Media Coverage
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Some California jobs lost to COVID will never be the same. Here’s what experts say
The Sacramento Bee launched a new series on the future of work in California, and the first article included professor Chris Benner's insights on how the rise of gig work is affecting job quality in sectors like grocery retail as the pandemic fuels e-commerce.
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ATLAS releases ‘full orchestra’ of analysis instruments
Physicist Giordon Stark was quoted in an article in Symmetry magazine about the ATLAS collaboration's efforts to make datasets from their experiments at the Large Hadron Collider more widely available.
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"Spectacular" new species of orange bat discovered in West Africa
Biologist Winifred Frick was quoted in coverage of the discovery of a new bat species, including stories in New Atlas, Independent, Sci-News, and other media outlets.
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Influencers: David Fincher & sound designer Ren Klyce
IndieWire published an extensive article about sound designer and music alumnus Ren Klyce, a seven-time Oscar nominee, and his decades long collaboration with film director David Fincher.
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In memoriam: Judy Yung (1946-2020): Scholar, writer, journalist, professor and San Francisco Bay Area trailblazer
International Examiner published a memorial tribute to the late UCSC emerita professor of American Studies, Judy Yung, who died at age 74.
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11 Books & Podcasts About Coups That Are Extra Relevant Right Now
Bustle magazine included emeritus history professor Dana Frank’s recent book, The Long Honduran Night: Resistance, Terror and the United States in the Aftermath of the Coup, for a story about books that can help you make sense of the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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Death row inmate designs garden installation by instructing university students through letters
The Art Newspaper featured a story about the Barring Freedom initiative and Solitary Garden art installation at UCSC, quoting Rachel Nelson, director of the Institute of the Arts and Sciences.
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This artist is creating a “belligerent algorithm” to expose AI bias
Verdict published a story about assistant professor of digital arts and new media, A.M. Darke, who is creating a system, based on the prejudices of designers of artificial intelligence algorithms, to highlight the problem of AI bias.
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Isaac Julien judges Wallpaper* Design Awards 2021
Wallpaper magazine featured a story about the work of trailblazing installation artist, filmmaker and UCSC arts professor Isaac Julien, and his criteria for judging its annual design awards.
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That time a Cadillac drove through a stack of TVs at Cow Palace is now a book
The San Francisco Chronicle featured a story about the legendary "Media Burn" performance staged by the Ant Farm art collective–co-founded by film and digital media emeritus professor Chip Lord–in San Franicsco on July 4, 1975.
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52 places to love in 2021
Associate Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning and literature professor Jody Greene contributed a short piece about visiting Ladakh, India, to a New York Times story about the places that have delighted, inspired, and comforted readers in a dark year.
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Judy Yung, S.F. Chinatown native and early scholar of Chinese American life, dies at 74
The San Francisco Chronicle published an article about Judy Yung, emerita professor of American studies, author, and scholar of Chinese American history, who died at 74. Articles also appeared in San Francisco News and the Japanese American newspaper, Nichi Bei Weekly.