Media Coverage
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Why does outer space look black?
Astronomy and astrophysics graduate students Miranda Apfel and Tenley Hutchinson-Smith helped explain why outer space looks black for an article on Live Science.
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Ask Ethan: How Can We Tell If An Exoplanet Has A Surface?
Forbes and Universe Today wrote about work by UC Santa Cruz postdoctoral fellow Xinting Yu to detect solid surfaces or liquid oceans on exoplanets.
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Unique collaboration in Santa Cruz County looking to replenish critically over drafted basin
Professor Andrew Fisher, a hydrologist with the UCSC Earth and Planetary Sciences Department, spoke with KSBW about a collaborative project working to replenish local groundwater.
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As 'Dynasty' Turns 40, Reflecting on Soap's LGBTQ+ Legacy at Peninsula Estate Where Early Episodes Were Shot
Incoming UC Santa Cruz Dean of the Arts Division, Celine Parreñas Shimizu, commented on the 1980s TV soap opera "Dynasty" for a KQED story.
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From groundskeeper to graduate: Katharina Pierini takes scenic route to UCSC degree
Lookout Santa Cruz profiled Katharina Pierini, a groundskeeper at UC Santa Cruz who renrolled to complete her bachelor's degree in language studies after taking her first UCSC class more than 27 years ago.
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When an Eel Climbs a Ramp to Eat Squid From a Clamp, That’s a Moray
Professor Rita Mehta's research with moray eels was covered by the New York Times, Smithsonian, Daily Mail, LiveScience, CNET, New Atlas, and other media outlets. The clever headline and captions in the NY Times led to additional coverage by NPR and The Wrap.
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How COVID-19 Challenged Us to Rewrite Our Life Stories
Psychology Professor Phil Hammack wrote an article for Psychology Today about the types of personal growth people may have undergone during the pandemic.
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Putting the B in LGBTQ
Psychology Professor Phil Hammack, director of the sexual and gender diversity laboratory at UC Santa Cruz, joined NPR's 1A program to discuss bisexual identities and visibility.
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In Outcaste Bombay, historian Juned Shaikh interrogates assumptions about city's cosmopolitanism in 20th century
India's Firstpost published an interview with associate history professor Juned Shaikh about his new book on the link between caste and class identities in Mumbai.
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San Jose immigrants suffer from growing economic divide
The Washington Post interviewed Assistant Professor of Sociology Juan Pedroza and Sociology Professor and Director of the Institute for Social Transformation Chris Benner about factors contributing to economic inequality in San Jose.
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How to save the Salton Sea: Proposal to import seawater across California desert is biggest since Hoover Dam
USA Today and The Desert Sun produced an in-depth feature article on the Salton Sea, including Environmental Studies Professor Brent Haddad's role leading a panel to evaluate water importation proposals.
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California's community colleges took a massive hit during the pandemic
Associate Professor of Economics George Bulman and Professor of Economics Robert Fairlie's latest research demonstrating the pandemic's impact on higher education was featured in the San Francisco Chronicle.