Media Coverage
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Warren Spector wants game designers to work on non-combat A.I.
VentureBeat's Dean Takahashi filed three stories from the Interactive Storytelling Symposium organized by the Center for Games and Playable Media, including one on keynote speaker Warren Spector, another on CGPM's game designer in residence Brenda Romero, and the third on Disney Imagineering creative director Asa Kalama.
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App helps blind photographers take the perfect snap
A smartphone camera app to help blind and partially sighted people take photos, developed by computer science graduate student Dustin Adams and others in the Interactive Systems for Individuals with Special Needs Lab, was the subject of stories in New Scientist magazine, Digital Trends, Tech Hive, and Hot Hardware.
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Time is money when it comes to microwaves
Astrophysicist Greg Laughlin and physicist Anthony Aguirre teamed up with a Stanford law professor to study the use of microwave communications for high-frequency trading in financial markets, and their findings are reported in an article in the Financial Times.
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Picky Eating Drove Saber-Tooth Tiger To Extinction In Last Ice Age
Paleontologist Justin Yeakel was quoted in coverage of his research on the Pleistocene predators of the mammoth steppe, including stories from Red Orbit, Field & Stream, Science 2.0, eScienceNews, and PhysOrg.
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Medical research must not be cut
The San Francisco Chronicle published an opinion piece by Chancellor Blumenthal on the need to maintain federal support for medical research.
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UFW co-founder Dolores Huerta addresses Cesar Chavez Convocation at UCSC
The Santa Cruz Sentinel covered the 10th Annual César Chávez Convocation and the keynote address by United Farm Workers co-founder Dolores Huerta.
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UCSC's Michael Nauenberg wins UC distinguished emeriti award
The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about physicist Michael Nauenberg winning the 2013 Constantine Panunzio Distinguished Emeriti Award.
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Our Very Normal Solar System Isn't Normal Anymore
Astronomer Steven Vogt was quoted in a story about the unusual characteristics of our solar system on Robert Krulwich's NPR blog "Krulwich Wonders."
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UCSC's Ted Warburton to give Arts Division's Outstanding Faculty Research Lecture
The San Jose Mercury News and the Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a story about associate professor of dance Ted Warburton, who will deliver the Arts Division’s 2013 Outstanding Faculty Research Lecture, plus direct a faculty dance concert with guest Bay Area alumni and students.
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Top cats: How pumas and other apex predators' populations affect the big biodiversity picture
KQED's Quest science blog took a detailed look at apex predators and wildlife ecologist Chris Wilmer's study of pumas in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
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Diamond planets get even more precious
Astrophysicist Jonathan Fortney was quoted in a New Scientist article about the rarity of carbon-rich "diamond" planets in our galaxy.
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UCSC researchers help with Japanese undersea fault project
Seismologists Emily Brodsky and Patrick Fulton were featured in coverage of their work on the JFAST project to study the undersea fault involved in the 2011 Tohoku earthquake in Japan, including stories in the Santa Cruz Sentinel, San Jose Mercury News, Pasadena Star-News, Science Daily, Daily Bulletin, and Science Codex.