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‘Today I wear the pants’: The powerful message behind Lady Gaga’s billowy oversize suit
The Washington Post's coverage of Lady Gaga's "big suit" included a quote from the book, The Woman in the Zoot Suit, by Catherine Ramirez, associate professor of Latin American and Latino Studies.
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When houses of prayer become places of shelter
Social Sciences Dean Katharyne Mitchell, a professor of sociology, was quoted in an article in The Economist about religious communities across the United States that are providing sanctuary to immigrants who fear deportation.
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Climate change will make hundreds of millions more people nutrient deficient
Kai Zhu of Environmental Studies was quoted in a News Today article about the effects of climate change on food production and the impacts they will have on people in the poorest regions.
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In 'A Dream Called Home,' author Reyna Grande chronicles her path to the American Dream
NBC News featured a story about alumna Reyna Grande and her new memoir about her first year of college at UC Santa Cruz. La Bloga, the Chicana/Chicano, Latina/Latino literary blog, also featured a review of her book.
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Honduran migrant caravan crosses Guatemala border, US-bound
An Associated Press news story quoted emerita history professor Dana Frank, an expert on human rights and U.S. policy in Honduras, about the political implications of a Honduran migrant caravan headed for the United States less than a month before the midterm elections.
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Santa Cruz officials face hard decisions with badly eroding bluff
Geologist Gary Griggs was featured in a TV news story on Bay Area CBS affiliate KPIX about erosion along West Cliff Drive in Santa Cruz.
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Iconic Joshua trees may disappear—but scientists are fighting back
Environmental studies graduate student Juniper Harrower was quoted in a National Geographic article about joshua trees and the threats they face due to climate change.
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How Harvard’s investments exacerbate global land and water conflicts
Assistant Professor Madeleine Fairbairn of Environmental Studies was quoted in a Grist article about how Harvard University is buying up large swaths of farmland around the world.
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Housing crisis breeds opportunity
Faculty members Miriam Greenberg and Steve McKay of Sociology coauthored an op-ed for the Santa Cruz Sentinel about the local housing crisis and their No Place Like Home community-engaged research initiative.
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UCSC’s “Strange Window” gives new life to classic ghost story
The Santa Cruz Good Times published a story about the West Coast premiere of a new interpretation of the Henry James Gothic classic, Strange Window: The Turn of the Screw, directed by UC Santa Cruz theater arts professor Marianne Weems.