Media Coverage
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UCSC alumni speak on the writing field
The Santa Cruz Sentinel published an article about the Humanities Division's Living Writers series, quoting literature professor Michah Perks, as well as alumni authors Reyna Grande and Molly Antopol, and award-winning journalist Martha Mendoza.
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Deep-Sea Expedition Could Reveal How Continents Form
Geologist James Gill was quoted in stories about a deep-sea expedition he is leading that ran in the Oregon Herald, LiveScience, and Yahoo News in the U.K., Malaysia, South Africa, and UAR.
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The Intelligent Plant
Plant biologist Lincoln Taiz was quoted extensively in a New Yorker magazine article about a controversial field some have called "plant neurobiology."
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Maverix Biomics, co-founded by UCSC professor, announces funding
The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about Maverix Biomics, a biotech startup cofounded by biomolecular engineer Todd Lowe. It was also covered in biotech newsletter BioInform.
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Coast getting little radiation from Fukushima disaster
The San Francisco Chronicle quoted Daniel Hirsch, lecturer in nuclear policy, in an article debunking reports of elevated radiation levels on the California coast emanating from the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster.
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Preventing Civil War in South Sudan: Christian Leaders Should Resume Activism
Mark Fathi Massoud, assistant professor of politics and legal studies, was invited to contribute to the New York Times online feature "Room for Debate" on crisis in South Sudan.
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Bright ancient galaxies offer rare glimpse of early universe
The discovery of four brilliant galaxies, among the earliest and most distant ever seen, by a team lead by UCSC astronomers Garth Illingworth and Pascal Oesch received widespread media coverage, including stories from the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Associated Press (appearing in hundreds of media outlets throughout the country), BBC News,…
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Coyotes developing taste for beach food, study finds
Research on the changing diets of coyotes in coastal California led by graduate student Rachel Reid and paleoecologist Paul Koch was covered in the San Jose Mercury News, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Contra Costa Times, Inside Bay Area, and other media.
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The starfish are dying, and no one knows why
Marine biologist Pete Raimondi continues to be quoted in news coverage of sea star wasting syndrome, including an article from USA Today that was widely reprinted in newspapers throughout the country.
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UCSC researcher leads cancer's digital revolution
The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a profile of bioinformatics expert and cancer researcher David Haussler. The story also ran in the San Jose Mercury News and Contra Costa Times.
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A star is born: the updated Human Reference Genome
A Nature story about the release of a more complete version of the human genome reference sequence cites the work of a UCSC team led by Karen Miga and Jim Kent to produce the centromere sequences.
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Gamers could help debug military code
Computer scientists Jim Whitehead and Heather Logas were quoted in stories about their work on an iPad game that helps debug computer code, with coverage from the Santa Cruz Sentinel, San Jose Mercury News, and Inside Bay Area.