Social Sciences
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Why do Indian-Americans win spelling bee contests?
An article by the BBC referenced research contributed by economics professor Nirvikar Singh.
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Facebook grapples with heartache as it jogs memories
The Star online, the web version of the Toronto Star quoted psychology professor Steve Whittaker in an article on Facebook memories.
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UC Santa Cruz senior paints a path to success
The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a senior business economics major in an article about a painting service that uses college students.
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Anders Breivik: Can Norway be too humane to a terrorist?
A Christian Science Monitor article on a Norwegian mass murderer and his prison sentence, contrasting it with U.S. prison practices, featured extensive comments from Craig Haney, University Professor of psychology and legal studies.
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2016’s best cities for Hispanic entrepreneurs
Economics department chair and professor Robert Fairlie was featured in a study about 2016's best cities for Hispanic entrepreneurs published by Wallet Hub, a website based in Washington, D.C. aimed at small business owners.
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What we know about the people who clean the floors in Silicon Valley
The Washington Post “Wonk Blog" wrote about a report by environmental studies professor Chris Benner, executive director of the Everett Program, about the ethnic disparity between high-tech workers in Silicon Valley and the contract workers who staff corporate campuses as janitors, landscapers, food service workers, and shuttle bus drivers.
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UCSC’s Chris Benner: Lessons from Kansas City, Salt Lake City and Oklahoma City
The Santa Cruz Sentinel covered a talk by environmental studies professor Chris Benner to the Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce Women in Business luncheon.
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In animated, Oscar-nominated doc, a man turns his brother in for murder
Psychology professor Craig Haney was quoted in an NPR report on the documentary short by arts professor Dee Hibbert-Jones that was nominated for an Academy Award.
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Craig Reinarman: It’s High Time
Craig Reinarman, professor of sociology and legal studies, and alumna Wendy Chapkis, professor of sociology at the University of Southern Maine, are the authors of a package of articles on federal drug policy in Contexts, a quarterly magazine of the American Sociological Assn. that brings social research to general readers.
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Phillip Hammack: Going the distance: contact vs. motivation
The Jerusalem Post published an op-ed by Andrew Pilecki, a UCSC Ph.D. in psychology, and Phillip Hammack, associate professor of psychology, arguing that well-intentioned programs that promote contact to reduce prejudice are, at best, inconsequential, and at worst, harmful. Pilecki is a Fulbright post-doctoral researcher in Herzliya, Israel.
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Study says Sarao may not have been responsible for flash crash
Bloomberg Business News wrote an article about a draft paper, "The Flash Crash: A New Deconstruction," by Eric Aldrich in economics, Greg Laughlin, astronomy and astrophysics, and a Stanford colleague that analyzes on a millisecond level the May 2010 “flash crash” that drove the Dow Jones Industrial Average down nearly 1,000 points. Reuters and the…
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Jenny Reardon, sociologist between science and justice
The French daily Le Monde published a profile of Jenny Reardon, professor of sociology and director of the Science and Justice Research Center.