Social Sciences
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Local lions
The California Academy of Sciences has produced and is showing a video on the mountain lion research associate professor of environmental studies Chris Wilmers is conducting. Santa Cruz Style magazine also published an article on Wilmers and his work with pumas in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
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Losing a single pollinator species harms plants
A paper co-authored by environmental studies doctoral candidate Heather Briggs on the effects that a loss of bees has on plants was covered by the New York Times, Nature, the Los Angeles Times, Scientific American, National Geographic, Digital Journal and Science Daily.
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Stanford, UCSC study predicts oil demand to peak around 2035
The Santa Cruz Sentinel printed an article on economics professor Adam Millard-Bell's paper predicting a decline in the demand for oil.
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Family mourns camp counselor killed by tree near Yosemite
The Los Angeles Times, New York Daily News, San Francisco Chronicle, Santa Cruz Sentinel, and the Associated Press among others reported on the tragic death of UCSC environmental studies student Annais Rittenberg July 3 from a falling tree at a Sierra camp where she was the art counselor. The incident received coverage around the country.
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Declining fortunes of Yellowstone’s migratory elk
Chris Wilmers, associate professor of environmental studies, and Taal Levi, who received his Ph.D from UCSC, contributed a piece to a forum discussion of a study of migratory elk in the Yellowstone region. The study and forum were published in Ecological Society of America's journal Ecology.
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The Other Mexicans: Indigenous people come from a world apart from Spanish-speaking Mexicans
National Geographic online quoted Jonathan Fox, professor and chair of Latin American and Latino studies, in an article on indigenous immigrants from Mexico who speak neither Spanish nor English.
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Why people are afraid of crack
The Ottawa Citizen asked sociology professor Craig Reinarman to write an op-ed on crack cocaine in the aftermath of accusations that Toronto Mayor Rob Ford was videotaped smoking the drug.
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After a controversial suspension, a new incarnation of the unique UC Santa Cruz major is reinstated
Good Times wrote a feature article about the reinstatement of the Community Studies major.
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Messages galore, but no time to think
The New York Times talked to psychology professor Steve Whittaker, an expert in human-computer interaction, for a Sunday business column on the ubiquity of email and other communication tools used in business.
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Man: 3-D movie changed my sight for the better
A CNN web article about psychology professor Bruce Bridgeman's experience gaining significant improvement in his previously poor depth perception after he watched the 3-D movie "Hugo" was carried by television stations across the country. The Guardian newspaper in the U.K. also wrote about the phenomenon. The Canadian Broadcasting Co. aired an interview with Bridgeman, who…
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UC Santa Cruz reinstates landmark Community Studies program
The Santa Cruz Sentinel wrote a page one article on the reinstatement of the Community Studies major in collaboration with Oakes College. The article was republished in the San Jose Mercury News, Pasadena Star-News, Monterey County Herald, Long Beach Press Telegram, Torrance Daily Breeze, and Inland Valley Daily Bulletin.
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Robots in the classroom the wrong innovation
The San Francisco Chronicle published an op-ed by education professor Lora Bartlett in its Sunday Insight section. Writing about robots that teach English in South Korea, Bartlett argued that technology shouldn't be used just to make education cheaper and urges focus on quality.