Media Coverage
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Property-Tax Reform Plan Qualifies for 2020 California Ballot
A report by Chris Benner, professor of environmental studies and sociology, was cited in a Courthouse News Service article about the qualification of a 2020 ballot initiative that would roll back portions of Proposition 13.
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Silicon Valley's Top 10% Are Doing Better Than Ever. Here's Why Everyone Else Is Doing Worse
Fortune magazine covered Chris Benner's report about wealth inequality in Silicon Valley, which found that middle-class workers have seen wages drop as much as 14 percent in the past two decades.
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Epigenetic 'memories' that could pass on a father's life experiences seen in worm sperm
Biologist Susan Strome was quoted in coverage of her lab's research on transgenerational epigenetic inheritance, including stories in Forbes, Daily Mail, UPI, Medical News, Science Daily, Bioengineer, Long Room, and other media outlets.
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‘Today I wear the pants’: The powerful message behind Lady Gaga’s billowy oversize suit
The Washington Post's coverage of Lady Gaga's "big suit" included a quote from the book, The Woman in the Zoot Suit, by Catherine Ramirez, associate professor of Latin American and Latino Studies.
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When houses of prayer become places of shelter
Social Sciences Dean Katharyne Mitchell, a professor of sociology, was quoted in an article in The Economist about religious communities across the United States that are providing sanctuary to immigrants who fear deportation.
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Climate change will make hundreds of millions more people nutrient deficient
Kai Zhu of Environmental Studies was quoted in a News Today article about the effects of climate change on food production and the impacts they will have on people in the poorest regions.
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In 'A Dream Called Home,' author Reyna Grande chronicles her path to the American Dream
NBC News featured a story about alumna Reyna Grande and her new memoir about her first year of college at UC Santa Cruz. La Bloga, the Chicana/Chicano, Latina/Latino literary blog, also featured a review of her book.
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Honduran migrant caravan crosses Guatemala border, US-bound
An Associated Press news story quoted emerita history professor Dana Frank, an expert on human rights and U.S. policy in Honduras, about the political implications of a Honduran migrant caravan headed for the United States less than a month before the midterm elections.
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Santa Cruz officials face hard decisions with badly eroding bluff
Geologist Gary Griggs was featured in a TV news story on Bay Area CBS affiliate KPIX about erosion along West Cliff Drive in Santa Cruz.
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Iconic Joshua trees may disappear—but scientists are fighting back
Environmental studies graduate student Juniper Harrower was quoted in a National Geographic article about joshua trees and the threats they face due to climate change.
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How Harvard’s investments exacerbate global land and water conflicts
Assistant Professor Madeleine Fairbairn of Environmental Studies was quoted in a Grist article about how Harvard University is buying up large swaths of farmland around the world.
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Housing crisis breeds opportunity
Faculty members Miriam Greenberg and Steve McKay of Sociology coauthored an op-ed for the Santa Cruz Sentinel about the local housing crisis and their No Place Like Home community-engaged research initiative.