Media Coverage
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Kelp Forests Surge Back on Parts of the North Coast, with a Lesson About Environmental Stability
Marine ecologist Mark Carr was quoted in a Bay Nature article about the recovery of some kelp forests along the Northern California coast.
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New analysis shows the best view of the Milky Way halo to date, providing a window into our galaxy’s future star formation.
Astronomer J. Xavier Prochaska was quoted in a Sky & Telescope story about the Milky Way's gaseous halo.
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A New Company With a Wild Mission: Bring Back the Woolly Mammoth
Biologist Beth Shapiro was quoted in stories in the New York Times and National Geographic about a company that aims to bring back the woolly mammoth.
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Karen Tei Yamashita to receive honorary National Book Award
News that emerita literature professor Karen Tei Yamashita will receive a lifetime achievement award from the National Book Foundation received widespread national media coverage, with stories appearing in such outlets as the Washington Post, Associated Press, The Charlotte Observer, ABC News, Miami Herald, Bloomberg News, The Kansas City Star, U.S. News and World Report, The…
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Dolphins Eavesdrop on Each Other to Avoid Awkward Run-Ins
Biologist Caroline Casey was quoted in a Wired news story about dolphin communication.
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A new form of sea defence is part natural, part artificial
Marine scientist Michael Beck's research on the value of natural reefs for coastal protection was featured in an article in the Economist about new approaches to defending against coastal flooding.
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Karen Miga Fills In the Missing Pieces of Our Genome
Geneticist Karen Miga was featured in Quanta magazine in an interview about her work on the Telomere to Telomere Project to complete the human genome sequence.
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Uber and Lyft drivers have no right to a minimum wage. That must change
An opinion article in The Sacramento Bee cited research on app workers by Sociology Professor Chris Benner, who is the director of the Institute for Social Transformation.
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Saving our groundwater: two UCSC professors weigh in
Politics senior researcher Ruth Langridge and Earth and Planetary Sciences Professor Andrew Fisher shared their expertise in drought management on KSQD. Fisher was also interviewed on KSCO's Good Morning, Montery Bay program.
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Female Filmmakers in Focus: Amber Sealey Discusses Her New Movie ‘No Man of God’
Theater Arts alumna Amber Sealey spoke about bringing a feminist gaze to the canon of Ted Bundy films in an interview published by Moviefone about her new movie, No Man of God.
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The Bay Area experts who are building COVID-19’s evolutionary tree of life
Bioinformatics experts Russell Corbett-Detig and Angie Hinrichs were featured in coverage of their work tracing the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 variants, including stories in the San Jose Mercury News and Santa Cruz Sentinel.
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Astronomers 3D-print stellar nurseries you can hold in your hand
Astronomer Nia Imara was quoted in coverage of her research using 3D printing to study stellar nurseries, including stories from CNET, Newsweek, Advanced Science News, Science Times, ABP Live, 3D Printing Progress, and other media outlets.