Media Coverage
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More than 1,000,000 tons of rock and dirt has to be moved off Highway 1. But how?
UCSC geologists were quoted in coverage of the Big Sur landslide, including Noah Finnegan in the Los Angeles Times and San Diego Union-Tribune, and Gary Griggs in the San Francisco Chronicle.
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Is San Francisco’s building boom taking a toll on poorest neighborhoods?
Environmental toxicologist Peter Weiss was interviewed on NBC Bay Area for a story about air pollution in San Francisco.
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UC Santa Cruz professor digs into Lyme disease research
Biologist Marm Kilpatrick was featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about his research on Lyme disease.
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The most important scientist you've never heard of
Environmental toxicologist Russ Flegal is quoted in an article on Mental Floss about pioneering lead researcher Clair Patterson.
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America’s love-hate relationship with the fidget spinner: Is technology to blame for our restlessness?
Computational media professor Katherine Isbister was featured in stories in the Washington Post and Wired about the popularity of "fidget spinners."
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Entrepreneur in a low-income area? Good luck getting a bank loan
Economist Robert Fairlie was quoted in a KQED story about entrepreneurs in low-income areas and their limited access to bank credit. Entrepreneurs in predomoinantly minority and underserved communities have less access to capital, which contributes to slower growth rates and higher failure rates, he said.
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Fidget toys aren’t just hype
Computational media professor Katherine Isbister wrote an article on the fidget spinner craze for the Conversation, and it was republished in Scientific American and dozens of other media outlets.
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California cracks down on last beachfront sand-mining operation in U.S.
Geologist Gary Griggs is quoted in a San Jose Mercury News story about efforts to shut down a sand mining operation in Monterey County.
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Life's origins by land or sea? Debate gets hot
Biochemist David Deamer is quoted in an article about the origins of life in Scientific American and Chemistry World.
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A historian of the American West shares her insights
The New Yorker magazine featured an article about humanities alumna Patricia Limerick and a talk she gave in Burns, Oregon, near the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, to both supporters and opponents of last year’s six-week takeover by armed protesters.
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Go face to face with elephant seals in VR
Graduate students Caroline Casey and Rachel Holser and their research on elephant seals at Año Nuevo are featured in an episode of USA Today's virtual reality series "VRtually There", distributed on the USA Today Network to media outlets throughout the country.
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The Long, Dirty History of U.S. Warmongering against North Korea
Christine Hong, associate professor of Literature and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, contributed an article to The Progressive, giving a historical perspective to the current rising tensions between the U.S. and North Korea.