Jun 10, 2011

San Diego Union-Tribune - "'Adventurer' to urge UCSD grads to find, fix problems"

Reporter Pat Flynn profiles Albert Yu-Min Lin and his Valley of the Khans project, ahead of his Commencement speech on June 10 to the UCSD All Campus Graduation Ceremony.


Jun 9, 2011

La Jolla Light - "UCSD Marks Commencement Weekend"

The local paper notes the Commencement speech by CISA3-IGERT research scientist Albert Yu-Min Lin.


Jun 9, 2011

NBC News in the Morning - "UCSD Graduation Weekend"

Event preview for the UCSD All Campus Graduation Commencement, and speaker Albert Lin of Calit2/CISA3/IGERT.


Apr 13, 2011

California Aggie - "Cyberarchaeology lab uncovers ancient cities"

Amy Stewart reports in the UC Davis California Aggie’s online edition that CISA3 is using cameras, chemical testing and invisible wavelengths of light to change how archaeology and art history is analyzed. She quotes Calit2 UCSD director Ramesh Rao as saying, "You can recreate the dig in virtual reality … for instance, scan the pieces of shattered pottery and virtually reconstruct them… Basically, it's creating new tools to do these scans at lower and lower cost."


Apr 13, 2011

GeoEye Foundation - "The Search for the Hidden Tomb of Genghis Khan"

The GeoEye Foundation contributed high-resolution satellite imagery of Mongolia for inclusion in the crowdsourcing project led by IGERT-TEECH associated researcher Albert Lin.


Apr 7, 2011

The Art Whisperer (blog) - "Maurizio Seracini"

In this blog, Carole Laventhol recounts the work of CISA3 director Maurizio Seracini and 'how very important his work is, for diagnosing how to correctly conserve that art treasures of the world. If he uncovers the lost mural by Leonardo, imagine what a treasure this will be for our world.'


Apr 4, 2011

Washington Post - "'Citizen scientists' help search for tomb of Genghis Khan via photos of Mongolia"

Technology writer Sindya Bhanoo reports on Calit2/CISA3 research scientist Albert Lin’s quest to find the lost tomb of Genghis Khan using crowd-sourcing and satellite imagery.


Apr 4, 2011

Indi-Uni Archeologie et Anthropologie (blog) - "Cyber-archaeology aids research in Middle East"

This blog on archaeology and anthropology picked up the CISA3 story about the center's new lab in Jordan, which provides a year-round presence for IGERT Trainees and associated researchers.


Apr 2, 2011

TMC.net - "Cyber-Archaeology Research Lab Brings State-of-the-Art Technologies to Jordan"

This release is about Calit2's new Cyber-archaeology Lab in Jordan, which will serve as a year-round, state-of-the-art research and training facility for UCSD graduate students (including CISA3 and its NSF IGERT-funded trainees) and other foreign scholars, as well as Jordanian archaeologists interested in digital archaeology tools.


Apr 2, 2011

Archaeological News - "New Cyber-Archaeology Research Lab Brings State-of-the-Art Technologies to Jordan"

Calit2's new Cyber-archaeology Lab in Jordan will serve as a year-round, state-of-the-art research and training facility for UCSD graduate students (including CISA3 and its NSF IGERT-funded trainees) and other foreign scholars.


Feb 28, 2011

Il Giornale dell Arte - "Raffaello universale"

Italian art site review of a new book in Italian includes an appendix by CISA3 director Maurizio Seracini.


Feb 24, 2011

Archaeology - "New Instruments Enter the Archaeological Toolbox"

In the March-April issue of the journal Archaeology, writer Nikhil Swaminathan reports on the use of cyber-archaeology tools such as infrared spectrometers and X-ray fluorescence analyzers. The article quotes Tom Levy, associate director of CISA3 and co-PI on its NSF IGERT program.


Jan 9, 2011

Inquirer Global Nation - "Leonardo's unfinished painting"

Writer Simeon Dumdum reports on the Filipino website about the background to the Battle of Anghiari project, led by CISA3 director and IGERT-TEECH co-PI Maurizio Seracini.


Dec 18, 2010

Il Serpento di Galeno (blog) - "Leonardo dietro la parete "

This Italian article by blogger Massimilla Manetti Ricci on 'Leonardo, behind the wall' is about the search for the Battle of Anghiari, one of the IGERT-TEECH projects.


Dec 10, 2010

Science - "A Change of Biblical Proportions Strikes Mideast Archaeology"

Andrew Lawler reports in the journal Science on the latest wave of interest in new technology to help pinpoint the accuracy of Biblical accounts of the period of David and Solomon, including a quote from Calit2 archaeologist Tom Levy, who calls the new technology a game changer.


2007 Archive

November 29 Il Sole 24 Ore
Battaglia di Anghiari: la caccia al capolavoro di Maurizio Seracini

November 22  El País (Spain)
Seracini, el único personaje real de 'El Código da Vinci', busca un 'leonardo'

November 17 AGI Agenzia Italia (Italy)
Arte: WSJ, ‘Battaglia di Anghiari’ tra le 7 meraviglie perdute

November 16 Chicago Daily Herald (US)
Many of history's most famous shipwrecks, relics are still lost


November 9 Wall Street Journal (US)
[click on interactive map, then on 'The Battle of Anghiari']
7 Missing Wonders

October 31 TF1 Television (France) Video Only
La bataille d'Anghiari de Léonard de Vinci retrouvée?

October 25 Washington Times (US)
High-tech search for da Vinci fresco

October 24 Wired News (US)
Neutron Beams Search for Da Vinci's Lost Masterpiece

ctober 23 La Repubblica (Italy)
Entro un anno la verità sull'affresco di Leonardo

October 23 La Nazione (Italy)
Al via la caccia all'Anghiari di Leonardo

October 22 Il Messaggero (Italy)
Battaglia di Anghiari, caccia nucleare all'affresco

October 22 AGNKronos (Italy)
Giorni contati per il mistero della 'Battaglia di Anghiari'

October 22 AGI News (Italy)
Battaglia Anghiari: Rutelli, Un Anno per Svelare Enigma

October 22 Associated Press (US)
Engineers to Search for Leonardo Fresco

October 22 Forbes (US)
Engineers to Search for Leonardo Fresco

October 22 Corriere della Sera (Italy)
Palazzo Vecchio, caccia al Leonardo sparito

October 10 Il Sole 24 Ore (Italy)
Sponsor in coda per il segreto di Leonardo

October 9 L'Espresso (Italy)
Neutroni per svelare Leonardo

October 9 La Repubblica (Italy)
Tecnologia militare segreta per scoprire Leonardo

September 22 Il Giornale (Italy)
«Battaglia di Anghiari»: saranno 4 gli sponsor

July 30 KGTV Channel 8 CBS (US)
Superimposed Last Supper Reveals New Figures

July 2 People Magazine
The Da Vinci Detective

June 12 These Days -- KPBS Radio
Art Detective Reveals Lost Da Vinci Fresco


June 11 InToscana.com (Italy)
Premiato in California l´esperto della "Battaglia di Anghiari"

June 8 Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany)
Wer Leonardo sucht, der findet

May 19 La Nazione (Italy)
Battaglia di Anghiari’ Diciotto mesi per le risposte

May 11 La Nazione (Italy)
Così ritroverò la Battaglia

May 6 Il Sole (Italy)
Cercare la Battaglia

April 19 Currents (US)
Maurizio Seracini works to improve art conservation

March 23 La Nazione (Italy)
Palazzo Vecchio si prepara alla caccia tecnologica della «Battaglia di Anghiari»

March 22 InToscana.it (Italy)
Arte: riprenderà in estate la caccia alla Battaglia di Anghiari

March 22 Corriere della Sera (Italy)
Battaglia di Anghiari, la troveremo senza rompere il muro

March 14 L'Espresso (Italy)
Leonardo sotto scorta

March 12 UCSD Guardian (US)
'Renaissance Man' Fuses Culture, Science at New Center'

February 28 The San Diego Union-Tribune
He uses science in the pursuit of art

February 19 Herald Sun (Australia)
Expert Close to Cracking Da Vinci Code

February 9  New York Times
A Real-Life Mystery: The Hunt for the Lost Leonardo

February 12 Time Magazine
Cracking a Real-Life Da Vinci Code

February 1  The Independent (UK)
Da Vinci sleuth invited to find lost masterpiece

January 30  Reuters
Art sleuth looks for lost Da Vinci masterpiece

January 15 New York Times
Leonardo Quest to Resume

January 10  ANSA (Italy)
Battaglia di Anghiari: un giallo che affascina da 500 anni



2006 Archive

December 7  The Washington Times
Gift of the Magi

December 6  Reuters
Rare Da Vinci sketch displayed in Washington

November 2  The Florentine
An interview with Maurizio Seracini, the man behind the real Da Vinci mystery

October 3  La Nazione (Italy)
‘ Battaglia di Anghiari’, una ricerca che va conclusa

October 2 Time Magazine
A grand tour

October 1 Il Giornale dell’Arte (Italy)
Il tecnico: prima di decidere fare una vera «cartella clinica»

August 27 The Observer (UK)
Fresh start in lost Leonardo quest

August 28  Il Corriere della Sera (Italy)
Mantegna a Mantova, Leonardo a Tokio

May 29  United Press International
Hidden sketches in da Vinci piece revealed

May 27 The Times (UK)
Revealed: the Leonardo cover-up hidden by monks for 500 years

May 22 The Herald (Australia)
Da Vinci broken by the code

May 20 Channel 4 (UK)
The Da Vinci Detective

May 16  The Times (UK)
On the trail of the lost Leonardo

May 16  Anderson Cooper 360 CNN
Da Vinci Code character appears in flesh and blood

February 24 La Stampa (Italy)
L’Architetto Umanista Avrebbe Partecipato

February 6 This Week @ UCSD
Da Vinci Decoded

2005 Archive