Media Coverage
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Stunning Site And Stunning Shortlist At UC Santa Cruz
The Architect's Newspaper Blog ran a piece about the great interest by architectural firms around the country in UCSC’s Institute of the Arts and Sciences, quoting founding director John Weber.
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Broccoli: Good for you and organic strawberries. Alternating crops may shorten wait
Joji Muramoto, a researcher at UCSC's Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, was quoted by the Salinas Californian in an article about using broccoli on organic strawberry fields to speed the reuse of land between berry crops.
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‘Camellia Has Fallen’ exhibit opens at the Sonoma County Museum
The Santa Rosa Press Democrat quoted literature professor Christine Hong in a story about an exhibition at the Sonoma County Museum about a massacre by the South Korean army in 1948 on an island under U.S. occupation.
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Something is killing starfish; scientists race to find out what
Marine biologist Pete Raimondi continues to be featured in ongoing coverage of sea star wasting syndrome, the mysterious disease that is wiping out starfish on the U.S. West Coast, including stories in the Los Angeles Times, Anchorage Daily News, and Chicago Tribune, as well as stories from the AFP and AP wires that ran in…
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Héctor Perla Jr.: El Salvador vote should be decided by the people, not U.S.
Writing on the San Francisco Chronicle's op-ed page, Héctor Perla Jr., assistant professor of Latin American and Latino studies, analyzes politics and outside influences in El Salvador in advance of the country's presidential election.
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Santa Cruz County sees grant to recharge aquifers
Hydrogeologist Andrew Fisher was featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about a grant from the Coastal Conservancy to support efforts by UCSC and the county to recharge the region's aquifers.
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Grateful Dead's Mickey Hart helps to pay tribute to late UC Santa Cruz professor
The San Jose Mercury News, Inside Bay Area, Contra Costa Times, and Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a story about the Grateful Dead's Mickey Hart paying tribute to the late music professor Fred Lieberman at a UCSC event celebrating his life and work, including comments from Chancellor Blumenthal and arts dean David Yager.
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Dana Frank: Hernández's election was built on corruption
The Houston Chronicle published an op-ed from history professor Dana Frank describing how U.S. support for new leaders in Honduras is misguided and unethical.
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Meet the newest winners of the Rydell Fellowships of Visual Art
Professor of art Elizabeth Stephens was featured in a cover story in the Santa Cruz Sentinel's arts and entertainment pullout section as one of three Santa Cruz artists who received a 2014 -15 Rydell Fellowship.
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Dickens film 'The Invisible Woman' has a Santa Cruz twist
The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a story about the Dickens Project at UCSC, inteviewing literature professor John Jordan, director of the program, which is now in its 34th year on campus.
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New Technique Could Demystify Ancient Human DNA
Ancient DNA expert Beth Shapiro was quoted in a Live Science story about a new technique for obtaining ancient DNA sequences from contaminated fossils.
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DNA shows ancient hunter had blue eyes, dark skin
Ancient DNA expert Beth Shapiro was quoted in an Associated Press story about work by other researchers on the genome of a hunter-gatherer who lived 7,000 years ago in Europe. The story ran in a broad range of national and international media outlets, including the Washington Post, Salon, Yahoo News, Seattle Times, Californian, and many…