Media Coverage
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Fighting Bat Fungus with Bacteria
Biologist Joseph Hoyt was interviewed on the CBC Radio science program Quirks & Quarks about his research on white nose syndrome in bats.
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Biography of a space telescope: Voices of Hubble
Astronomer Sandra Faber is featured in Nature's coverage of the 25th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope. Faber is also featured in a NOVA program on the Hubble Space Telescope airing on PBS TV stations on Wednesday, April 22.
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Hubble at 25 hailed as greatest scientific instrument
Astronomer Garth Illingworth was quoted in a USA Today story about the 25th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope. The story was distributed by AP and ran in news outlets across the country.
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State grants aid low-income, middle-class UCSC students
A Santa Cruz Sentinel page one report Saturday talked about UC’s Blue and Gold Opportunity Plan that offers free tuition to California residents with family incomes less than $80,000.
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UCSC professor details effects of mass incarceration
The Santa Cruz Sentinel covered psychology professor Craig Haney’s Faculty Research Lecture
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UCSC campaigns to revive Quarry Amphitheater
The Santa Cruz Sentinel wrote about the fundraising effort to rebuild the Quarry Amphitheater.
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Africa Today – Interview with Dr. David Anthony
History professor David H. Anthony was interviewed for a two-part program on the KPFA radio show Africa Today that aired March 23 and April 6.
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UC Santa Cruz scientists part of international testing team
Physicists Jason Nielsen, Stefano Profumo, and Howard Haber were featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about their involvement in particle physics research at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland.
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A benefit of failed pregnancy?
Evolutionary geneticist Ed Green was quoted in an article in The Scientist about the discovery of a gene variant linked to failed pregnancies.
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U.S. scientists find bacteria to fight deadly bat disease
Research led by biologists Joseph Hoyt and Marm Kilpatrick on a potential treatment for white-nose syndrome in bats was covered by Yahoo News, CBC News, Discovery News, Science Daily, Earthweek, Economic Times, Mother Earth News, Zee News, and other media outlets.
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Astronomers find hundreds of baby galaxy clusters
Astronomer David Koo was quoted in a Wired News story about baby galaxy clusters.
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More Real Than Reality TV: How Albert Maysles Taught America to Feel
Newsweek magazine interviewed film and digital media professor B. Ruby Rich for a story about the recent death of Albert Maysles, the "Dean of Documentary," whose best known films with his brother David include Gimme Shelter (1970), Salesman (1968), and Grey Gardens (1975). "They were empathy machines—they taught America how to feel,” Rich noted.