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UCSC economist warns Congress of ‘alarming’ reversal in small business recovery
Lookout Santa Cruz covered Economics Professor Rob Fairlie's testimony before the House Committee on Small Business. Fairlie shared his latest research on the pandemic's economic impacts.
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Minority-owned businesses struggle to access credit during pandemic, Fed survey finds
Reuters cited research by Economics Professor Rob Fairlie documenting inequalities in the distribution of loans through the Paycheck Protection Program.
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Local community group petitions against Harm Reduction Coalition’s needle exchange efforts
Sociology Professor Emeritus Craig Reinarman, a drug addiction expert, weighed in on local debate over needle exchange programs for an article in the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
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India’s agriculture reforms: Getting it right
Distinguished Professor of Economics Nirvikar Signh wrote for Financial Express to provide recommendations on reforms for India's agriculture system.
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Rights for Gig Workers Are a Political Issue Now, But Many of Them Can’t Vote
Sociology Professor Chris Benner's research was cited in an article by Bloomberg about gig worker rights.
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Must Read List Of Speculative Fiction By Writers Of Color
Latin American and Latino Studies Professor Catherine S. Ramírez shared her favorite works of speculative fiction by authors of color with the Science Friday book club.
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Scientists develop sustainable ‘game-changer’ fish feed that does not contain fish
One of the UK's top newspapers, iNews, covered a breakthrough in sustainable aquaculture research from Anne Kapuscinski and Pallab Sarker, of the UC Santa Cruz Environmental Studies department. This research was also covered within the U.S. by UPI.
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How Black Lives Matter Came to the Academy
The New Yorker magazine published an article by alumna Kristal Brent Zook (PH.D. History of Consciousness) about the progress in fighting decades of racial bias on college campuses.
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The Webb Telescope, NASA’s Golden Surfer, Is Almost Ready, Again
Astronomer Natalie Batalha was quoted in a New York Times article about the James Webb Space Telescope.
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Scientists call for fully open sharing of coronavirus genome data
David Haussler, director of the UCSC Genomics Institute, was quoted in a Nature news story about open sharing of coronavirus genome data.