Media Coverage
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Climate Change Is Driving These Cute Mountain Critters Out of Their Homes
Biologist Joseph Stewart was quoted in coverage of his research on local extinction of pikas in the Sierra Nevada due to climate change, including stories from LiveScience, Discover, Gizmodo, Daily Mail, KQED News, Scientific American, SFGate, Environmental News Network, Lake Tahoe News, and other media outlets.
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Century-old seal pelts reveal changes in Ross Sea ecosystem
Biologists Daniel Costa and Luis Huckstadt were quoted in coverage of their research on Weddell seals in Antarctica, including stories from PhysOrg, SciNexx, Daily Catch, Science Daily, and other media outlets.
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Incredible storytelling computer developed using an IBM 650 in the 1960s is rediscovered
Computer scientist James Ryan was quoted in stories in the Daily Mail, Long Room, and other media outlets about a 1960s-era computer program he rediscovered which was able to generate simple stories.
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How should we talk about race and class in the Trump era?
Humanities dean Tyler Stovall was a guest on a one-hour KALW (San Francisco Public Radio) program that featured a conversation about race In the wake of the deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, focusing on the question: "How should we talk about issues like race, class, and labor in the Trump era?"
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UC Berkeley proclaims ‘year of free speech’
The Santa Cruz Sentinel quoted feminist studies professor Bettina Aptheker in a story about how the new UC Berkeley chancellor declared "a year of free speech” in which the university will recount the origins of its free speech legacy and invite both conservative and liberal speakers to campus.
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West Coast ocean fog carries mercury, a neurotoxin, to land, science reveals
Environmental toxicologist Peter Weiss-Penzias was featured in a story about his research on mercury in coastal fog in the San Jose Mercury News, Santa Cruz Sentinel, and Monterey Herald.
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Close to Home: NEA helps keep poetry, arts in schools
A story in the The Press Democrat noted that many past champions from the National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Out Loud program in Sonoma County who were motivated, but dealing with other challenges like low income or new language, now have degrees from UCLA and UCSC and are launching careers.
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What happened to monuments to fallen regimes around the world
Humanities dean Tyler Stovall was quoted in a CNN story about the history of Confederate monuments in the United States. The story was also picked up by WSLS-10 TV in Virginia.
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For astronomers, a neutron star merger could eclipse the eclipse
Astrophysicist Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz was quoted in articles about neutron star mergers in Quanta, National Geographic, Wired, and other media outlets.
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Pacific Grove ordered to think beyond the seawall
Geologist Gary Griggs was featured in a KAZU news story about seawalls on the California coast, and was also quoted in a story about beach sand and dams in E&E News.
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What makes algal blooms toxic?
Research on toxic algal blooms led by ocean scientist Marilou Sison-Mangus was covered in PhysOrg, Science Daily, Alaska Native News, and Health Medicine Network.
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New book from UCSC’s Gary Griggs exposes coastal dangers
Geologist Gary Griggs is featured in a Good Times interview about his new book, Coasts in Crisis.