Media Coverage
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Cannibal stars explode violently – as predicted by Darwin’s son
New Scientist ran a story about research by astronomer Morgan MacLeod on a rare "red nova" in the Andromeda galaxy.
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Nature’s life cycle is focus of UCSC climate walk
Biology grad student Juliet Oshiro is featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about the monthly Climate Walk she leads at the UCSC Arboretum.
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Effect of ocean acidification on shellfish depends on other stressors
Biologist Kristy Kroeker was quoted in coverage of her research on ocean acidification, including stories from UPI, Santa Cruz Sentinel, San Jose Mercury News, Breitbart, Science Newsline, Science Daily, and other media outlets.
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A DNA sequencer in every pocket
Biomolecular engineer David Deamer is featured in an article about nanopore sequencing in the Atlantic magazine. Deamer and Mark Akeson also contributed a perspectives piece to Nature Biotechnology on three decades on nanopore sequencing.
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David Brundage–The Easter Rising 100 years on: how the Irish revolution fired up American politics
History professor David Brundage contributed a piece to The Conversation, an independent news and commentary web site produced by academics and journalists, based on research from his new book, Irish Nationalists in America: The Politics of Exile, 1798-1998.
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Will the real Earthlike planets please stand up?
Astronomer Greg Laughlin is quoted in a National Geographic blog about the difficulty of determining if any newly discovered exoplanets are truly Earth-like.
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Alastair Bland’s Fish Wrap: Salmon angling picking up
Marine ecologist Mark Carr is quoted in the Marin Independent Journal fishing column about the decline of North Coast kelp forests and its impacts on abalone and rockfish.
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Hillary Clinton and Honduras: The Left’s Benghazi?
NPR's Latino USA ran a story quoting history professor Dana Frank about Hillary Clinton and the politics surrounding the U.S. response to the 2009 military coup in Honduras.
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Boiling water may cause Martian sand slides
Planetary scientist Mikhail Kreslavsky is quoted in a Chemical & Engineering News story about research on the formation of unusual features on the surface of Mars.
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After shocking die-off, Oregon sea stars stage an epic comeback
Biologist Peter Raimondi is quoted in a PBS Newshour story about the recovery of starfish populations from sea star wasting disease, as well as stories from the Christian Science Monitor, Smithsonian, The Scientist, Yahoo News, and other media outlets.
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UC Santa Cruz senior paints a path to success
The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a senior business economics major in an article about a painting service that uses college students.
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Scotts Valley's old Borland campus lands huge new tenant
The Silicon Valley Business Journal published an article about UCSC leasing space in the former Borland headquarters to create a Scotts Valley administrative center.