Media Coverage
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UCSC Professor Emeritus John Brown Childs on why transcommunality resonates with Soledad prison students
Lookout Santa Cruz profiled Professor Emeritus John Brown Childs in advance of his Emeriti Faculty Lecture on teaching transcommunal peacemaking to students at UCSC and Soledad Correctional Training Facility.
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After the storms: UC Botanical Garden’s rescue operation to save a paradise lost
Arboretum Director Martin Quigley was quoted in a San Jose Mercury News story about storm damage to plants at UC botanical gardens.
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Retired head of science at NASA to discuss life on other worlds
Astronomer Natalie Batalha was quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about an upcoming discussion of the search for life on other planets, which she will moderate, at the Rio Theater.
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NASA's Webb telescope captures new views of stars, galaxies and the early universe
Astronomer Brant Robertson was interviewed on a CBS News '60 Minutes' segment about the James Webb Space Telescope.
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An exciting era of exploration
Astronomer Brant Robertson was quoted in coverage of his research on early galaxies using the Webb Telescope, including stories in Nature, Yahoo News, Time, Space.com, The National, ZME Science, Wire Service Canada, and other media outlets.
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Could the dodo come back from extinction?
Biologist Beth Shapiro was quoted in a BBC Wildlife article about the possibility of using the dodo genome to recreate the extinct birds.
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Recess Is Good For Kids. Why Don’t More States Require It?
Associate Professor of Sociology Rebecca London's research on the importance of recess was featured in an article by FiveThirtyEight.
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How a DNA ‘Parasite’ May Have Fragmented Our Genes
Biomolecular Engineer Russ Corbett-Detig's research on the origins of introns was covered in an article in Quanta.
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The Search for Earth Look-Alikes Is Getting Serious
Astronomer Jonathan Fortney was quoted in an Atlantic article about research to characterize the atmospheres of exoplanets.
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NASA’s Uranus Mission Is Running Out of Time
Planetary scientist Francis Nimmo was quoted in a Scientific American article about NASA's plans for a mission to Uranus.
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Tech big wigs: Hit the brakes on AI rollouts
Physicist Anthony Aguirre was quoted in a Computerworld story about an open letter from more than 1,100 tech luminaries warning of the dangers posed by unchecked artificial intelligence. Aguirre is executive vice president of the Future of Life Institute, which published the letter.
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No, deporting undocumented immigrants won’t solve the fentanyl crisis
Assistant Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies Carlos Martinez coauthored an opinion piece in the San Francisco Chronicle countering recent political narratives around the fentanyl crisis and unauthorized immigration across the US-Mexico border.