Media Coverage
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Toxic algae bloom poisons marine life from California to Alaska
Ocean scientist Raphael Kudela was a guest on KQED Forum to discuss the toxic algae bloom along the West Coast.
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Cascadia fault chatters and pops with little quakes
Seismologist Susan Schwartz was quoted in a Seattle Times article about earthquakes on the Cascadia fault. The story also ran in several other newspapers in the Pacific Northwest.
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Meet Alan Chadwick, the high priest of hippie horticulture
An article in Modern Farmer magazine remembers Alan Chadwick, who started the campus garden that now bears his name and led to the Apprenticeship in Ecological Horticulture. The colorful profile by Santa Cruz writer Sara Solovitch describes how Chadwick arrived, how he left, and how UCSC’s leadership in sustainable agriculture education stems in part from…
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It’s not just poor and uneducated Mexicans who move to the U.S.
Astrophysicist Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz is featured in a story about highly educated Mexicans who move to the United States that ran in the Sacramento Bee and other McClatchy newspapers around the country.
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Arctic GEOTRACES Week One
Postdoctoral researcher Katlin Bowman is blogging for the Huffington Post about the U.S. GEOTRACES Arctic expedition, which includes ocean scientist Phoebe Lam and other UC Santa Cruz researchers.
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California scientists try to stay ahead of bat-killing disease
Biologists Joseph Hoyt and Winifred Frick are quoted in a Sacramento Bee article about the threat of white-nose syndrome for bats in the western states.
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Venerable UCSC Arboretum celebrates a half-century of research, teaching and landscape innovation
The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a feature story about the 50th anniversary of the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum, with quotes from Phyllis Norris, Stephen McCabe, and Jessica Fiske Bailey.
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Extreme measures put California condors on brink of recovery
Environmental toxicologist Myra Finkelstein is quoted in a New Scientist magazine story about the recovery of the California condor population.
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Origin of life: First cells may have been glued together
Biomolecular engineer David Deamer was quoted in a story about the origins of life in Scientific American and Chemistry World.
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The mating game secrets and bloody rivalries of the giant elephant seal
Biologists Caroline Casey and Colleen Reichmuth were quoted in coverage of their research on elephant seal vocal communications, including stories from the Washington Post, Voice of America, Science Daily, Science Newsline, Nature World News, Yahoo India, Business Standard, and others.
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Massive Toxic Algae Blooms May Prove a Sign of Climate Change to Come
Ocean scientists Raphael Kudela and Clarissa Anderson are quoted in ongoing coverage of the massive bloom of toxic algae along the west coast, including stories from Scientific American, Vice News, Capitol Public Radio, BBC Radio, KSBW TV, National Journal, Climate Wire, and the Monterey Herald.
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What Can Two Recent Grants Tell Us About the Warhol Foundation's Funding Priorities?
Inside Philanthropy and the Santa Cruz Sentinel featured stories about a grant from the The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts to support an artist residency and exhibition developed by the Institute of the Arts and Sciences at UC Santa Cruz and the Institute of Contemporary Art in San Jose, with help from the…