Media Coverage
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Frozen toe bone yields insight to horse evolution
Paleogenomics experts Beth Shapiro and Tara Fulton were quoted in coverage of the genome sequence of an ancient horse, including stories in the San Francisco Chronicle, Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, LiveScience, Globe and Mail (Canada), Alaska Dispatch, and KSBW TV.
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Major grant funds UCSC researchers using big data to predict cancer outcomes
The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about bioinformatics expert Josh Stuart's project to use big data technology for cancer genomics.
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Computer pioneer Harry Huskey honored for lifetime contribution
The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a profile of Harry Huskey, professor emeritus of computer science.
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Ocean Acidification Threatens Economies And Marine Life
Chemical & Engineering News covered research by marine scientists Elizabeth Crook and Adina Paytan on the effects of ocean acidification on coral reefs.
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Dana Frank: The U.S. and Post-Coup Honduras: A Human Rights Disaster
Maine Public Radio broadcast a talk by history professor Dana Frank titled “The U.S. and Post-Coup Honduras: A Human Rights Disaster.”
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Why people are afraid of crack
The Ottawa Citizen asked sociology professor Craig Reinarman to write an op-ed on crack cocaine in the aftermath of accusations that Toronto Mayor Rob Ford was videotaped smoking the drug.
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George Blumenthal: White House honors genomics team
The Santa Cruz Sentinel published an op-ed by Chancellor Blumenthal on the White House honoring as a "Champion of Change" the international genomics data sharing alliance that includes UCSC's David Haussler.
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Our Wild Wild Solar System
Featured on the cover of the July issue of National Geographic magazine is a story about our solar system that includes quotes from astronomer Greg Laughlin and was written by Rob Irion, alumnus and current director of the Science Communication Program.
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Canadian quake refines Pacific tsunami risk
Seismologist Thorne Lay's research on an earthquake off the coast of Canada that generated an unexpected tsunami was covered in a Nature news story.
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After a controversial suspension, a new incarnation of the unique UC Santa Cruz major is reinstated
Good Times wrote a feature article about the reinstatement of the Community Studies major.
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UCSC Designing Social Network-type Model for Analyzing Cancer Data
Biomolecular engineer Joshua Stuart's work on the Biomedical Evidence Graph for analyzing cancer genomics data was covered by Genome Web, BioSpace, Bio-Medicine, News-Medical, and FierceBiotechIT.
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Underwater springs show how coral reefs respond to ocean acidification
Ocean scientist Adina Paytan's research on the effects of ocean acidification on coral reefs was covered by R&D Magazine, RedOrbit, Science Daily, Biology News Net, Science 360 News, Science Codex, and Science Newsline.