UCSC in the News is a weekly column summarizing prominent media placements UCSC faculty, staff, and students have received.
USA Today featured economics professor Joshua Aizenman in a recent article about governments around the world holding off on calls to stimulate their economies by easing interest rates, cutting taxes, or embracing major new spending initiatives. "They don't see the urgency that we face," Aizenman told the paper.
An episode of the British TV documentary series Extraordinary Animals called "The Smartest Sea Lion" focused on Long Marine Lab's Rio and the researchers who work with her: Ron Schusterman, Colleen Reichmuth, and Kristy Lindemann.
Recent findings by climate researcher James Zachos were reported in the Santa Cruz Sentinel, Contra Costa Times, Tri-Valley Herald, Hindustan Times, and Science Daily.
Sociology's Paul Lubeck appeared on KUSP Radio's Talk of the Bay program to discuss the results of the elections in Pakistan.
The Monterey Herald reported on a regional water initiative led in part by UCSC's new Center for Integrated Water Research that has proposed, among other things, an inland desalination plant powered by burning methane produced by garbage waste.
A Metro Santa Cruz article featuring new books by local writers spotlighted Sticks and Stones: The Philosophy of Insults by professor of humanities Jerome Neu, Local Girl Makes History by history professor Dana Frank, and New Mexico's Palace of the Governors by humanities lecturer Emily Abbink.
Media Highlights provides monthly summaries of "UCSC in the News" columns.
