Media Coverage
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In Peru’s Deserts, Melting Glaciers Are a Godsend (Until They’re Gone)
Environmental Studies Professor Jeff Bury was quoted prominently in a New York Times story about the impacts of climate change on farming in Peru, where warming temperatures are melting glacial ice, providing a new–but finite–source of water.
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Nathan Altice: West Coast job tests Southern family ties
Computational media professor Nathan Altice wrote an opinion piece for the San Francisco Chronicle about navigating the political and cultural distances between himself and his family in Virginia.
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Most blue whales are 'right-handed' and UC Santa Cruz researchers think they know why
Biologist Ari Friedlaender was quoted in news coverage of his research on blue whales, including stories in the San Francisco Chronicle, National Geographic, Nature, Science News, Scienmag, Science Daily, New Atlas, Global Post, Xinhua News, and other media outlets.
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Bioethics: Justice in genomics
The new book by Sociology Professor Jenny Reardon, The Postgenomic Condition: Ethics, Justice, and Knowledge After the Genome, was reviewed by Nature.
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Santa Cruz County Community Assessment Project to honor 14 heroes
The Santa Cruz Sentinel announced that Steve McKay, associate professor of sociology, is being honored as a "community hero" by the Community Assessment Project; CAP recognized his work on the local housing crisis and a major survey that captured the experiences of renters.
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Susan Solt brings the savvy of filmmaking to her role as Dean of the Arts at UCSC
The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a front-page story about UC Santa Cruz dean of the Arts Division, Susan Solt.
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Blue whales invade Monterey Bay
Biologist Elliott Hazen was quoted in stories about blue whales in Monterey Bay in the San Jose Mercury News, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Monterey Herald, and other media outlets.
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GOP tax plan aims to trim college tuition benefits
The San Francisco Chronicle published an op-ed by Jody Greene, professor of literature and director of the Center for Innovations in Teaching and Learning, about how the proposed Republican tax reform bill in Congress would have particularly negative consequences for graduate students.
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Why did the passenger pigeon go extinct? The answer might lie in their toes
Biologists Gemma Murray and Beth Shapiro were featured in widespread news coverage of their research on passenger pigeons, including stories on NPR's All Things Considered, the New York Times, Washington Post, Atlantic, Forbes, Independent, Yahoo News, and many other media outlets.
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Why Pluto is even colder than it should be
Planetary scientist Xi Zhang was quoted in widespread coverage of his research on Pluto's atmosphere, including stories in the Washington Post, New Scientist, Nature, Daily Mail, Space.com, Popular Science, Scientific American, Astronomy, MSN, Yahoo News, and other media outlets.
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C&EN's 10 startups to watch 2017
Nanopore pioneers David Deamer and Mark Akeson, and other UCSC researchers, were mentioned in a story about startup company 2 Pore Guys in Chemical & Engineering News.
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Excavating New York, Frame by Frame
Associate professor of film and digital media Rick Prelinger was featured in the New York Times for his latest work, “Lost Landscapes of New York," in which critic Manohla Dargis described the film as a "wondrous compilation…drawn from a variety of sources, including old home movies and "process plates" material used as backgrounds in commercial…