edible six-pack rings replace plastic for Florida microbrewery
Environmental toxicologist Myra Finkelstein is quoted in a Slate story about plastic pollution in the oceans.
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Miranda July on being a first-time, female producer in Hollywood
London's i-D magazine featured an interview with acclaimed author, filmmaker, and UC Santa Cruz alumna Miranda July about the pros and cons of being a woman in the film industry.
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Google’s computers are creating songs. Making music may never be the same.
Emeritus professor of music David Cope was quoted in The Washington Post for a story about the launch of a Google project to use artificial intelligence to create art and music. The story was also picked up by the Tampa Bay Times and Chicago’s Daily Herald.
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New research on the intra-America slave trade to be incorporated Into online database
Articles about associate professor of history Greg O'Malley's research to create a new public database about the slave trade were published in The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education and Baltimore's weekly newspaper The Afro.
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Feminist filmmaking shines at The Human Rights Watch Film Festival
A story in Global Comment featured alums Kate Trumbull and Joanna Sokolowski, who noted, “Kate and I met in grad school and were looking to make a film together. We were coming from a UC Santa Cruz program run by badass women–(professors) B. Ruby Rich and Renee Tajima–Peña. Not only is their personal work inspiring,…
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Video game insiders head to a new dimension at E3
Game program creative director Erin Robinson Swink was quoted in a Marketplace Morning Report story about the E3 video game industry conference this week in Los Angeles. The story was broadcast on public radio stations across the country.
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Novel capping strategy improves stability of perovskite nanocrystals
Biochemist Jin Zhang was quoted in coverage of his research on perovskite materials for solar energy and other applications, including stories from PhysOrg, Solar Energy News, Electronics Industry News, Science Daily, LED Inside, Nanotechnology Now, and other news sites.
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Video from a polar bear’s point of view
Polar bear research led by Anthony Pagano, a UCSC grad student and USGS wildlife biologist, was featured in a New York Times article and video.
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Alzheimer's researchers find clues to toxic forms of amyloid beta
Research on Alzheimer's disease led by biochemist Jevgenij Raskatov was covered by Medical News Today, Bionity, Science Newsline, and other media outlets.
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Why current game preservation efforts might not be ready for the future
Computer science grad student Eric Kaltman was featured in a Gamasutra story about his blog post regarding the preservation and archiving of digital games.
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UC Santa Cruz students launch start-up company
The Santa Cruz Sentinel wrote about three Merrill College students who have created an app and company called ClubConnect.
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Santa Cruz nature organization brings birding to the classroom
The Santa Cruz Sentinel published a piece about the two 2012 alums who started the Bird School Project to introduce school children to birding and natural history.