Media Coverage
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Tracking fisherman to track fish: The new technological approach to better understand ocean life
“We wondered if we could use it to understand what’s happening to the ecosystem as the climate changes,” explains Heather Welch, a marine science researcher at U.C. Santa Cruz. Instead of tracking fishing fleets, Welch and her colleagues are interested in tracking the fish themselves. Tuna to be exact.
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UC Santa Cruz celebrates ’60s soul scene with ‘Dreamgirls’
The African American Theater Arts Troupe brings the glitter and grit of the 1960s soul scene to UC Santa Cruz with an electrifying production of Dreamgirls. Witness the rise of the Dreamettes in this high-energy musical celebrating Black excellence and the power of student performance.
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UCSC students develop website to support Seabright small businesses amid Murray Street Bridge overhaul
As the Murray Street Bridge overhaul disrupts Seabright traffic, students from University of California, Santa Cruz step up with a new website to spotlight local shops and keep the neighborhood thriving.
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Isaac Julien and Mira Nair Among Cultural Figures Who Signed an Open Letter in Support of Former Barbican Director Devyani Saltzman
Acclaimed artist, filmmaker, and Distinguished Professor of The Arts and History of Consciousness Isaac Julien signed an open letter in support of Devyani Saltzman, the former director of London’s Barbican Centre. Saltzman left abruptly earlier this week, just a few weeks after Abigail Pogson was appointed chief executive.
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California’s beaches grew some 500 acres in 40 years, says new study. Inside the haves and have-nots
Gary Griggs, a coastal erosion expert at U.C. Santa Cruz, described how a submarine canyon near Point Mugu has been slowly reconfigured (for reasons that aren’t clear) in a way that it effectively swallows up sand previously pushed farther down the coast by currents.
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To save condors, conservation biologists take on a new role of advocating for easier access to ammo.
“It’s all about overall mortality. You want the population to be sustainable – you want more chicks in the wild to be born than to die,” says Myra Finkelstein, a professor of microbiology and environmental toxicology at UC Santa Cruz. The condor success story so far has relied on the birth part of the equation.…
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The Winter Olympics feel like a 90s snowboarding game, and I’m here for it
The Guardian’s games reporter Keith Stuart recommends UC Santa Cruz professor Noah Wardrip-Fruin’s book “Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Can a Game Take Care of Us?” to his readers.
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Central Coast faces doctor shortage with plans for new medical school
UC Santa Cruz, in partnership with UC Davis, is addressing this issue with expansion of the PRIME program in which students will receive classroom training at Davis and clinical training on the Central Coast. Grant Hartzog, Executive Director of UC Santa Cruz’s Global and Community Health program, said, “Let’s start fast but small. So we’re…
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Government shutdown, immigration demands and midterm politics collide as funding fight continues
Political historian Nolan Higdon of the University of California Santa Cruz said shutdown fights often become battles over public perception.
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I grew up in an education desert but made it to UCSC
Ava Thornock grew up in Amador County, an education desert without a local college or regular internet access. She made it to UC Santa Cruz, where she is studying biochemistry.
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Popular honeymoon destination faces avian malaria threat, spread by mosquitoes
“Avian malaria has taken a devastating toll on Hawaii’s native forest birds, and this study shows why the disease has been so difficult to contain,” Christa M. Seidl, who conducted the research as part of her PhD at the University of California, Santa Cruz, stated in the release.
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California mountain lions are now considered ‘threatened.’ But only in certain regions
“If we want to maintain mountain lion populations in these coastal regions, then we’ve got some work to do,” said Chris Wilmers, a professor of wildlife ecology at the University of California, Santa Cruz and lead investigator of the Santa Cruz Puma Project.