UCSC in the News

The Los Angeles Times quoted psychology professor Craig Haney in an article about the persistence of indefinite solitary confinement in California prisons.

A Bay Area News Group story about how the Deadhead fan base remains one of the most loyal commercial forces in popular culture, included a description of the Grateful Dead Archive at UCSC and appeared in the Monterey County Herald, Marin Independent Journal, San Jose Mercury News, Salt Lake Tribune, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and Contra Costa Times.

Assistant professor of history Catherine Jones contributed a review of Michael Fellman’s new book In the Name of God and Country: Reconsidering Terrorism in American History to the Journal of Southern History.

The Toronto Star included picks by Film and Digital Media professor B. Ruby Rich in its annual survey of films generating the most buzz at the Toronto International Film Festival.

The Santa Cruz Sentinel wrote about Farm apprentice Matthew Raiford, an accomplished chef who led the effort for the benefit Farm-to-Fork dinner.

Sociologist Andrew Szasz's award from the Environment, Technology, and Society section of the American Sociological Association was noted by the Sentinel.

The development of a new material for trapping pollutants by chemists Scott Oliver and Honghan Fei was covered by the San Jose Mercury News, Santa Cruz Sentinel, R&D Magazine, UPI, Science Daily, and Water Online.

The San Jose Mercury News and Santa Cruz Sentinel ran stories about the engineering school's new degree in network and digital technology.

Arboretum curator Melinda Kralj was quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about the Arboretum's revitalized eucalyptus grove.

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