SciCom students publish local, regional, and national news articles, press releases, and radio reports throughout the school year at their part-time internships and during full-time internships in the summer. Many class assignments or freelance submissions also lead to real clips that students use to apply for jobs. Here are selected student stories from the last 12 months.

"A mixed bag: Are California's bans on plastic bags working?" by Paul Gabrielsen (Santa Cruz Sentinel, June 17, 2013)

"A peaceful walk in the impact zone" (with sound file) by Kelly Servick (KUSP public radio, June 13, 2013)

"SLAC X-rays resurrect 200-year-old lost opera" by Thomas Sumner (Stanford News Service, June 10, 2013)

"Australian Bird Moves Like Jagger and Sounds Like Space Invaders" by Laura Poppick (Wired.com, June 6, 2013)

"Hopes and Doubts About Water Conservation in Survey" (with sound file) by Kelly Servick (KUSP public radio, June 5, 2013)

"Manly Sweat Makes Other Men More Cooperative" by Paul Gabrielsen (ScienceNOW, May 31, 2013)

"GPS 'Junk' Data Reveals Volcanic Plumes" by Ryder Diaz (Inside Science News Service, May 29, 2013)

"NASA Ames' SpaceShop in Mountain View creating DIY fixes for astronauts of the future" by Jessica Shugart (San Jose Mercury News, May 25, 2013)

"Lick Observatory celebrates 125 years of innovation" by Elizabeth Devitt (San Jose Mercury News, May 25, 2013)

"Whales Freed from Fishing Gear May Still Die a Slow Death" by Paul Gabrielsen (ScienceNOW, May 23, 2013)

"Scientists discover molecular trigger for itch" by Chris Palmer (Nature, May 23, 2013)

"Diabetes' genetic underpinnings can vary based on ethnic background, studies say" by Rina Shaikh-Lesko (Stanford School of Medicine, May 23, 2013)

"Stanford physicists develop revolutionary low-power polariton laser" by Thomas Sumner (Stanford News Service, May 20, 2013)

"Swine flu turns up in elephant seals off Central Coast" by Jessica Shugart and Elizabeth Devitt (San Jose Mercury News, May 16, 2013)

"Atlantic Coast Warping Like a 'Magic Carpet'" by Paul Gabrielsen (ScienceNOW, May 16, 2013)

"Nanostructures Make Viper Skin Ultra-Black and Stealthy" by Laura Poppick (Wired.com, May 16, 2013)

"Fossils indicate common ancestor for two primate groups" by Chris Palmer (Nature, May 15, 2013)

"Stanford engineers monitor heart health using paper-thin flexible 'skin'" by Thomas Sumner (Stanford News Service, May 14, 2013)

"River otters are making a comeback in the Bay Area" by Jessica Shugart (San Jose Mercury News, May 13, 2013)

"Nineteenth Century Technique Turns Old Mouse Hearts Young" by Paul Gabrielsen (ScienceNOW, May 9, 2013)

"That Dead Bird on Your Beach Holds Clues to Ocean Health" (with sound file) by Kelly Servick (KUSP public radio, May 8, 2013)

"Researchers develop new technique to track cell interactions in living bodies" by Rina Shaikh-Lesko (Stanford School of Medicine, May 6, 2013)

"The Visual Language of Comics" by Ryder Diaz (Inside Science News Service, May 3, 2013)

"New Camera Inspired by Insect Eyes" by Paul Gabrielsen (ScienceNOW, May 1, 2013)

"Molecules in the brain trigger ageing" by Chris Palmer (Nature, May 1, 2013)

"Breast-Milk Protein May Help Defeat Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria" by Ryder Diaz (Inside Science News Service, May 1, 2013)

"Stanford study says MRI scans can predict outcome of math tutoring" by Jessica Shugart (San Jose Mercury News, April 30, 2013)

"Geophysicist challenges fracking's bad rep" by Laura Poppick (AGU GeoSpace blog, April 26, 2013)

"Better Living Through Biotechnology? A Book Review" by Elizabeth Devitt (PLOS blog network, April 26, 2013)

"'Nanosponges' sop up bloodstream toxins" by Ryder Diaz (Inside Science News Service, April 25, 2013)

"Liver hormone offers hope for diabetes treatment" by Chris Palmer (Nature, April 25, 2013)

"Nearly 60 percent of urbanized San Jose has been paved over" by Jessica Shugart (San Jose Mercury News, April 24, 2013)

"Researchers develop new method to assess options for heart-disease surgery" by Rina Shaikh-Lesko (Stanford School of Medicine, April 22, 2013)

"Change diet, exercise habits at same time for best results, study says" by Rina Shaikh-Lesko (Stanford School of Medicine, April 21, 2013)

"Shark-Stalking Robot Will Spy on Mysterious Ocean Predators" by Laura Poppick (Wired.com, April 18, 2013)

"When Does Your Baby Become Conscious?" by Paul Gabrielsen (ScienceNOW, April 18, 2013)

"Turbulent seas signal sea urchin larvae to settle down" by Thomas Sumner (Stanford News Service, April 15, 2013)

"Why Your Brain Loves That New Song" by Paul Gabrielsen (ScienceNOW, April 11, 2013)

"Oldest dinosaur embryo fossils discovered in China" by Chris Palmer (Nature, April 10, 2013)

"Teach science through argument, Stanford professor says" by Paul Gabrielsen (Stanford News Service, April 9, 2013)

"Male Birds Like Nice Nests" by Ryder Diaz (Inside Science News Service, April 9, 2013)

"How an interdisciplinary chef cooked up imaging technique" by Elizabeth Devitt (Stanford School of Medicine, April 8, 2013)

"Stanford's Hank Greely presents the ethics of resurrecting extinct species" by Thomas Sumner and Bjorn Carey (Stanford News Service, April 5, 2013)

"Miniature Chip Detects Rogue Cancer Cells" by Paul Gabrielsen (ScienceNOW, April 3, 2013)

"San Jose City Hall falcons hatch" by Elizabeth Devitt (San Jose Mercury News, April 3, 2013)

"Roll up your sleeve: There's still no substitute for blood" by Jessica Shugart (Stanford Medicine Magazine, Spring 2013)

"High-tech robots reveal details of the deep" (video) by Laura Poppick (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, March 21, 2013)

"The Plan to Bring the Iconic Passenger Pigeon Back from Extinction" by Kelly Servick (Wired.com, March 15, 2013)

"Argentine ants march through Bay Area" by Ryder Diaz (San Jose Mercury News, March 12, 2013)

"Study finds aspirin reduces risk of melanoma in women" by Elizabeth Devitt (Stanford School of Medicine, March 10, 2013)

"Crumb stars suggest Milky Way was cannibalistic" by Jessica Shugart (CNN.com, March 7, 2013)

"Permit system puts tougher regulation on fishermen, scientists who catch great white shark" by Kelly Servick (Santa Cruz Sentinel, March 5, 2013)

"Hand over your email inbox to boost productivity, Stanford team says" by Paul Gabrielsen (Stanford News Service, March 4, 2013)

"Bay Area environmental group proposes hybrid levees for bay" by Chris Palmer (San Jose Mercury News, February 25, 2013)

"Salinas native to study plant-killer bacteria in Bangladesh" by Thomas Sumner (Salinas Californian, February 25, 2013)

"Extreme Exoplanet-Hunting Telescope to Go Online This Fall" by Rina Shaikh-Lesko (Wired.com, February 23, 2013)

"Save your teens, save your marriage: Stanford's brief interventions" by Paul Gabrielsen (Stanford News Service, February 22, 2013)

"Two UC Santa Cruz undergrads explore rare underwater event in Mediterranean" by Kelly Servick (Santa Cruz Sentinel, February 20, 2013)

"Some autistic children recover, study shows" by Chris Palmer (San Jose Mercury News, February 20, 2013)

"Jellyfish blooms pulse cyclically through time" by Laura Poppick (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, February 15, 2013)

"How to land on an asteroid" by Paul Gabrielsen (CNN.com, February 14, 2013)

"Journey beneath the surface of the Earth: UC Santa Cruz researchers help explore Antarctic lake beneath glacier" by Kelly Servick (Santa Cruz Sentinel, February 11, 2013)

"Lasers used to scan California missions to preserve them forever" by Chris Palmer (San Jose Mercury News, February 11, 2013)

"San Jose airport experiments with therapy dogs to ease passengers' anxiety" by Ryder Diaz (San Jose Mercury News, February 8, 2013)

"Missions of mercy and medicines" by Jessica Shugart (Monterey County Herald, February 4, 2013)

"Veterinarian Melissa Miller runs a sea otter CSI at UCSC's Long Marine Lab" by Ryder Diaz (San Jose Mercury News, February 4, 2013)

"Human health goes to the dogs; studies of K-9 cancers may lead to medical breakthroughs for health care of humans" by Elizabeth Devitt (San Jose Mercury News, February 1, 2013)

"Stanford scientists chipping away at graphene's secrets" by Paul Gabrielsen (Stanford News Service, January 31, 2013)

"Underwater robots help discover hidden faults" by Laura Poppick (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, January 30, 2013)

"'Sounds Maps' May Help Pigeons Navigate" by Elizabeth Devitt (ScienceNOW, January 30, 2013)

"Stanford-led team pioneers new way to survey thawing Arctic" by Paul Gabrielsen (Stanford News Service, January 30, 2013)

"Stress might be good for you" by Jessica Shugart (San Jose Mercury News, January 27, 2013)

"Health care limits leave some UC students with few options" by Ryder Diaz (San Jose Mercury News, January 26, 2013)

"UCSC psychology study reveals students have traditional marriage preferences" by Kelly Servick (Santa Cruz Sentinel, January 22, 2013)

"At Cabrillo and in other medical classrooms, cadavers replace 'virtual learning'" by Rina Shaikh-Lesko (San Jose Mercury News, January 14, 2013)

"Carmel scientist studies sickle cells as a way to fight tumors" by Jessica Shugart (Monterey County Herald, January 13, 2013)

"Bay Bridge-tanker collision raises concerns over ship industry's use of low-tech navigation" by Lisa Krieger and Chris Palmer (San Jose Mercury News, January 12, 2013)

"New material could help repair damaged cartilage" by Ryder Diaz (San Jose Mercury News, January 11, 2013)

"Galactic surprise: New find overturns theories how our galaxy evolved" by Thomas Sumner (San Jose Mercury News, January 6, 2013)

"Climate change threatens Tahoe's snow levels, lake clarity" by Paul Gabrielsen (San Jose Mercury News, January 5, 2013)

"'Citizen scientists' explain mysterious die-offs, trace oil spills back to surprising culprits" by Kelly Servick (San Jose Mercury News, January 3, 2013)

"UCSC biologist: Sea otters could help fight climate change" by Laura Poppick (San Jose Mercury News, December 27, 2012)

"Detecting Rabid Bats Before They Bite" by Elizabeth Devitt (National Geographic News, December 19, 2012)

"Coming up Fungi: Early rains help mushrooms to mushroom" by Rina Shaikh-Lesko (Santa Cruz Sentinel, December 15, 2012)

"UC Santa Cruz team harnessing sunlight" by Paul Gabrielsen (Santa Cruz Sentinel, December 13, 2012)

"Tree Rings for Lobsters" by Laura Poppick (ScienceNOW, December 10, 2012)

"Central Coast scientists see ocean as source of mercury in fog around Monterey Bay" by Chris Palmer (Monterey County Herald, December 8, 2012)

"Foragers flock to Pebble Beach for mushrooming season" by Elizabeth Devitt (Monterey County Herald, December 7, 2012)

"How Maggots Heal Wounds" by Paul Gabrielsen (ScienceNOW, December 6, 2012)

"New optical tweezers trap specimens just a few nanometers across" by Kelly Servick (Stanford School of Engineering, December 4, 2012)

"Squid catch dips in Monterey Bay" by Chris Palmer (Monterey County Herald, December 4, 2012)

"Keeping Hammerheads Out of the Haul" by Thomas Sumner (ScienceNOW, November 29, 2012)

"Coughing Scallops Caught on Tape" by Kelly Servick (ScienceNOW, November 27, 2012)

"Investigating the Venus Flytrap's Speedy Snap" by Thomas Sumner (Inside Science News Service, November 20, 2012)

"A leap forward in brain-controlled computer cursors" by Kelly Servick (Stanford School of Engineering, November 18, 2012)

"Stanford's touch-sensitive plastic skin heals itself" by Kelly Servick (Stanford School of Engineering, November 11, 2012)

"Kitchen Chemistry: How knowing a little science can make your cooking a lot better" by Paul Gabrielsen (Santa Cruz Sentinel, November 7, 2012)

"Bubbles of Trouble for Tumors" by Thomas Sumner (Inside Science News Service, November 2, 2012)

"Calcium Keeps Night Vision from Tricking Our Brains" by Thomas Sumner (Inside Science News Service, October 31, 2012)

"Mechanism found for destruction of key allergy-inducing complexes, researchers say" by Jessica Shugart (Stanford School of Medicine, October 28, 2012)

"Area hospitals received products from pharmacy linked to meningitis outbreak" by Rina Shaikh-Lesko (Santa Cruz Sentinel, October 26, 2012)

"Stanford's Global Climate and Energy Project Turns 10" by Kelly Servick (Stanford School of Engineering, October 23, 2012)

"Increased use of colonoscopy screening could explain decrease in colorectal cancer rates, study shows" by Jessica Shugart (Stanford School of Medicine, October 23, 2012)

"UCSC astronomers find new trend in far-away galaxies" by Paul Gabrielsen (Santa Cruz Sentinel, October 22, 2012)

"Saturn's strange moons explained" by Rina Shaikh-Lesko (Santa Cruz Sentinel, October 17, 2012)

"Scratching the surface: Stanford engineers examine UV effects on skin mechanics" by Kelly Servick (Stanford School of Engineering, October 4, 2012)

"Lasers guide retrofit of Carmel Mission Basilica" by Chris Palmer (Monterey County Herald, October 3, 2012)

"Great white sharks have varied menu, study says" by Paul Gabrielsen (Santa Cruz Sentinel, October 1, 2012)

"Shortest Laser Pulse Ever Created" by Thomas Sumner (Inside Science News Service, September 27, 2012)

"MBARI researchers discover diet of vampire squid" by Rina Shaikh-Lesko (Santa Cruz Sentinel, September 27, 2012)

"Ovulation spurred by newfound semen ingredient" by Meghan Rosen (Science News, September 22, 2012)

"Naive Notes: Creating a Music Hall for Nonexpert Listeners" by Marissa Fessenden (Scientific American, September 11, 2012)

"Rethinking Herbal Medicine" by Beth Marie Mole (The Scientist, September 10, 2012)

"Gorgeous Decay: The Second Death of the Swedish Warship Vasa" by Tanya Lewis (Wired.com, September 3, 2012)

"They're farming out dairy chores—to robots" by Daniela Hernandez (Minneapolis Star Tribune, September 2, 2012)

"Robots hunt neurons to record brain activity" by Helen Shen (Nature, August 28, 2012)

"Test decodes dolphins' math skills" by Meghan Rosen (Science News, August 25, 2012)

"HIV educator helps women learn from her mistake" by Erin Loury (Los Angeles Times, August 20, 2012)

"The Dirt on Hosting Olympic Mountain Biking—Without Mountains" by Sarah Keller (Wired.com, August 11, 2012)

"In Vietnamese community, treating taboos on cancer" by Erin Loury (Los Angeles Times, August 11, 2012)

"Peanuts, Blackjack and Pee: Strangest Space Mission Superstitions" by Tanya Lewis (Wired.com, August 10, 2012)

"A new American generation faces its own struggles with HIV" by Daniela Hernandez (Minneapolis Star Tribune, August 6, 2012)

"Campuswide Leadership Programs Can Open Doors" by Beth Mole (Chronicle of Higher Education, August 6, 2012)

"Bites from Vampire Bats Might Protect People Against Rabies" by Marissa Fessenden (Scientific American, August 2, 2012)

"Disarming Deep-Sea Tactics" by Amy West (ScienceNOW, July 27, 2012)

"Young Neuroscientists' Popular Zombie Study Frightens Their Advisers Most of All" (subscription required) by Beth Mole (Chronicle of Higher Education, July 23, 2012)

"AIDS fight turns to virtual outreach" by Daniela Hernandez (Minneapolis Star Tribune, July 23, 2012)

"Scientists make curing HIV a priority" by Erin Loury (Los Angeles Times, July 23, 2012)

"Unlock Your Inner Rain Man by Electrically Zapping Your Brain" by Tanya Lewis (Wired.com, July 20, 2012)

"Early Intervention Could Help Autistic Children Learn to Speak" by Marissa Fessenden (Scientific American, July 17, 2012)

"HIV prevention pill receives approval by FDA" by Helen Shen (Boston Globe, July 16, 2012)

"Moon patterns explained" by Meghan Rosen (Science News, July 11, 2012)

"Scorpion Venom Heals Drug-Resistant Bacteria Infection" by Tanya Lewis (Wired.com, July 11, 2012)

"Better eating is a tall order" by Daniela Hernandez (Minneapolis Star Tribune, July 10, 2012)

"Better Preparation Could Improve the Quality of Death--and Life--for Terminal Patients" by Marissa Fessenden (Scientific American, July 9, 2012)

"Chagas' disease can cast a silent, lifelong shadow" by Erin Loury (Los Angeles Times, July 8, 2012)

"Randall Grahm's Untamed Garden" by Amy West (KUSP public radio, July 5, 2012)

"The Classic, Beautiful and Controversial Books That Changed Science Forever" by Tanya Lewis (Wired.com, July 5, 2012)

"Firms developing stem cell therapy for ailing pets" by Helen Shen (Boston Globe, July 2, 2012)

"All dinosaurs may have had feathers" by Meghan Rosen (Science News, July 2, 2012)

"B Cells Step Into the Limelight" by Meghan Rosen (Multiple Sclerosis Discovery Forum, June 21, 2012)

"Officials suspect hospital worker in hepatitis outbreak" by Helen Shen (Boston Globe, June 16, 2012)

"Cultivating the human microbiome" and other postings by Marissa Fessenden (Stanford Medical School Scope blog, June 6, 2012)