Media Coverage
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Congressman Panetta holds meeting with AAPI community on anti-Asian hate crimes
History professor Alice Yang was quoted in a KION-TV news story about a virtual meeting with Central Coast Asian American and Pacific Islander community members to address the rise of anti-Asian hate crimes locally and nationally.
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Asian-American businesses suffer outsized pandemic toll
Reuters cited research by Economics Professor Rob Fairlie in an article about the pandemic's disproportionate impact on Asian-American business owners.
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Why too much family togetherness might be stressing out kids
National Geographic interviewed Psychology Professor Margarita Azmitia about how pandemic-era family dynamics affect children and teens.
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Fidget toys explode in popularity
Computational Media Professor Katherine Isbister was quoted in a Fox News story about the popularity of fidget toys.
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Oxygen False Positives: Study Shows Ways to Get Oxygen in Lifeless Atmosphere
Astronomers Joshua Krissansen-Totton and Jonathan Fortney were quoted in coverage of their research on potential biosignatures in the atmospheres of exoplanets, including stories in Science Times, Universe Today, Big Think, Science Daily, and other media outlets.
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California spends $12.8M more on the Salton Sea, finally appoints analyst to study seawater importation
The Palm Springs Desert Sun shared the news that Environmental Studies Professor Brent Haddad is expected to lead a review of proposals to rewater the Salton Sea for the state Natural Resources Agency.
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Op-Ed: How to save beaches and coastlines from climate change disasters
Marine scientist Mike Beck published an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times, with an accompanying video, about the value of natural defenses against coastal flooding.
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Why some physicists are skeptical about the muon experiment that hints at "new physics"
Physicist Bruce Schumm was quoted in a Salon article about new results from a particle physics experiment called Muon g-2.
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Peregrine Falcon Chicks Hatch in Nest at Top of PG&E’s San Francisco Headquarters
Zeka Glucs, director of the Predatory Bird Research Group, was featured in coverage of peregrine falcon chicks hatching in a nest box on the PG&E building in San Francisco, including stories from KPIX (San Francisco CBS), KION, KTVU, and NBC Bay Area TV news.
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Watching flames turn to forests
Environmental studies Ph.D. candidate Justin Luong spoke with Good Times about a new project with the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History, the California Native Plant Society, and citizen scientists to monitor ecosystem recovery following the CZU Lightning Complex fires.
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White Shark Influx in Monterey Bay Linked to Climate Change
Shark researcher Salvador Jorgensen was featured in a NBC News story about white sharks in Monterey Bay.
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Rush to rescue thousands of endangered abalone buried in Big Sur landslides
Biologists Pete Raimondi and Wendy Bragg were featured in a San Francisco Chronicle story about efforts to save black abalone buried by debris flows and landslides on the Big Sur coast.