Media Coverage
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UCSC Research Review Day highlights engineering achievements
The Santa Cruz Sentinel covered Research Review Day at the Baskin School of Engineering, with quotes from engineering dean Joe Konopelski and biomolecular engineers David Deamer and Mark Akeson.
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Handheld DNA reader revolutionary and democratising, say scientists
Biomolecular engineer Mark Akeson was quoted in stories about a new handheld DNA sequencing device based on nanopore technology developed in part at UC Santa Cruz, including articles in the Guardian, Medical News Today,Medical Device Technology, Biospace, and other media outlets.
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Study reveals key structure in telomerase enzyme, a target for cancer drugs
Biochemist Michael Stone's research on the telomerase enzyme was covered by Medical News Today, Bionity, and other outlets.
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On-chip optical sensing technique used to detect multiple flu strains
Electrical engineer Holger Schmidt's work on novel optical biosensor technology was covered in R&D Magazine, Medical News Today, Bionity, Health Canal, and other outlets.
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'A very optimistic experience:' UC Santa Cruz celebrates a half-century
The Watsonville Register-Pajaronian wrote about the campus's 50th anniversary by visiting with a pioneer alumna who 50 years ago had been followed by the paper on her first day of classes.
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UC researchers combat deadly bat fungus
Biologist Winifred Frick was quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about research on white-nose syndrome in bats.
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Donation supports UC Santa Cruz Natural Reserves
Biologists Gage Dayton and Beth Howard were quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about the Webster Presidential Chair for the UC Santa Cruz Natural Reserves.
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Something strange is happening inside Saturn
Astronomer Jonathan Fortney was quoted in a story about puzzling features of Saturn from MSN, Space.com, Yahoo, and other outlets.
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UCSC visionaries honored at celebration
The Santa Cruz Sentinel attended the Fiat Fifty Founders Celebration and wrote an article about it.
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UC Santa Cruz’s inaugural year was unlike any experience before, or since
The Santa Cruz Sentinel published a Sunday page one feature on UCSC’s first year, 1965.
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Oakland artist Raymond Saunders featured at UCSC
The Santa Cruz Sentinel announced that celebrated Oakland painter and artist Raymond Saunders is the center of a new exhibit opening at the Mary Porter Sesnon Gallery at UC Santa Cruz titled “Raymond Saunders: Black is a Color.”
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Endowed chair established at UC Santa Cruz
The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a story about a gift from arts alumnus Ken Corday that helped establish a new Presidential Chair in writing for television and film, quoting David Yager, dean of the Arts Division, and Irene Gustafson, chair of the Film and Digital Media Department.