Social Sciences
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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.
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Major parties offer scant lure to youthful voters
Jonathan Fox, chair of Latin American and Latino Studies, was quoted in a Capitol Weekly article on registration and voting patterns among young California voters.
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Despite young leader, N. Korea still cranks out old-style propaganda
Psychology professor Anthony Pratkanis was quoted in a report from Georgia Public Broadcasting on the propaganda campaign waged by North Korea's new leader.
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Most college guys and girls agree men should propose marriage not women: study
The New York Daily News, Redorbit, Indian Express, and Science Express, published articles on the study of marriage proposal preferences by psychology doctoral candidate Rachael Robnett.
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UCSC sociology undergrad to work with nonprofit on iPhone videography project
Sociology undergraduate Amanda Hill's visit to Rwanda as part of UC Santa Cruz's Global Information Internship Program was reported by the Santa Cruz Sentinel and reprinted in the San Jose Mercury News, Contra Costa Times, Pasadena Star-News, Long Beach Press Telegram, Torrance Daily Breeze, and theInland Valley Daily Bulletin.