Media Coverage
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Cary Fukunaga: Cinema Sans Comfort Zone
Birth.Movies.Death magazine featured an extensive story about alumnus and acclaimed fillmmaker Cary Fukunaga, noting that while in his 20s, he developed an interest in film after graduating from UC Santa Cruz with a degree in history.
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UCSC’s Sesnon Gallery hosts an ode to Okinawa
The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a story about The Gail Project: An Okinawan-American Dialogue, a photo exhibition presented by the Arts Division and the Institute for Humanities Research, opening on campus at the Mary Porter Sesnon Gallery. A separate feature about the exhibition was also published in the Santa Cruz Good Times.
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Why food-obsessed millennials suck at cooking
Memory expert Benjamin Storm, an associate professor of psychology, was quoted in an Angle News story about millennials who rely on smartphones and tablets when they cook, saying that reliance breeds dependence, erodes memory, and diminishes skill development.
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Violent crime in Mexico is at a 20-year high. This is why Mexico’s political parties don’t fix it.
Undergraduate Jennifer Bejar and Ph.D. candidate Michael Wilson Becerril coauthored an opinion column about record violence in Mexico that was published on the Washington Post's Monkey Cage blog.
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Chris Wilmers: Professor of Environmental Studies at UCSC and Lead Investigator of the Santa Cruz Puma Project
Puma expert Chris Wilmers, professor of environmental studies, was featured in a podcast produced by BeProvided Conservation Radio.
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Deep-sea elephant seal secrets: What do they eat down there?
Biologist Sarah Kienle was quoted in an article about elephant seals in the San Luis Obispo Tribune.
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Gloria E. Anzaldua: Google Doodle salutes ‘Borderlands’ author who defied divisive bias
The Washington Post ran an article about the Google home page celebrating the 75th birthday of the late author, Gloria E. Anzaldúa, noting that she posthumously received a doctorate in literature from UC Santa Cruz.
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Trump’s EPA: Who cares about environmental racism?
Assistant Professor of Sociology Lindsey Dillon was quoted in a Salon article about how the Trump administration is systematically rolling back environmental protections and dismantling the achievements of the environmental justice movement.
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Robots are here to stay, so let's make them better, says psychologist
Robot expert Leila Takayama's research in psychology was featured in Tech Xplore.
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As communities rebuild after hurricanes, study shows wetlands can significantly reduce property damage
Coastal scientists Siddharth Narayan and Michael Beck wrote an article for the Conversation about coastal wetlands and storm damage, which was published in the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and other media outlets across the country.
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Privacy, accuracy, bias: UC Santa Cruz research tackles big data
Data scientists Lise Getoor and Abel Rodriguez were featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about data science research at UC Santa Cruz.
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What caused Mexico's two major earthquakes in two weeks?
Seismologist Emily Brodsky was quoted in a LiveScience story about the earthquakes in Mexico, and she was also interviewed by KION TV.