Social Sciences
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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.
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Farms laws: 3 Experts, 2 Opinions
Distinguished Professor of Economics Nirvikar Signh coauthored an op-ed on problems in agricultural reform for Times of India with Cornell University Professor and former Chief Economist of the World Bank Kaushik Basu.
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Asian-owned small businesses saw an outsized pandemic impact last year
CNBC cited Economics Professor Rob Fairlie's research in a story about how Asian-owned businesses have struggled to recover since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
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How not to reform the economy — Political strength should not lead to intellectual weakness in designing economic reforms
Distinguished Professor of Economics Nirvikar Singh wrote an article for Financial Express examining what went wrong with agricultural reforms in India that led to farmer protests.
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Planting trees helps fight climate change—but we need billions more seedlings
Environmental Studies professor Karen Holl was interviewed by National Geographic about the importance of planning for survival in tree-planting efforts.
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How to encourage your child's passion to save the world
Latin American and Latino Studies Professor Jessica Taft was interviewed by National Geographic for an article about how parents can support children's activism.