Media Coverage
-
Messages galore, but no time to think
The New York Times talked to psychology professor Steve Whittaker, an expert in human-computer interaction, for a Sunday business column on the ubiquity of email and other communication tools used in business.
-
Man: 3-D movie changed my sight for the better
A CNN web article about psychology professor Bruce Bridgeman's experience gaining significant improvement in his previously poor depth perception after he watched the 3-D movie "Hugo" was carried by television stations across the country. The Guardian newspaper in the U.K. also wrote about the phenomenon. The Canadian Broadcasting Co. aired an interview with Bridgeman, who…
-
Graduation day at UC Santa Cruz
The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured College Eight's graduation ceremonies for its roundup of commencement exercises on campus. The article was republished in the San Jose Mercury News, Pasadena Star-News, Monterey County Herald, Long Beach Press Telegram, Torrance Daily Breeze, and Inland Valley Daily Bulletin. KSBW television also filed a report on graduation.
-
UCSC graduation ceremonies slated for June 14-16
The The Santa Cruz Sentinel wrote an advance article on commencement ceremonies scheduled at UCSC. Sentinel coverage also featured stories on four outstanding graduates
-
With Condors on the Brink, California Considers a Lead-Bullet Ban for Hunters
Environmental toxicologist Myra Finkelstein was quoted in a KQED QUEST radio and online story about lead poisoning of condors.
-
Get the Lead out!
An opinion piece in the Huffington Post about lead-based ammunition and its harmful effects on condors and other wildlife includes quotes from environmental toxicologist Don Smith.
-
Scientists focus on Pinto Lake
The Watsonville Register-Pajaronian ran a story about ocean scientist Raphael Kudela's research on algal blooms in Watsonville's Pinto Lake.
-
Accord, including UCSC, aims to create global trove of genetic data
Biomolecular engineer David Haussler was quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about a global accord to enable sharing of genetic and clinical data.
-
UCSC Scientist Seeks Origins of Life
Biochemist David Deamer's research on the origins of life is featured in an article on Santa Cruz.com.
-
UC Santa Cruz reinstates landmark Community Studies program
The Santa Cruz Sentinel wrote a page one article on the reinstatement of the Community Studies major in collaboration with Oakes College. The article was republished in the San Jose Mercury News, Pasadena Star-News, Monterey County Herald, Long Beach Press Telegram, Torrance Daily Breeze, and Inland Valley Daily Bulletin.
-
Galaxy formation: Cosmic dawn
"For one sleepless week in early September 2009, Garth Illingworth and his team had the early Universe all to themselves." So begins a Nature news story about the discovery of the most distant galaxies ever seen by Illingworth and his colleages at UCSC.
-
UC Santa Cruz research project aims to bring extinct passenger pigeon back to life
The San Jose Mercury News ran a story about efforts to recreate the passenger pigeon led by researcher Ben Novak in biologist Beth Shapiro's paleogenomics lab at UCSC.