Media Coverage
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NASA just sent one of the world’s smartest slimes to space
Computational media scientist Oskar Elek was quoted in a Popular Science article about NASA sending slime molds into space.
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CZU Fire victims could see geologic hazard inspection waived in rebuilding process
Geologist Gary Griggs was quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel article about a proposal to allow people who lost their homes in the CZU Lightning Complex fire to rebuild without geologic hazard inspections.
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After Propping Up Schools in the Pandemic, Teachers Now Feel Ignored
Education Week published the final installment in a series of essays by Associate Professor of Education Lora Bartlett.
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Recess to the rescue: School play time for kids is more important than ever
Associate Professor of Sociology Rebecca London discussed her research on the importance of recess with USA Today.
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Ashley Nicole Black Is Her Own Competition
The New York Times featured a story about UCSC alumna and comedian Ashley Nicole Black, who was nominated twice in the same Emmy category for her television writing.
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Critical race theory doesn’t teach kids to hate white people. It teaches them the truth they deserve
The San Francisco Chronicle published an an opinion piece about critical race theory by Stephen Richter, a playwright, filmmaker, and a candidate for a doctorate in literature at UCSC.
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New graphic novel reveals Black women’s hidden role in slave revolts
NBC News featured a story about alumna Rebecca Hall and her new graphic novel, Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts, inspired by her research as a UCSC student pursuing her doctorate in history.
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New cuts show that SFMOMA seems hellbent on being boring and corporate
The Los Angeles Times quoted film and digital media professor Rick Prelinger in a story about budget cuts by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art that include eliminating the museum’s longtime film program and online arts magazine.
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Haiti Needs a New Narrative
Feminist Studies professor Gina Athena Ulysse was interviewed on WNYC’s "On The Media" program about how international media too often spreads dehumanizing narratives of perpetual chaos, setting the stage for intervention, and then looks away.
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How Williamsburg Hipsters and Real Estate Billions Transformed This Hasidic Sect
Israel's Haaretz published a story about history professor Nathaniel Deutsch's new book, “A Fortress in Brooklyn: Race, Real Estate, and the Making of Hasidic Williamsburg.”
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Why poetry has seen a resurgence in the pandemic
UC Santa Cruz literature lecturer Gary Young was one of 10 Santa Cruz and Bay Area poets featured in the Santa Cruz Good Times for a cover story about the art form’s newfound popularity.
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West Nile virus: another alarming side effect of US drought
Biologist Marm Kilpatrick was quoted in a Guardian article about the effects of drought on West Nile Virus transmission.