Media Coverage
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County officials test new Tsunami warning system
Tsunami expert Steven Ward was featured in a KTVU story about a new tsunami warning system for San Mateo County.
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Threeview: Grand Theft Auto V reviewed by a critic, an analyst, and an academic
VentureBeat featured an academic reivew of Grand Theft Auto V by UCSC assistant professor of Film and Digital Media Soraya Murray.
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Earth's love handles keep the satellites from falling
Astrophysicist Greg Laughlin was quoted in a New Scientist article about a new understanding of what keeps satellites in orbit around the Earth.
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Appreciation: the lyrical works of an Indian master
A story in The Christian Science Monitor about the ongoing work to preserve and restore the films of acclaimed Indian director Satyajit Ray, noted the work of emeritus history professor Dilip Basu and UCSC's Satyajit Ray Film and Study Center.
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Mentoring group for former foster UCSC students kicks off school year
The Santa Cruz Sentinel reported on the year-opening meeting of the Smith Renaissance Society.
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Scientists hope for comeback of rare plant burned in Santa Monica fires
Arboretum research director Stephen McCabe was quoted in articles about research on a rare plant whose populations burned in a recent fire, including stories from CBS News, Ventura County Star, and Associated Press.
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New hope for treating cancer? Patterns seen in 12 types of tumors
Biomolecular engineer Josh Stuart was featured in coverage of his work on the Pan-Cancer project, which found genomic patterns across 12 types of cancer, including stories in the Los Angeles Times, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Nature, The Scientist, Seattle Herald, Columbus Dispatch, Associated Press, Medical News Today, Science Codex, Cancer Research UK, MedIndia, Health Canal, Technology…
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$500,000 gift boosts Jewish studies at UC Santa Cruz
The Jewish Journal ran a story about a new gift from the Helen Diller Family to UC Santa Cruz that will "further enhance its reputation as a leading center for Jewish and Holcaust studies in northern California." An article about the gift also appeared in the SF Bay Area's J Weekly.
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Kirby Scudder: Rediscovering San Francisco artist Charles Griffin Farr
Santa Cruz Sentinel columnist Kirby Scudder interviewed Sesnon Galley director Shelby Graham about a new exhibit at UCSC featuring works by the late San Francisco artist Charles Griffin Farr, who gifted his paintings and drawings to UCSC's Arts Division.
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Director of Carrillo documentary makes SC appearance
The Santa Cruz Sentinel published a story about the screening of a short film about artist and longtime UCSC professor Eduardo Carrillo, who taught painting, drawing and other subjects for 25 years until his death in 1997, and was a founding member of Oakes College.
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Hacking as an art form at UCSC's DANM department
The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran an article about recent Digital Arts and New Media (DANM) graduate Laura Wright, who creates art in "hacked technologies" and is teaching a class this fall at UCSC for incoming DANM students calleld "Introduction to Electronics for Artmaking."
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Edison and contractor are blamed for flaws that shut down San Onofre
The Los Angeles Times quoted Daniel Hirsch, a lecturer in nuclear policy at Colleges Nine and 10, in an article about the shutdown of the San Onofre nuclear power plant.