Media Coverage
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Milky Way galaxy is even lighter than thought
Research on the size of the Milky Way led by astronomer Alis Deason was covered by New Scientist magazine and Asian News International.
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Darcy and Elizabeth Go to Summer Camp
An article in The Paris Review about the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's first annual Jane Austen Summer Program noted that it was inspired by the Dickens Project at UC Santa Cruz.
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Drug war waged hard against people of color
Host Rachel Martin interviewed sociology professor Craig Reinarman for an NPR Weekend Edition special report on the "War on Drugs" and its role in swelling the U.S. prison population.
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Women in Film: A Prevailing Imbalance Continues
An article in the Huffington Post about women in film quoted film and digital media professor B. Ruby Rich, who noted: "When more than nine tenths of movies are made from the male perspective it unconsciously reinforces the invisibility of women."
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UCSC awarded three NEH grants
The Santa Cruz Sentinel reported that UCSC received three grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities for literature projects by professors Karen Bassi and John Jordan.
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Scientist Chris Wilmers seeks to help cougars survive
The San Francisco Chronicle published a page-one feature profile on environmental studies professor Chris Wilmers and his research on mountain lions in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
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The strange sexual quirk of Filipino seafarers
Sociology professor Steve McKay was quoted extensively in an Atlantic article on Filipino merchant seaman and some of their unique self-enhancement practices. McKay is chair of the Labor and Migration section of the American Sociological Association.
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UC Santa Cruz wins green campus award from Princeton Review
The Santa Cruz Sentinel wrote about UCSC receiving a top score from the Princeton Review for environmental responsibility.
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Shakespeare Santa Cruz fulfills a three-year commitment with the staging of the monumental 'Henry V'
The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a cover story in its weekly pull-out Arts & Entertainment section The Guide about Shakespeare Santa Cruz concluding its three-year effort to present the "Henry" trilogy of history plays with a showcase production of Henry V. A review of The Taming of the Shrew also appeared the same day in…
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New state abortion laws revive national debate
Amy Everitt (Stevenson, '92), state director of NARAL Pro-Choice California, was interviewed on KQED radio's Forum program. Everitt is a past president of the UCSC Alumni Association.
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Amazon's Jeff Bezos buys Washington Post
KQED radio's Forum program featured UCSC Foundation trustee Ken Doctor discussing the sale of the Washington Post. Doctor (Merrill, '71) is a media analyst and past president of both the UCSC Foundation and UCSC Alumni Association.
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UCSC’s Solar Breakthrough
The cover story in the Santa Cruz Weekly features several UCSC researchers–physicists Sue Carter and Glen Alers and plant scientist Micheal Loik–who developed and are now testing solar panels that let enough light through for plants to grow, so they can be used in greenhouses and above crops.