TuesdayNewsdayVol. 6 - Issue 32 - May 05, 2020 | ![UC Santa Cruz](/tuesday-newsday/images/tn-uc-santa-cruz.png) |
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![](/tuesday-newsday/2020/may-05/images/car-street-600px.jpg) An online survey captured the pandemic's effects on app-based workers—a growing population that enjoys little job security and few employment rights. |
A new survey of app-based ride-hailing and food and grocery-delivery workers in San Francisco underscores the financial vulnerability of workers in the gig economy—and the coronavirus has made their plight much worse. |
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![Chats with Chancellor Cindy](/2020/05/images/conversations-cindy-250px.jpg) | Chancellor Cindy Larive shares an update about COVID-19 testing and research underway at UC Santa Cruz. |
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![UC Santa Cruz Minute](/2020/05/images/slug-crown-250px.jpg) | Take a hike up to Crown and Merrill colleges, home to KZSC and the Lionel Cantú Queer Center, and watch squirrels scamper up redwoods. |
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![Natural history updates: Who's tweeting?](/tuesday-newsday/2020/may-05/images/bird-wire-250px.jpg) | Spring is the breeding season for birds. The campus is alive with the songs, tweets, calls, and chirps of birds as they attract mates, build nests, and raise their young. |
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![Political science explains COVID-19 responses](/tuesday-newsday/2020/may-05/images/niedzwiecki-sara-250.jpg) | In 'Americas Quarterly', assistant professor of politics Sara Niedzwiecki compares the varied approaches of Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico. |
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![#GivingTuesdayNow focused on COVID-19](/2020/05/images/covid-19-slug-support-250px.jpg) | The campaign is raising money for Slug Support and vital research in the fight against COVID-19. |
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![UCSC joins Association of Pacific Rim Universities](/tuesday-newsday/2020/may-05/images/apru-500px.jpg) | Membership gives the campus another opportunity to widen institutional partnerships and relationships on a critically important international stage. |
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![Nimmo elected to National Academy of Sciences](/tuesday-newsday/2020/may-05/images/francis-nimmo-300.jpg) | Francis Nimmo, professor of Earth and planetary sciences, has been recognized for his distinguished and continuing research achievements. |
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![Pat Zavella publishes book about reproductive justice](/tuesday-newsday/2020/may-05/images/zavella-pat-250.jpg) | The new book blends research, history, theory, and memoir to showcase collaborative work across racial lines of reproductive justice organizations. |
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