Media Coverage
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Musical DNA
Radiolab, a nationwide syndicated radio program produced by New York City public radio station WNYC, featured a piece about emeritus professor of music David Cope, who wrote a computer program that creates brand new compositions based on the patterns found in the work of great composers.
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UCSC hosts film executives for free panel
The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a story about "The Business of Entertainment," an Arts Division public panel of industry leaders in film and television, quoting Arts Dean David Yager and panelist David Korduner, a UCSC alumnus who is Associate National Executive Director of the Directors Guild of America. The story was picked up by Bloomberg…
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Edison never told federal regulators of San Onofre equipment design flaw
Daniel Hirsch, a lecturer in nuclear policy, was quoted by San Diego public radio station KPBS in a report on the San Onofre nuclear power plant.
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Students sink teeth into food justice issues
The Santa Cruz Sentinel joined 300 middle and hich school students on the UCSC farm for a harvest festival put on by Food, What?!
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White-nose syndrome: Devastating disease found in Chinese bats
Biologists Joseph Hoyt and Marm Kilpatrick were quoted in coverage of their discovery of the bat disease white-nose syndrome in China, including stories from Nature World News, PhysOrg, Science Codex, and others.
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Scientists dig hundreds of meters beneath subarctic seafloor for climate answers
Paleoceanographers Karla Knudson and Christina Ravelo were featured in an Environmental Monitor news story about their research on climate change and the Bering Sea.
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Radiation sensors in major U.S. cities turned off because they don’t work
A Wall Street Journal report on radiation sensors installed across the country in the aftermath of 9/11 included expert comments and observations by Daniel Hirsch, a lecturer in nuclear policy at UCSC.
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The startling racial divide in pay for restaurant workers
A study co-authored by Chris Benner, professor of sociology and environmental studies, was the subject of numerous reports including NPR and the Oakland Tribune.
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A Q&A with Mark Lipson: How has organic certification stood up to the test of time?
Alumnus Mark Lipson, now a researcher with the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, was the subject of an interview in Modern Farmer.
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Antarctica's science seekers
Glaciologist Slawek Tulaczyk was on an episode of Al Jazeera's "The Stream" about research in Antarctica.
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UC Santa Cruz study shows female mosquitofish have larger ecological impact than male mosquitofish
Biologists Eric Palkovacs and David Fryxell were featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about their research on mosquitofish.
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Molten metal storms rage on orphan planet that lost its star
Astronomy grad student Caroline Morley was quoted in a New Scientist article about a planet with an atmosphere of molten metal.