Social Sciences
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Breaking up in the digital age is difficult, study says
A study by psychology professor Steve Whittaker on how break ups unfold in a digital age was featured in international news outlets from CBSNews.com to publications in Great Britain, India, and the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
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America’s Biggest Entrepreneurs: High School Dropouts
The New York Times' Economix blog wrote about economics professor Rob Fairlie's report for the Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity. The American City Business Journals' Washington D.C. bureau also wrote about the report in an article that was published in business journals around the country.
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Mountain lions mark their territory in Santa Cruz mountains
The San Francisco Chronicle published a front page article on the study of mountain lion behavior in the Santa Cruz Mountains by associate professor of environmental studies Chris Wilmers. The Santa Cruz Sentinel and Good Times also published articles on the study. The Sentinel story was republished in the San Jose Mercury News.
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In shift on immigration, GOP takes cues from California
McClatchy Newspapers turned to Jonathan Fox, chair of the Latin American and Latino studies department, for comment in an article on immigration policies nationally and in California. The article was published in newspapers and websites across the country.
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Exclusion and the LGBT life course
Oxford University Press asked psychology professor Phillip L. Hammack to write a blog post about the U.S. Supreme Court hearings on marriage equality.
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This sea lion grooves to a disco beat
Nothing like a beat-keeping sea lion to attract the attention of the world's media. Ronan, at the Pinniped Cognition and Sensory Systems Laboratory at Long Marine Lab, showed she can keep the beat to Earth, Wind & Fire, and the Backstreet Boys. Her story and particularly her music video garnered international media interest from NBC, …
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The pope and Hugo Chavez contrasted
The San Francisco Chronicle published an op-ed by Hector Perla, assistant professor of Latin American and Latino studies, on the selection of Jorge Mario Bergoglio as pope and the death of Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela.
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Up All Night: The science of sleeplessness
New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert quoted extensively from assistant anthropology professor Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer 's book The Slumbering Masses in her article on sleeping and sleep problems. The Huffington Post's HuffPost Live followed The New Yorker with an online video report on the same subjecct and interviewed Wolf-Meyer via Skype.
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UC Santa Cruz symposium looks to bridge nutrition, social impact
The Santa Cruz Sentinel reported on the symposium on nutrition and policy that community studies professor Julie Guthman organized.
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Si no regresa lo que se llevó, detención en vano
El Economista, in Mexico City, quoted Jonathan Fox, chair of the Latin American and Latino Studies Department, in an article on the significance of the arrest of Elba Esther Gordillo, president of Mexico's influential national teachers' union.
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Should patients understand that they are research subjects?
Sociology professor Jenny Reardon's commentary on the ethics of medical research and ownership of biological data was the lead piece in the San Francisco Chronicle's Sunday Insight section.
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The Force: How much military is enough
The New Yorker quoted from politics professor Dan Wirls' book Irrational Security: The Politics of Defense from Reagan to Obama in an article about the U.S. defense establishment and defense industry.