Media Coverage
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Cassini spacecraft set to dive into Saturn moon’s jetting vapors
Planetary scientist Francis Nimmo was quoted in a San Francisco Chronicle story about the Cassini mission to study Saturn's moon Enceladus.
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Carmel Film Festival to screen UCSC film professor’s documentary
The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a story on a new documentary film by assistant film and digital media professor Jennifer Maytorena Taylor about gang violence intervention workers that screened at the Carmel International Film Festival and debuted on Al Jazeera America television.
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Astronomers watch supermassive black hole shred star
Astrophysicist Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz was quoted in a UPI story about new observations of a black hole destroying a star.
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Sea ice and circulation: North Pacific sea ice plays significant role
Ocean scientists Christina Ravelo and Karla Knudson were quoted in coverage of their research on the role of sea ice in ocean circulation and climate, including stories from Nature World News, PhysOrg, Space Daily, and Science 2.0.
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Mummified seals reveal ecological impact of ice change
Paleontologists Paul Koch and Emily Brault were quoted in a PhysOrg story about their research on mummified seal remains in Antarctica that hold clues to the impact of past climate change on Antarctic seal species.
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Shining light on Ebola virus for faster diagnosis
Electrical engineer Holger Schmidt's research on a biosensor chip system for detection of Ebola virus was featured on the blog of NIH Director Francis Collins.
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Astronomers may have witnessed two black hole births
Astrophysicist Stan Woosley was quoted in a Scientific American article about dying stars that become black holes.
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Where do pumas den?
The Santa Cruz Puma Project was featured in a National Geographic online report on puma dens.
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‘Census of the Invisible’ documents the plight of the working poor in coastal California
The “Working for Dignity” project by sociology professor Steve McKay’s class was featured in the California Health Report, an independent, non-profit journalism project covering health and health policy throughout California.
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Inside Silicon Valley on KLIV radio in San Jose
Professor Chris Benner, environmental studies and sociology, was interviewed on KLIV radio show "Inside Silicon Valley" about his new book “Equity, Growth, and Community: What the Nation Can Learn From America’s Metro Areas.”
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Study Sees Ecological Risks as Solar Expands
Biologist Barry Sinervo was quoted in an article in Scientific American and Climate Central about the ecological impacts of large solar energy installations.
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Dovetail Genomics Launches Genome Assembly Service with Twist on Hi-C Method
Biomolecular engineer Ed Green is quoted in a Bio-IT World news story about Dovetail Genomics, a company based on genome assembly technology developed by Green's lab at UC Santa Cruz.