Media Coverage

Marine biologist Melissa Miner was quoted in a story about sea star wasting disease from AFP news wire that was widley distributed and ran in Yahoo News, Daily Tribune, PhysOrg, New Age, Manila Bulletin, and other media outlets.

Planetary scientist Ian Garrick-Bethell was quoted in a story in the Santa Cruz Sentinel and Contra Costa Times about the use of small "cube satellites" in space research.

Ocean scientist Clarissa Anderson was featured in a story about the unusual oceanographic conditions on the west coast in the Santa Cruz Sentinel and Monterey Herald.

An interview with Emmy Award-winning history alumus Cary Fukunaga by acclaimed documentary filmmaker Michael Moore in Interview magazine noted that Fukunaga "did his undergraduate work with the fightin' Banana Slugs of UC Santa Cruz."

UC Santa Cruz's Grateful Dead Archivist Nicholas Meriwether was quoted in Rolling Stone magazine for an article about the 50th anniversary of an event with Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters that took place in Santa Cruz, providing a launching point for the Grateful Dead and a public turning point for the counterculture that followed.…

The Huffington Post included "Lois Weber in Early Hollywood," a book by film and digital media professor Shelley Stamp, in an article about "books every film buff or film historian will want to know about" published in 2015.

The Philadelphia Inquirer featured a story about alumnus Jesse Thorn, noting that he started his nationally syndicated public radio show Bullseye, then called The Sound of Young America, while a student at UC Santa Cruz, adding, "Think of what Thorn does as Fresh Air if Terry Gross had a passion for hip-hop and alternative comedy."

Feminist studies professor Bettina Aptheker was quoted in a U.S. News and World Report article about how attacks on free speech at college campuses are now coming from students.

Recycling Today reported on campus grounds services use of technology to both reduce waste and to make waste collection more efficient.

The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a story about a collaboration between the Theater Arts Department and Tandy Beal & Company for a three-week holiday show featuring over 30 dancers and world circus artists.

KION television news was on hand as the Environmental Protection Agency presented UC Santa Cruz Dining with the top national award for food waste source reduction – reducing wasted food on the front-end through training, menu-planning, and ordering.