Media Coverage
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What Does an A Really Mean?
"While within a given course an A may be tied to consistent criteria, across courses and especially across institutions, it’s what people in my field of literary studies would call an 'arbitrary signifier.' That is, it means whatever the individual faculty member says it means. Much too often — though not always — in the…
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California’s Highway 1 road conditions will only get riskier, experts say
“We have been lucky,” said Dr. Gary Griggs, a coastal erosion expert at University of California, Santa Cruz, of the safety record along the most rugged stretches of this road. Fast-moving debris flows and the underground churn that chews through the concrete can cause fatalities if cars are caught in the erosion. “Almost a century…
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Arizona declares Pluto 'official state planet' despite being relegated to dwarf status
"It's a big elliptical hole in the ground, so the extra weight must be hiding somewhere beneath the surface. And an ocean is a natural way to get that," said lead author Francis Nimmo, from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
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UC Santa Cruz’s Deep Read Brings ‘Trust’ To International Community
The University of California Santa Cruz's The Deep Read, now in its fifth year, is focusing on Hernan Diaz's "Trust" this spring, culminating with an appearance by the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist in May. Sponsored by the university's Humanities Institute, the free program, in which readers dig deep into a text over a series of four…
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Can't make sense of record-breaking weather? Take a trip to Art Souterrain
Festival Art Souterrain, a contemporary art exhibition, will feature micha cárdenas' immersive installation, The Probability Engine: Permafrost and Ice. This project lets you see what would happen if Canada's boreal permafrost melted away. Additional coverage in La Presse.
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Luar, Willy Chavarría among Latinos rising in fashion
Edward Salazar Celis, a doctoral student in Latin American and Latino studies, spoke with Axios about the history of Latino and Latin American fashion design.
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How Tanghulu Went From a Chinese Street Snack to a Colorful Controversy
Culinary magazine Bon Appétit spoke with Anthropology Professor Nancy Chen about the history and medicinal uses for traditional Tanghulu skewers made from hawthorn.
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Successful reforestation is keeping the Eastern U.S. cooler
For an article about the positive impacts of reforestation, Scientific American interviewed Environmental Studies Professor Karen Holl to clarify under which conditions reforestation campaigns are appropriate and most likely to provide benefits.
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By running again, Biden gambling with American democracy
Professor and Chair of Politics Daniel Wirls wrote an opinion column for the Santa Cruz Sentinel about the Democratic Party's 2024 election strategy.
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TEDxSantaCruz announces speakers for first conference in five years
Economics Professor Galina Hale and Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela are among the selected speakers for an upcoming TEDxSanta Cruz event, which will also feature UCSC alumni and a current graduate student.
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Dozens of Artists, 3 Critics: Who’s Afraid of the Whitney Biennial 2024?
University of California, Santa Cruz Arts and Humanities Professor Sir Isaac Julien’s masterful video and sculpture installation is a highlight of the show. It remakes the dialogue between the Harlem Renaissance philosopher Alain Locke and the collector-philanthropist Albert C. Barnes, and there is an absorbing discussion of how Europeans and Americans viewed African sculpture — and the responses of…
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New succulent species named by UC Santa Cruz botanist
Emeritus Director of Research at the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum & Botanic Garden Stephen McCabe has helped name yet another succulent species in the genus Dudleya, called Dudleya chasmophyta, or the crevice-loving Dudleya, which is found exclusively on a cliff band in Orange County. Additional coverage in the East Bay Times and Mercury News.