Media Coverage
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It’s good for the planet to scrap a new petrol car and buy electric
Carbon savings from driving EVs are so large that it makes sense to scrap a working petrol car to make the switch, according to new research by environmental studies professor Elliot Campbell.
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The Classics Are Cool Again
At a time when humanities degrees are being questioned and classics departments collapsed, some colleges are seizing on the blockbuster to showcase their studies in Greek and Roman literature and culture. The University of California at Santa Cruz’s ancient-studies program hosted a two-part book club.
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The Andromeda galaxy is making far fewer stars than it used to, and astronomers think they know why
“There’s a strong scientific value to this archival data,” said study co-author Raja GuhaThakurta, a professor of astronomy at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Additional coverage in Astronomy Magazine.
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The high-voltage end of session
University of California, Santa Cruz, researchers found that California’s most vulnerable residents still don’t have easy access to the coast, 50 years after the California Coastal Act.
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Who Gets to Enjoy California’s Coast?
“Persistent barriers keep some of California’s most vulnerable and marginalized communities from the coast,” said lead author Timothy Frawley, a project scientist in the Fisheries Collaborative Program at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Additional coverage by POLITICO.
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Emperor penguin chicks like these starved. An iceberg may be the cause
“The shape of the iceberg itself trapped adult penguins as they were returning to the colony from the sea,” says Michael Polito, a marine biologist at University of California, Santa Cruz who was not involved in the work.
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NPR launches immersive Grateful Dead series in time for Jerry Garcia’s birthday
Other highlights of the series include an episode of “NPR Music+” that dissects the band’s 1987 song “Touch of Grey,” an exclusive tour of the Grateful Dead Archive at UC Santa Cruz, fan interviews and more.
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Technothriller: What a ‘Maligned Little Subgenre’ Tells Us About Our Tech Age
Professor of Film and Digital Media Soraya E A Murray taught a course about technothriller films at UCSC for several years. The class revealed technothriller films as “a great touchstone for connecting with students about the increasing presence of computational, biotech and military tech in our everyday lives,” she said.
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Mountain lions fear and avoid hikers, new study finds
As it turns out, mountain lions are also fearful — of people — and they do their best to avoid hikers, a study released this summer by University of California Santa Cruz researchers found.
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Santa Cruz mountain lions are avoiding you, UCSC study finds
According to a study out of UC Santa Cruz, you don’t need to worry about mountain lions on your favorite hiking trail. Odds are, they’re staying out of your way, even when you’re on their turf. This story also appeared in The Mercury News, East Bay Times, and the Monterey County Herald.
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Colorful birds are at greater risk of extinction than drab birds, study finds
“If you go to a market, you’ll see all those birds that are supposed to be in the forest, they’re all in cages,” Ocampo-Peñuela, with the University of California Santa Cruz, told Mongabay in a video call.
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Clear sighting of ‘wandering’ black hole reveals escapee from galaxy merger
Within weeks of the discovery of TDE 2025abcr, a team led by Kishore Patra of the University of California, Santa Cruz observed it with the W. M. Keck telescopes in Hawaii and NASA’s JWST observatory, to capture its glow in optical and infrared light. Additional coverage in Smithsonian Magazine