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January 19, 2021 - Santa Cruz Sentinel
Associate professor of history David Anthony was quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about the decades-long struggle for social justice and equity by black communities across the country.
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January 20, 2021 - ScienceLine
Biologist Erika Zavaleta was quoted in a
ScienceLine article about environmental policy and the Biden administration.
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January 19, 2021 - New York Times
Astronomer Sandra Faber and her former graduate student Tod Lauer were featured in a
New York Times article about research on the supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies.
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January 14, 2021 - The Sacramento Bee
The Sacramento Bee launched a new series on the future of work in California, and the first article included professor Chris Benner's insights on how the rise of gig work is affecting job quality in sectors like grocery retail as the pandemic fuels e-commerce.
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January 14, 2021 - Symmetry
Physicist Giordon Stark was quoted in an article in
Symmetry magazine about the ATLAS collaboration's efforts to make datasets from their experiments at the Large Hadron Collider more widely available.
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January 14, 2021 - New Atlas
Biologist Winifred Frick was quoted in coverage of the discovery of a new bat species, including stories in
New Atlas, Independent, Sci-News, and other media outlets.
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January 14, 2021 - IndieWire
IndieWire published an extensive article about sound designer and music alumnus Ren Klyce, a seven-time Oscar nominee, and his decades long collaboration with film director David Fincher.
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January 11, 2021 - International Examiner
International Examiner published a memorial tribute to the late UCSC emerita professor of American Studies, Judy Yung, who died at age 74.
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January 08, 2021 - Bustle magazine
Bustle magazine included emeritus history professor Dana Frank’s recent book,
The Long Honduran Night:
Resistance, Terror and the United States in the Aftermath of the Coup, for a story about books that can help you make sense of the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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January 08, 2021 - The Art Newspaper
The Art Newspaper featured a story about the Barring Freedom initiative and Solitary Garden art installation at UCSC, quoting Rachel Nelson, director of the Institute of the Arts and Sciences.
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January 07, 2021 - Wallpaper magazine (London, UK)
Wallpaper magazine featured a story about the work of trailblazing installation artist, filmmaker and UCSC arts professor Isaac Julien, and his criteria for judging its annual design awards.
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January 07, 2021 - San Francisco Chronicle
The
San Francisco Chronicle featured a story about the legendary "Media Burn" performance staged by the Ant Farm art collective--co-founded by film and digital media emeritus professor Chip Lord--in San Franicsco on July 4, 1975.
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January 06, 2021 - New York Times
Associate Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning and literature professor Jody Greene contributed a short piece about visiting Ladakh, India, to a New York Times story about the places that have delighted, inspired, and comforted readers in a dark year.
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January 08, 2021 - NPR
NPR's recent reporting on the development of a new labor union at Google included professor Chris Benner's insights on labor trends in the tech sector.
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January 03, 2021 - Lookout Santa Cruz
Lookout Santa Cruz interviewed UC Santa Cruz Chancellor Cynthia Larive about her first year leading the university.
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January 06, 2021 - The Washington Post
Professor Chris Benner was interviewed by
The Washington Post about the influences of Prop 22 in Albertsons' recent decision to replace employees with gig workers.
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January 05, 2021 - Good Times
Students in the UCSC Science Communication Program answered readers' questions about the wildfires last summer in the latest
Good Times cover story.
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January 05, 2021 - Santa Cruz Sentinel
Biomolecular engineer Rebecca DuBois was featured in a
Santa Cruz Sentinel story about her virtual Town Hall presentation about the coronavirus vaccines.
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January 05, 2021 - Gizmodo
Astrophysicist Josiah Schwab was quoted in a
Gizmodo news story about research on an unusual type of star.
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January 03, 2021 - San Jose Mercury News
Biomolecular engineer David Haussler was quoted in a
San Jose Mercury News article about efforts to track changes in the coronavirus genome sequence and the spread of different strains of the virus.