Media Coverage
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UCSC art professor on championing environmental change since 1969
The Santa Cruz Sentinel interviewed artist, environmental activist, and eminent UCSC professor of art Newton Harrison, a keynote speaker at the fifth annual UC Santa Cruz Climate Science and Policy Conference.
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Real-life ‘Casablanca’ story is even more dramatic than the Hollywood classic
The Times of Israel quoted Alma Rachel Heckman, the Neufeld-Levin Chair of Holocaust Studies and assistant professor of history and Jewish studies, in an article about a new book that explores the story of the many Jewish refugees in the Vichy Moroccan port of Casablanca fleeing the Holocaust.
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The search for primordial black holes continues
Physicist Christian Johnson was quoted in an Astronomy story about the search for primordial black holes.
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The fitness-data revolution is just getting started
Computational media professor Katherine Isbister was quoted in a Wall Street Journal story about companies using fitness data to create personalized fitness programs.
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All the wild horses are extinct, study says
Biologist Beth Shapiro was quoted in international coverage of a study of wild horses, including stories from AFP, Japan Times, Yahoo News, and other media outlets.
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The children of H-1B visa holders are growing up — and still waiting for green cards
In a piece about the children of H-1B visa holders, Public Radio International featured Education Professor Lora Bartlett's research on the overseas recruitment of teachers to work in US schools.
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Florida, A Big Death-Penalty State, Weighs What to Do About School Shooting
As part of its coverage of the shooting in Parkland, Florida, the Wall Street Journal cited a public-opinion survey by Craig Haney about sentencing options for people convicted of murder in Florida.
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Share the data: David Haussler envisions a new future for pediatric cancer
Bio-IT World covered a talk by biomolecular engineer David Haussler at a recent conference in San Francisco, where he discussed the Genomics Institute's work on pediatric cancer.
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Do trees talk to each other?
Botanist Lincoln Taiz was quoted in a Smithsonian article about communication and cooperation among trees in forests.
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Black Restaurant Week: Across U.S., Events Remind Diners, 'We're Here. Support Us'
Economist Rob Fairlie's research on black-owned businesses was mentioned in an NPR report about Black Restaurant Week.
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Government takes SNAP ‘harvest box’ proposal to a patronizing extreme
Social Sciences Professor Julie Guthman was quoted in Boston Globe columnist Yvonne Abraham's commentary about the Trump administration's proposal to scale back food-assistance programs, calling the ideas "punitive and insulting."
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Animal trainers gone wild
Biologist Terrie Williams and animal trainer Beau Richter were featured in a Hakai magazine story about their work with wild Weddell seals in Antarctica.