Media Coverage
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Scientists at UC Santa Cruz working toward universal flu vaccine you take once
Biomolecular engineer Rebecca Dubois was featured in a KSBW TV news story about her research on a universal flu vaccine.
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Modi’s apparent shift from development to nationalist agenda worries the economists
Nirvikar Singh was among the economists featured in an article in India Abroad about the potential economic impact of India's citizenship law, changes to economic policy, and public reaction to the turmoil.
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How parents can support the young activists in their lives
Jessica Taft, associate professor of Latin American and Latino studies, was featured in a Mashable column about how parents can support young activists in their lives.
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What is white-nose syndrome in bats?
Biologist Winifred Frick wrote an article about white-nose syndrome in bats for the Conversation, which was also published in the Chron, Register Citizen, and other media outlets.
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A prairie flower than flourishes with fire
Botanist Ingrid Parker was quoted in a New York Times article about research on the effects of fire on prairie plants.
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Seismic biomarkers in Japan Trench fault zone reveal history of large earthquakes
Earth scientist Heather Savage and ocean scientist Pratigya Polissar were quoted in coverage of their research on seismic faults in the Japan Trench, including stories in PhysOrg, Science Daily, Scienmag, Long Room, and other media outlets.
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What’s tangling up the humpback whales? A food chain snarled by climate change
Applied math and fisheries researcher Jarrod Santora was quoted in coverage of his research on whale entanglements, including stories in the Los Angeles Times, KQED News, Monterey Herald, Scientific American, San Jose Mercury News, Sacramento Bee, Miami Herald, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Forbes, Guardian, and other media outlets.
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The Complicated Business of Racial Segregation
Medium did a nice writeup about a series of studies coauthored by economist Justin Marion that looked at the economic dynamics of movie theatre segregation in the 1950s.
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Emerging field of ‘forensic genealogy’ links DNA testing and family histories to solve cold cases
Biomolecular engineer Ed Green was featured in a story about DNA testing and forensics that ran in the San Jose Mercury News, East Bay Times, Monterey Herald, and Santa Cruz Sentinel.
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Young galaxies transformed the early universe by blowing bubbles
Astronomer Garth Illingworth was quoted in a Popular Science article about the earliest galaxies.
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Vera Rubin gets a telescope of her own
Astronomer Natalie Batalha was quoted in a New York Times article about the naming of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory by the NSF (renaming what had been the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope in honor of Vera Rubin).
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All hail the mushroom
Biologist Christian Schwarz was quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about the annual Fungus Fair.