Media Coverage
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California's surf spots are heading for a wipeout
Geologist Gary Griggs was quoted in a Hakai magazine story about rising sea levels and disappearing beaches.
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Mosquitoes ready to invade the Bay Area
Biologist Marm Kilpatrick was quoted in a story about mosquito populations in the San Jose Mercury News and East Bay Times.
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Tackling seawalls and disappearing beaches: Assemblyman Mark Stone’s erosion bill progresses
Geologist Gary Griggs was quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about seawalls and sea level rise.
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Solitary confinement makes prisoners behave badly and screws up their brains
Psychology Professor Craig Haney, an expert in the psychological effects of incarceration, was featured in a Newsweek magazine article about the impacts of solitary confinement.
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Advocates Urge Trump to De-escalate with North Korea, Not Ratchet Up Threats & Military Aggression
Christine Hong, associate professor of Literature and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, was interviewed by Democracy Now! and The Real News Network about rising tension between the United States and North Korea. Hong was also featured in stories that ran in Common Dreams and the Institute for Public Accuracy.
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After 44 years publishing young writers, Gerry Mandel is ready to open a new chapter
The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a feature story about Gerry Mandel, a graduate of UCSC in 1975 (with a bachelor’s degree in French literature and a minor in Russian literature), who in 1973 co-founded Stone Soup, the literary journal for pre-adolescent writers hailed as “The New Yorker for the 8-13 set."
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How a Local Company is Shaping the Future of Virtual Reality
The Santa Cruz Good Times featured a cover story about the innovative Santa Cruz production studio of Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker and alumnus Eric Thiermann, a member of the first UC Santa Cruz graduating class with a major in literature and visual arts.
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This American war on drugs
Professor Emeritus of Sociology Craig Reinarman was a featured guest on the National Public Radio show "On the Media," discussing federal drug policy and the American "war on drugs."
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Take a stand, march for science
Environmental Studies Professor Karen Holl authored an op-ed for the Santa Cruz Sentinel about her participation in the April 22 March for Science, calling on others to join her as advocates for the free and open flow of scientific information that is not financed by corporate interests.
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Restoring California's Coastal Ecosystems
The Union of Concerned Scientists asked Environmental Studies Professor Karen Holl to author a blog post about why her research is of value to Californians.
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The Santa Cruz garden that launched a movement
The Alan Chadwick Garden and the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems were the focus of a San Francisco Chronicle article that documented the impact of 50 years of organic farming and gardening at UC Santa Cruz.
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Northern California 2017 Guggenheim fellows
Social Sciences Professor Julie Guthman's Guggenheim Fellowship was announced in the San Francisco Chronicle; the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation also took out a full-page ad in the New York Times to announce the 2017 fellows.