Social Sciences
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Feds Gone Wild: Why Federal Agents Act Badly
Sociology and legal studies professor Craig Reinarman was quoted by Foreign Policy in an article on scandals involving DEA and Secret Service agents.
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UCSC professor details effects of mass incarceration
The Santa Cruz Sentinel covered psychology professor Craig Haney’s Faculty Research Lecture
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From bad to worse: California has seen droughts before, but this one just isn’t letting up
The Toronto Globe and Mail talked with Ruth Langridge, a lecturer and researcher in legal studies, about threats to groundwater supplies for an article on Gov. Brown’s executive order mandating water use restrictions.
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Daniel Wirls: Gridlock in Washington? Not when it comes to military spending
The San Francisco Chronicle published an op-ed by politics professor Daniel Wirls on the continued rise in military spending.
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UC Santa Cruz Carbon Fund jump starts climate action projects
The Santa Cruz Sentinel quoted environmental studies professor Adam Millard-Ball in an article about the student-funded carbon fund and how its proceeds are used to create climate action projects. Ball is the advisor to the fund.
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Foreign teachers come at a price, experts say
Education professor Lora Bartlett was the featured expert that the Atlanta Journal-Constitution interviewed for an article in a series on the exploitation of foreign teachers in U.S. schools.
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UCSC art and science researchers partner to save Joshua tree
The Santa Cruz Sentinel and San Jose Mercury News ran a story about a collaboration between UC Santa Cruz art research associate Geoffrey Thomas and environmental studies graduate studenti Juniper Harrower, focusing on their study of the Joshua tree, a desert plant in peril.
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Saving old information can boost memory for new information
Time online and several other publications and websites wrote about a study on technology and memory that psychology professor Benjamin Storm published in the journal Psychological Science. Others covering the study include Science Daily, Economic Times, Huffington Post (UK), and Geek.com.
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Short Talk Can Change People’s Views on Marriage of Same-Sex Couples
Livescience asked psychology professor Phillip Hammack for comment in an article about a study that showed how attitudes toward gay marriage may change when one is asked about it by an openly gay person.
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Common-Core Math Standards Put New Focus on English-Learners
Education Week talked with education professor Judit Moschkovich for an article on best practices for teaching common core math to English learners.
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Dreams of Murder May Signal Real-Life Aggression
Emeritus professor of sociology Bill Domhoff was tapped to provide an alternate view in a Live Science article on research about people who dream of committing murder. The report was picked up by other blogs.
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After recession, wave of 'accidental' entrepreneurs
Economics department chair Rob Fairlie was featured in a CNBC report on the growth of entrepreneurs as a result of the great recession.