Social Sciences
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Covering canals with solar panels could save California billions of gallons of water, says new study
Environmental Studies postdoctoral researcher Brandi McKuin joined the Press Play radio program on KCRW to discuss findings from her latest paper with Professor Elliott Campbell and collaborators at UC Merced. This research was also covered by CBC Radio and ABC 30.
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Sexual and Gender Diversity in an Era of Radical Authenticity
Psychology Professor Phil Hammack kicked off his new column for Psychology Today with an article about how a new generation is leading a revolution in how we think about sexual and gender diversity.
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The economics of covering California’s water system with solar panels
Ars Technica covered the latest research from Environmental Studies Postdoctoral Researcher Brandi McKuin and Professor Elliott Campbell about the economic feasibility of covering the state's water conveyance canals with solar panels. This research was also covered in Popular Science, Gizmodo, Courthouse News and other outlets.
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Why covering canals with solar panels is a power move
WIRED interviewed Brandi McKuin, an environmental studies postdoctoral researcher, about her new paper with Environmental Studies Professor Elliott Campbell that showed the potential benefits of covering California's water conveyance canals with solar panels.
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One year later: How COVID killed small businesses
Economics Professor Rob Fairlie spoke with Bay Area television station KTVU about how businesses have fared a year into the pandemic.
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As Uber avoided paying into unemployment, the federal government helped thousands of its drivers weather the pandemic
Sociology Professor Chris Benner was quoted by The Washington Post as part of an article documenting how app-based workers fell back on federal pandemic aid intended for small businesses.
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Keeping youth politically engaged after they voted in record numbers last year
Associate Professor of Sociology Veronica Terriquez talked with San Francisco public radio station KALW about what it might take to keep young voters politically engaged following their high turnout rates in the 2020 elections.
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The 110 women of 2020 according to the Corriere
Italy’s most widely read newspaper, Corriere della Sera, ranked UC Santa Cruz assistant professor of sociology Camilla Hawthorne number 20 among the world's top women of the year for her research on the Black diaspora across the Mediterranean.
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Power 100: Most influential people in 2020 in the contemporary artworld
The London-based magazine ArtReview released their annual Power 100 ranking, with Feral Atlas: The More Than Human Anthropocene, a project curated by UC Santa Cruz anthropology professor Anna Tsing, at number 15.
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‘Revolutionary’ federal stimulus bill could cut California child poverty by half
CalMatters interviewed Sociology Professor Chris Benner about how funding through the child tax credit extension could alleviate financial anxiety and allow parents to seek new economic opportunities.
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Study Finds Climate Change Alters West Coast Trees
Good Times Santa Cruz talked with Environmental Studies Professor and Founding Director of the Forest Ecology Research Plot Greg Gilbert and Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Kai Zhu about how data collected by student interns is contributing to larger studies of climate change impacts on forests.
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North Bay Student Maximus Vega Overcame Huge Obstacles To Excel
CBSN Bay Area celebrated UC Santa Cruz first-year psychology student Maximus Vega for the challenges he overcame during middle school and high school on his way to becoming a proud Banana Slug today.