Media Coverage

The Santa Cruz Sentinel quoted feminist studies professor Bettina Aptheker in a story about how the new UC Berkeley chancellor declared "a year of free speech” in which the university will recount the origins of its free speech legacy and invite both conservative and liberal speakers to campus.

Environmental toxicologist Peter Weiss-Penzias was featured in a story about his research on mercury in coastal fog in the San Jose Mercury News, Santa Cruz Sentinel, and Monterey Herald.

A story in the The Press Democrat noted that many past champions from the National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Out Loud program in Sonoma County who were motivated, but dealing with other challenges like low income or new language, now have degrees from UCLA and UCSC and are launching careers.

Humanities dean Tyler Stovall was quoted in a CNN story about the history of Confederate monuments in the United States. The story was also picked up by WSLS-10 TV in Virginia.

Astrophysicist Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz was quoted in articles about neutron star mergers in Quanta, National Geographic, Wired, and other media outlets.

Geologist Gary Griggs was featured in a KAZU news story about seawalls on the California coast, and was also quoted in a story about beach sand and dams in E&E News.

Research on toxic algal blooms led by ocean scientist Marilou Sison-Mangus was covered in PhysOrg, Science Daily, Alaska Native News, and Health Medicine Network.

Geologist Gary Griggs is featured in a Good Times interview about his new book, Coasts in Crisis.

History professor Dana Frank was quoted in the Los Angeles Times, Baltimore Sun, and New Republic about President Trump's push to "buy American" in trade talks.