Media Coverage
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Triple-A developers-turned-academics now ship students instead of games
Brenda and John Romero, directors of the games and playable media masters program, were featured in a Venture Beat story about a panel at the GDC conference on game developers working in academia, also covered by Gamasutra and Polygon.
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Rare “Albino” Redwood May Hold Clues to the Super-Trees’ Longevity
Botanist Jarmilla Pitterman was quoted in a National Geographic story about a rare albino redwood that may be cut down to make room for a new transit system in Cotati, California.
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80,000 Americans Suffer From a Cruel and Unusual Practice Most Countries Abolished
Psychology professor Craig Haney is featured in an article on solitary confinement published by the online site PolicyMic, aimed at millennials. The author later discussed her findings on MSNBC.
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No more teddy bear picnics
Coverage of the Yosemite bears study continued with stories from the Economist, the Weather Channel, and the California Academy of Sciences.
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How four inmates launched a statewide hunger strike from solitary
Host Terry Gross interviewed psychology professor Craig Haney about solitary confinement on the NPR program "Fresh Air."
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The Plot from Solitary
An article in New York Magazine on the summer 2013 hunger strike in California prisons featured comments by psychology professor Craig Haney about the psychological effects of prolonged solitary confinement.
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Dolled up or working, Barbie crushes girls' career dreams, study says
Psychology professor Eileen Zurbriggen's study about how girls' views of their career options are affected by playing with Barbie dolls was widely covered by national and international media. Articles appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Science, the Baltimore Sun, Daily Mail, Pacific Standard, Medical News Today, Consumer Affairs.com, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Washington Times, Hispanic business.com,…
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What We Know — And Don’t Know — About the Sea Star Die-Off
Biologist Pete Raimondi is featured in a story about sea star wasting syndrome on KQED and was interviewed on KQED radio program "Forum."
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UCSC alumnus Ron Yerxa up for 'Best Picture' Academy Award
The Santa Cruz Sentinel published a feature story about UCSC alumnus and film producer Ron Yerxa, who was nominated for "Best Picture" in the 2014 Academy Awards for his film Nebraska, and has recently reconnected with UC Santa Cruz after a 30-year interval.
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UC Santa Cruz duo honors Santa Cruz guitar makers
The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a story about a new book by a UCSC art alumna illustrating how such a robust community of master luthiers came to be located in Santa Cruz County. The story was also featured in the San Jose Mercury News.
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Brenda Romero: What game designers can learn from Michelin chefs
Leading game news site Gamasutra ran an exclusive interview with Brenda Romero, program director for the games and playable media master's program.
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Barbie might be a dream killer, new study suggests
UPI online wrote about a paper co-authored by psychology professor Eileen Zurbriggen published in the journal Sex Roles.