Media Coverage
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How to encourage your child's passion to save the world
Latin American and Latino Studies Professor Jessica Taft was interviewed by National Geographic for an article about how parents can support children's activism.
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US coronavirus cases have dropped 70% in the last six weeks. Experts chalk it up to more immunity and better behavior.
Infectious diseases expert Marm Kilpatrick was quoted in Business Insider and San Diego Union-Tribune articles about falling coronavirus infection rates in the U.S., and in a Health Feedback review critiquing a Wall Street Journal opinion piece about "herd immunity."
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Bay Area Author Tommy Orange on the Mythmaking of History
The Santa Cruz Good Times featured a cover story about acclaimed author Tommy Orange and the Humanities Institute's Deep Read program.
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'Deeply alarming corruption': US bill would sanction Honduran president
Emerita professor of history Dana Frank was quoted in The Guardian for a story about a group of influential Democratic senators who are introducing legistlation that would suspend U.S. assistance to Honduras. A story also appeared in Americas Quarterly.
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Arctic ice loss forces polar bears to use four times as much energy to survive – study
Biologist Terrie Williams was quoted in coverage of research on the effects of climate change in the Arctic on polar bears, narwhals, and other species, including stories in the Guardian, Times, and Daily Mail.
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Twinkling Black Holes Reveal an Invisible Cloud in Our Galaxy
Astronomer J. Xavier Prochaska was quoted in a Wired article about efforts to detect invisible clouds of gas within and between galaxies.
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The Ones That Never Reopened: The Pandemic’s Impact On Local Businesses
Economics Professor Rob Fairlie talked with KAZU about the pandemic's impacts for a story about local businesses that have not been able to reopen.
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1 in 6 Gen Z adults are LGBT. And this number could continue to grow.
Psychology Professor Phil Hammack talked with The Washington Post about a new survey from Gallup that shows one in six adults in Generation Z identifies as LGBT.
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Marin women break barriers as new Eagle Scouts
Gina Schneider, who is studying education at UC Santa Cruz, is one of four women from Marin County who are joining the first class of female Eagle Scouts. Schneider told the Marin Independent Journal that her experience in scouting inspired her to want to become a teacher.
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Closing in on a complete human genome
Genome scientist Karen Miga was featured in a Nature news story about her work with the Telomere to Telomere Consortium to sequence all the human chromosomes from end to end.
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Wildfire, Landslides Threaten California’s Endangered Black Abalone
Biologist Pete Raimondi was quoted in an article in Earth Island Journal about efforts to save black abalone threatened by debris flows from burned areas in Big Sur.
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Highway 1 in Big Sur: Washout, repair, repeat
Geologist Gary Griggs was quoted in a Monterey Herald article about the washed out section of Highway 1 in Big Sur.