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How the first life on Earth survived its biggest threat — water
Biomolecular engineer David Deamer was quoted in a Nature article about research on the origins of life.
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Researchers fear gig work will spread to grocery industry as demand for delivery surges
MarketWatch broke the news about a new report on e-commerce labor trends in the grocery retail industry that was led by Chris Benner, an environmental studies and sociology professor and director of the Institute For Social Transformation.
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Some Ideas For Fixing America
The editors of the business and policy-themed DealBook Newsletter from The New York Times included a new paper from economics professor Rob Fairlie in a collection of their favorite academic research from the past week. Fairlie's new paper, which documents inequalities in access to capital for minority-owned startups, was also featured in The Hutchins Roundup from…
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The Perfect Strategy to Fight Covid-19 Is … Everything?
Infectious disease expert Marm Kilpatrick was quoted in a Wired news story about the difficulty of determining the effectiveness of different strategies for controlling the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Asteroid Dust from Hayabusa2 Could Solve a Mystery of Planet Creation
Planetary scientist Myriam Telus was quoted in a Scientific American article about research on the asteroid samples collected by the Hyabusa2 mission.
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Two UC Santa Cruz professors receive national recognition
Microbiologist Fitnat Yildiz and linguist Matt Wagers were featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about their recognition as AAAS Fellows.
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‘Why We’re Polarized’ author Ezra Klein headlines UCSC virtual lecture
Lookout Santa Cruz ran an article about alumus Ezra Klein, author of the 2020 book Why We’re Polarized, and the featured speaker for the Humanities Division's Peggy Downes Baskin Ethics Lecture.
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Trade-offs for growth revival: Why India’s policymakers need a new roadmap
Economics professor Nirvikar Singh comments on economic reforms in India through an opinion piece in Financial Express.
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Holiday gift-givers want their money to matter. Companies, large and small, are taking notice.
CNBC cited research by economics professor Rob Fairlie in their coverage about consumers choosing to support Black-owned businesses this holiday season.
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California's open Senate seat prompts guessing game
Politics professor Daniel Wirls talked with KAZU host Doug McKnight about the factors that may affect who Governor Newsom chooses to fill Kamala Harris' open Senate seat.