Media Coverage
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International student enrollment jumps at UCSC
The Santa Cruz Sentinel wrote about orientation sessions for incoming international students.
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UCSC student, alum attend White House signing of student loan bill
The Santa Cruz Sentinel wrote about a UCSC alum and a current student who were invited to the White House to witness the signing of a bill that pegs student loan interest rates to the financial markets.
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The Enduring Appeal of Memory-Evoking Music
NPR, Pacific Standard and Salon reported on a study in the journal of Psychological Science coauthored by Justin Zupnick, a graduate student in Digital Arts and New Media, that suggests musical nostalgia is a multigenerational phenomenon. Reports on the study also appeared in Psychology Today, Science Daily, New England Public Radio, Times of India, the…
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Mud worth more than gold
Glaciologist Slawek Tulaczyk is quoted in a story in Science News for Kids about the WISSARD expedition, which drilled beneath a glacier in Antarctica.
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Volcanic sleeping giant opens North Korean co-operation
Geologist James Gill was quoted in stories from BBC News and Science about a collaborative effort to study a massive volcano on the border of China and North Korea.
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First Trial of Crowdsourced Grading for Computer Science Homework
MIT Technology Review reports on CrowdGrader, an online crowdsourcing tool developed by computer scientist Luca de Alfaro and graduate student Michael Shavlovsky that allows students to grade their classmates' homework and receive credit for the effort they put in.
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Back from the Dead
Geneticists Ben Novak and Beth Shapiro are quoted in an article on the "de-extinction" controversy in Earth Island Journal. The story was reprinted in Salon and EcoWatch.
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Bora’s Picks – Science Notes edition
Scientific American blog editor Bora Zivkovic devoted a column to highlighting the stories in Science Notes, published by students in UCSC's Science Communication Program.
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Patent Watch: Fluorescence Detection of Poison Oak Oil
Scientific American covered chemist Rebecca Braslau's patent on a method for detecting poison oak oil on clothes and tools.
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Santa Cruz poet and printer Gary Young the subject of the latest issue of online literary journal phren-Z
The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a story about UCSC humanities lecturer and alumnus Gary Young, who was honored with a tribute in the latest issue of the Santa Cruz-based online literary magazine phren-Z.
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Titan's icy shell is tougher than previously thought, scientists say
A new study of Saturn's largest moon Titan led by planetary scientists Doug Hemingway and Francis Nimmo garnered widespread news coverage, including stories in the Los Angeles Times,NPR's Morning Edition, Huffington Post, Christian Science Monitor, UPI, Science, Science News, Discover, Astronomy, Sky & Telescope, Voice of America, Latinos Post, Discovery News, ABC Science Online, NBCNews.com,…
