Media Coverage
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An Ocean View, Pollution Included: Scientists at Rio Theatre Warn of Microplastics
UCSC adjunct and environmental toxicologist Dr. Myra Finkelstein spoke of her research on Midway Atoll in the South Pacific, which revealed dangerous amounts of plastic in the eggs and digestive tracts of seabirds such as albatross. “There is also a lot of evidence that humans are also ingesting microplastics,” she said.
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Large Carnivores Are Helping To Balance Ecosystems, But It’s Complicated
The study, led by Christopher Wilmers, a professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, looked at the findings of more than 170 papers to clarify what we know about the ecological impacts of large carnivore recovery in North America and what mysteries remain.
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If another country tested nuclear weapons, here’s how we’d know
Seismologist Thorne Lay of the University of California, Santa Cruz has been involved with nuclear monitoring research for decades. Science News spoke with Lay to clarify what we know about nuclear testing around the globe.
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‘I never want to leave’: What it’s like to live on this S.F. island that’s full of young people
“Treasure Island is an example of the really critical tradeoffs that the housing shortage has forced cities like San Francisco to reckon with,” said Patrick Barnard, research director at UC Santa Cruz’s Center for Coastal Climate Resilience.
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Benjamin Breen: How AI is changing higher education
Associate Professor of History Benjamin Breen contributed an op-ed about the impact of AI on learning and teaching practices, including essay assignments, in the latest issue of The Chronicle of HIgher Education.
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Scientists conduct groundbreaking study in Calif.’s Death Valley National Park
The study’s authors have “showed record-breaking heat tolerance,” Michael Loik, an environmental studies professor and agronomist at UC Santa Cruz who was not involved in this study, told SFGATE.
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Gina Athena Ulysse: rethinking images of Haiti through the lens of photographer Leonore Mau
Humanities Professor Gina Athena Ulysse, an artist and cultural anthropologist, collaborated on the conceptual development of Out of Focus, an exhibition that reexamines how German photographer Leonore Mau’s images of Haiti are presented and interpreted. Drawing on her expertise in Haitian culture and postcolonial critique, Ulysse helped shape the show’s critical framework.
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Santa Cruz’s king tides: How experts and residents are taking part in research
The Santa Cruz Sentinel highlighted work by Professor of Computer Science and Engineering Alex Pang and graduate student Mona Zhao to use webcams, machine learning, and 3D modeling to track how beaches shift from day to day.
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How a Stomach Flu-Causing Virus Sneaks into Human Cells
The Scientist featured work led by Professor of Biomolecular Engineering Rebecca DuBois to study how human astroviruses bind to human cells at a molecular level, which could inform new preventive and therapeutic strategies.
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Emergency funds for Second Harvest Food Bank, how the shutdown is impacting UCSC and CSUMB
UC Santa Cruz Vice Chancellor for Research John MacMillan spoke with KAZU about how the current federal government shutdown is affecting campus research activities.
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High school student leads heart rate monitoring innovation at UC Santa Cruz
KSBW featured work developed in Professor of Computer Science and Engineering Katia Obraczka’s lab that uses WiFi to wirelessly monitor heart rate.
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Challenging the Myth of Firstness: John Rieder explores Zac Zimmer’s “First Contact: Speculative Visions of the Conquest of the Americas.”
Associate Professor of Literature Professor Zac Zimmer’s new book “First Contact: Challenging The Myth Of Firstness” received a detailed and laudatory review in The Los Angeles Review Of Books.