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Japanese American prisoner art depicts life in WWII detention camps
A CNN.com feature story about the art of Japanese-American internees during World War II included an interview with Alice Yang, chair of the history department at the University of California Santa Cruz, who has extensively researched the legacy of Japanese American detention and the subsequent struggle for reparations.
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In Our Cellular Clocks, She’s Found a Lifetime of Discoveries
“We are linked to this day in ways that I think people just push off,” says UC Santa Cruz biochemist Carrie Partch. If we understand the clock better, she has argued, we might be able to reset it. With that information, we might shape the treatment of diseases, from diabetes to cancer.
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Asteroid 16 Psyche – facts and stats about the metal-rich spacerock
In 2019, Francis Nimmo and Jacob Abrahams of the University of California Santa Cruz proposed the theory of (ancient) ferro-volcanism. This is a process you might expect when a newly formed, molten body is cooling down from the outside in.
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Nearby Exoplanets Could Harbor 8-Billion-Year-Old Microbial Life
In his new paper, Piero Madau, a distinguished professor of astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, puts forth a practical roadmap to statistically frame how near we can expect to find microbial life on earthlike planets circling G and K spectral type stars. Additional coverage in Earth.
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New on the Job: Jody Greene, University of California, Santa Cruz
As the inaugural associate campus provost for academic success, Jody Greene is responsible for faculty development, support and retention to promote student success in the classroom and beyond. Greene was the subject of a feature story in Inside Higher Education this week.
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Cooking oil has a deforestation problem. A startup says it has a solution.
Professor Julie Guthman, a social scientist who studies food systems, spoke with Grist about the challenges of assessing sustainability claims in new food products that don't disclose full information about their supply chains and processes.
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“Voices Of Pajaro” Brings South County Reality To UCSC
Good Times magazine covered an event organized by UCSC's Center for Reimagining Leadership that shared stories and experiences from the Pajaro levee breach and encouraged students to get involved. Astronomy and Astrophysics Professor Enrico Ramirez‑Ruiz is the center's director, and Environmental Studies Professor Sikina Jinnah is associate director.
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How farmers used California's floods to revive underground aquifers
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Hannah Waterhouse discussed aquifer water management with KTVZ News Channel 21.
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Could power plants fuel alternative aquafeeds?
Aquaculture news organization The Fish Site covered new research by Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Pallab Sarker that will study whether microalgae grown using power plant emissions could be an effective ingredient in feed for trout. Additional coverage in All About Feed.
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Moonshots and mind games
Distinguished Professor of Economics Nirvikar Singh wrote an op-ed for Financial Express about how India can achieve world-class excellence with its domestic institutions and resources.