Social Sciences
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Republican Bill Would Raise Tax on University Endowments
A Reuters article discussed new research by Economics Professor George Bulman that shows how universities with growing endowments enroll fewer low-income students and students of color.
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The ‘good jobs’ challenge India faces
Distinguished Professor of Economics Nirvikar Singh wrote an article for Financial Express about inadequate growth in jobs with good wages and working conditions.
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Ask Lookout: When I scrape my plate into my new food scraps bin, where does it go?
Environmental Studies Professor Elliott Campbell spoke with Lookout Santa Cruz to explain the science of how composting food scraps can help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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New tech aims to track carbon in every tree, boost carbon market integrity
Environmental Studies Professor Karen Holl spoke with Mongabay about the importance of long-term monitoring to assess the impacts of reforestation campaigns.
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A Key to Controlling Emissions: More Buildings in a City’s Unused Spaces
The New York Times cited research by Associate Professor of Sociology Hillary Angelo in an article about the climate benefits of infill development.
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Driving the Future? Green Justice and the Lithium Valley
Sociology and Environmental Studies Professor and Institute for Social Transformation Faculty Director Chris Benner coauthored an article about how "solidarity economics" principles could be applied to discussions of lithium extraction in the Salton Sea region.
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UCSC prof Rob Fairlie talks Santa Cruz turning its dream of a small-business downtown into reality
Rob Fairlie spoke with Lookout Santa Cruz about his research on minority-owned businesses and shared thoughts on how to support diversity among small businesses in downtown Santa Cruz.
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Have American jails become the inferior replacement for mental hospitals?
Psychology Professor Craig Haney shared historical context with Salon on how policy decisions in the U.S. have resulted in more people with mental illness being incarcerated.
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Supportive environment does little for LGBTQ youth mental health
Psychology Professsor Phil Hammack's research on LGBTQ mental health in different types of communities across California was featured in a Los Angeles Blade article.
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Politics influenced Gavin Newsom’s decision to veto supervised drug-use sites. But not in the way you think
Professor Emeritus of Sociology Craig Reinarman spoke with the San Francisco Chronicle about Gavin Newsom's recent decision to veto a bill that would have created pilot sites for supervised drug use.
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How Fixes to the $800 Billion Covid Relief Program Got Money to More Small Businesses
A Bloomberg analysis of changes to the Paycheck Protection Program shared congressional testimony from Economics Professor Rob Fairlie.
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Two Years After CZU: Rethinking Wildfire Prevention
Anthropology Professor and Department Chair Andrew Mathews spoke with Good Times about the history of fire suppression in forest management and the need to embrace "good fire."