Media Coverage
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From the U.S. to Saudi Arabia, women had to fight to vote
Distinguished Professor of Feminist Studies Bettina Aptheker was quoted in a Natiional Geographic story about how women around the world have had to actively fight for women’s suffrage.
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A giant glob of deadly algae Is floating off the West Coast
Coverage of the west coast toxic algae bloom continues with a story in Mother Jones, with quotes from ocean scientist Raphael Kudela.
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Talib Akbar's behavior deteriorated during his time in the 'hole’
An article on solitary confinement by the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Reporting used comments made by Craig Haney, distinguished professor of psychology, to the New York Times and the PBS program Frontline. It was published in the Green Bay Press Gazette and Chippewa Herald.
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UCSC alumnus and film undergrad win awards
The Santa Cruz Sentinel announced that Emmy Award-winning alumnus Cary Fukunaga and current film and digital media undergraduate student Jeny Amaya have been honored with 2015 Princess Grace Awards.
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Warmer water temperatures bring southern species
Research diver Colin Gaylord was quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about the effects of unusually warm water on marine life.
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Fog belt: Santa Cruz trees faring better than some in drought
Michael Loik, associate professor of environmental studies, was quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel article on how trees in the area are suffering from the drought.
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Toxic algae bloom poisons marine life from California to Alaska
Ocean scientist Raphael Kudela was a guest on KQED Forum to discuss the toxic algae bloom along the West Coast.
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Cascadia fault chatters and pops with little quakes
Seismologist Susan Schwartz was quoted in a Seattle Times article about earthquakes on the Cascadia fault. The story also ran in several other newspapers in the Pacific Northwest.
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Meet Alan Chadwick, the high priest of hippie horticulture
An article in Modern Farmer magazine remembers Alan Chadwick, who started the campus garden that now bears his name and led to the Apprenticeship in Ecological Horticulture. The colorful profile by Santa Cruz writer Sara Solovitch describes how Chadwick arrived, how he left, and how UCSC’s leadership in sustainable agriculture education stems in part from…
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It’s not just poor and uneducated Mexicans who move to the U.S.
Astrophysicist Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz is featured in a story about highly educated Mexicans who move to the United States that ran in the Sacramento Bee and other McClatchy newspapers around the country.
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Arctic GEOTRACES Week One
Postdoctoral researcher Katlin Bowman is blogging for the Huffington Post about the U.S. GEOTRACES Arctic expedition, which includes ocean scientist Phoebe Lam and other UC Santa Cruz researchers.
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California scientists try to stay ahead of bat-killing disease
Biologists Joseph Hoyt and Winifred Frick are quoted in a Sacramento Bee article about the threat of white-nose syndrome for bats in the western states.