January

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  January 14, 2021 - The Sacramento Bee

  Some California jobs lost to COVID will never be the same. Here’s what experts say

  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

  ATLAS releases ‘full orchestra’ of analysis instruments

  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

  "Spectacular" new species of orange bat discovered in West Africa

  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

  Influencers: David Fincher & sound designer Ren Klyce

  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

  In memoriam: Judy Yung (1946-2020): Scholar, writer, journalist, professor and San Francisco Bay Area trailblazer

  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

  11 Books & Podcasts About Coups That Are Extra Relevant Right Now

  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

  Death row inmate designs garden installation by instructing university students through letters

  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)

  Isaac Julien judges Wallpaper* Design Awards 2021

  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

  That time a Cadillac drove through a stack of TVs at Cow Palace is now a book

  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

  52 places to love in 2021

  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

  At Google, Hundreds Of Workers Formed A Labor Union. Why? 'To Protect Ourselves'

  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

  Talking times of tumult and triumph with UCSC Chancellor Cynthia Larive

  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

  Albertsons is laying off employees and replacing them with gig workers, as app platforms rise

  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

  Everything You Wanted to Know About Wildfire and Its Aftermath

  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

  Santa Cruz County Supervisor and UCSC professor address vaccine concerns

  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

  This ‘Unusual Star’ Is Unlike Anything Astronomers Have Seen Before

  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

  The hunt for COVID-19 genomes that could worsen pandemic

  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.

December

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  December 22, 2020 - Verdict

  This artist is creating a “belligerent algorithm” to expose AI bias

  Verdict published a story about assistant professor of digital arts and new media, A.M. Darke, who is creating a system, based on the prejudices of designers of artificial intelligence algorithms, to highlight the problem of AI bias.
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  December 23, 2020 - San Francisco Chronicle

  Judy Yung, S.F. Chinatown native and early scholar of Chinese American life, dies at 74

  The San Francisco Chronicle published an article about Judy Yung, emerita professor of American studies, author, and scholar of Chinese American history, who died at 74. Articles also appeared in San Francisco News and the Japanese American newspaper, Nichi Bei Weekly.
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  December 16, 2020 - The Academic Times

  Assessing only conventional social cues may overlook bonds forged by nonverbal autistic children

  Associate professor of philosophy Janette Dinishak was interviewed by The Academic Times about a research study that she co-authored on nonspeaking autistic children.
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  December 16, 2020 - U.S. News & World Report

  Hispanic Serving Institutions: What to Know

  UC Santa Cruz is among the 10 highest-ranked National Universities in the 2021 U.S. News Best Colleges rankings with HSI status, according to a story from U.S. News and World Report.
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  December 24, 2020 - Marketplace

  Has 2020’s spike in support for Black-owned business carried through to the holidays?

  Marketplace interviewed economics professor Rob Fairlie about trends affecting Black-owned businesses since the start of the pandemic.
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  December 27, 2020 - Monterey Herald

  Elkhorn Slough: Why restoring Hester Marsh is important

  Biologist Kerstin Wasson was featured in an article about marsh restoration in Elkhorn Slough in the Monterey Herald and Santa Cruz Sentinel.
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  December 31, 2020 - Ars Technica

  How the humble slime mold helped physicists map the cosmic web

  Astrophysicist Joseph Burchett and computer scientist Oskar Elek were featured in an Ars Technica article about their research on the cosmic web.
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  December 28, 2020 - Scientific American

  Sea Otters Could Get New Home in San Francisco Bay

  Biologist Tim Tinker was quoted in a Scientific American article about the possibility of reintroducing sea otters to San Francisco Bay.
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  December 22, 2020 - Eos

  Sinking Fish May Fast-Track Mercury Pollution to the Deep Sea

  Ocean scientist Carl Lamborg was quoted in an Eos article about mercury pollution in the deep sea.
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  December 19, 2020 - San Jose Mercury News

  In wake of summer wildfires, Santa Cruz Mountains residents brace themselves for winter rains

  Geologist Noah Finnegan was quoted in a San Jose Mercury News article about the threat of debris flows in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
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  December 14, 2020 - Nature

  Nature’s 10: ten people who helped shape science in 2020

  Genome scientist Karen Miga was featured among the "Ones to watch in 2021" in a Nature article about the top 10 people who helped shape science in 2020.
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  December 14, 2020 - Good Times

  UCSC Chancellor Cindy Larive on Housing, Pandemic, and Research

   Good Times interviewed Chancellor Cynthia Larive about the challenges the campus overcame in 2020. 
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  December 17, 2020 - Lookout Santa Cruz

  ‘First line of defense’: UCSC’s COVID-19 testing lab ready to relocate, ramp up

  Genomics Institute Executive Director Isabel Bjork was quoted in stories from Lookout Santa Cruz and the Santa Cruz Sentinel about the role of UCSC's diagnostic testing lab in meeting the need for coronavirus testing in Santa Cruz County.
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  December 18, 2020 - News-Medical

  $3.7 million NIH grant supports development of biosensor technology for diagnosing viral diseases

  Electrical engineer Ali Yanik was featured in a News-Medical story about his research on biosensor technology for diagnosing viral infections.
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  December 18, 2020 - U.S. News

  COVID-19 Models Plot Dire Scenarios for California Hospitals

  Infectious disease expert Marm Kilpatrick was quoted in an AP news story posted on U.S. News & World Report and ABC News about the projections for COVID-19 impacts on hospitals in California.
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  December 15, 2020 - The Guardian

  Civil rights activist Angela Davis launches fashion collaboration with LA label

  A story in The Guardian reported that UCSC professor emerita Angela Davis is co-launching a “Heroes of Blackness” line of clothing featuring artwork by independent Black artists.
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  December 15, 2020 - News-Medical

  Using hypoxia adaptations in marine mammals to understand COVID-19

  Biologist Terrie Williams was featured in a "Thought Leaders" interview on News-Medical about how looking at the diving physiology that enables marine mammals to withstand low oxygen conditions can improve our understanding of the effects of COVID-19.
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  December 14, 2020 - The Conversation

  Taking fish out of fish feed can make aquaculture a more sustainable food source

  Pallab Sarker, an associate research professor in environmental studies, wrote an article for The Conversation about the recent breakthrough in sustainable aquaculture feed that he and professor Anne Kapuscinski made from their ecological aquaculture lab.
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  December 13, 2020 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UCSC botanists assess how much wildfires damaged California’s plants

  Brett Hall, Lucy Ferneyhough, and other botanists and student interns at the UCSC Arboretum were featured in a story in the Santa Cruz Sentinel and San Jose Mercury News about their efforts to assess the effects of the wildfires on vegetation in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
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  December 11, 2020 - New York Times

  Female workers could take another pandemic hit: to their retirements

  The New York Times cited an article coauthored by economics professor Rob Fairlie that shows how the COVID-19 labor market downturn has disproportionately affected unemployment rates for women, particularly those with school-aged children.
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  December 10, 2020 - Science News

  Experts recommend the FDA approve Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

  Infectious disease expert Marm Kilpatrick was quoted in a Science News story about an FDA advisory panel's recommendation to approve the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, and in a follow-up story about the FDA emergency use authorization of the vaccine.
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  December 09, 2020 - The Express Tribune

  Global panel discusses India’s transformation into a ‘fascist state’ under Modi

  A story in The Express Tribune noted that associate feminist studies professor Anjali Arondekar, co-director of UCSC’s Center for South Asian Studies, spoke at a global conference in Australia’s Parliament about caste-based politics in India and the oppression and marginalization of minorities. The story also appeared in Pakistan's Daily News and Dawn newspapers.
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  December 10, 2020 - Times Lifestyle

  10 women breaking glass ceilings in the gaming industry

  Arts professor Robin Hunicke was featured in a Times Lifestyle story about the female executives, players, and innovators who are helping revolutionize the gaming industry and opening doors for other young, diverse gamers.
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  December 07, 2020 - KION-TV

  UC Santa Cruz offers new MFA program

  KION-TV news reported about a new M.F.A. degree program in Environmental Art and Social Practice offered by the Art Department.
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  December 07, 2020 - Santa Cruz Good Times

  New bookstore Two Birds Books to open in Pleasure Point

  The Santa Cruz Good Times published an article about the opening of a new independent bookstore in Santa Cruz, founded by Denise Silva, a longtime lecturer in the UCSC Writing Program.
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  December 10, 2020 - Lookout Santa Cruz

  UCSC researchers develop faster way to detect COVID-19 antibodies — without sacrificing accuracy

  Biomolecular engineer Rebecca Dubois was featured in coverage of her lab's work on a new assay for coronavirus antibodies in Lookout Santa Cruz. Her research was also covered in Medical Device Network, Economic Times, and other media outlets.
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  December 09, 2020 - Nature

  How the first life on Earth survived its biggest threat — water

  Biomolecular engineer David Deamer was quoted in a Nature article about research on the origins of life.
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  December 09, 2020 - MarketWatch

  Researchers fear gig work will spread to grocery industry as demand for delivery surges

  MarketWatch broke the news about a new report on e-commerce labor trends in the grocery retail industry that was led by Chris Benner, an environmental studies and sociology professor and director of the Institute For Social Transformation.
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  December 04, 2020 - The New York Times

  Some Ideas For Fixing America

  The editors of the business and policy-themed DealBook Newsletter from The New York Times included a new paper from economics professor Rob Fairlie in a collection of their favorite academic research from the past week. Fairlie's new paper, which documents inequalities in access to capital for minority-owned startups, was also featured in The Hutchins Roundup from The Brookings Institution.
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  December 08, 2020 - Wired

  The Perfect Strategy to Fight Covid-19 Is … Everything?

  Infectious disease expert Marm Kilpatrick was quoted in a Wired news story about the difficulty of determining the effectiveness of different strategies for controlling the COVID-19 pandemic.
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  December 08, 2020 - Scientific American

  Asteroid Dust from Hayabusa2 Could Solve a Mystery of Planet Creation

  Planetary scientist Myriam Telus was quoted in a Scientific American article about research on the asteroid samples collected by the Hyabusa2 mission.
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  December 06, 2020 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Two UC Santa Cruz professors receive national recognition

  Microbiologist Fitnat Yildiz and linguist Matt Wagers were featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about their recognition as AAAS Fellows.
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  December 04, 2020 - Financial Express

  Trade-offs for growth revival: Why India’s policymakers need a new roadmap

  Economics professor Nirvikar Singh comments on economic reforms in India through an opinion piece in Financial Express.
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  November 28, 2020 - CNBC

  Holiday gift-givers want their money to matter. Companies, large and small, are taking notice.

  CNBC cited research by economics professor Rob Fairlie in their coverage about consumers choosing to support Black-owned businesses this holiday season. 
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  December 01, 2020 - KAZU

  California's open Senate seat prompts guessing game

  Politics professor Daniel Wirls talked with KAZU host Doug McKnight about the factors that may affect who Governor Newsom chooses to fill Kamala Harris' open Senate seat. 
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  December 01, 2020 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UCSC professor awarded more than $1 million to research coastal resiliency

  Ocean scientist Michael Beck was featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about the new AXA Chair in Coastal Resilience that is funding his research.
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  December 01, 2020 - Lookout Santa Cruz

  UCSC’s Marm Kilpatrick fights spread of pandemic misinformation

  Lookout Santa Cruz ran a profile of infectious disease expert Marm Kilpatrick focusing on his work related to the COVID-19 pandemic as part of Lookout's "21 for '21" series.

November

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  November 24, 2020 - Lookout Santa Cruz

  ‘Why We’re Polarized’ author Ezra Klein headlines UCSC virtual lecture

  Lookout Santa Cruz ran an article about alumus Ezra Klein, author of the 2020 book Why We’re Polarized, and the featured speaker for the Humanities Division's Peggy Downes Baskin Ethics Lecture.
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  November 30, 2020 - San Francisco Chronicle

  In rebuilding Big Basin, which history do we want to remember?

  History professor Dana Frank contributed an op-ed to the San Francisco Chronicle about racism, imperialism, and the rebuilding of Big Basin State Park.
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  November 18, 2020 - Hyperallergic

  A Critical View of the Criminal Justice System, Through Artists’ Eyes

  UCSC’s Institute of the Arts and Sciences director Rachel Nelson was interviewed in Hyperallergic for a story about Barring Freedom, an exhibition about art, prison, and justice that she co-curated at the San Jose Museum of Art. 
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  November 28, 2020 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Geologists assess debris flow risk in Santa Cruz Mountains

  Geology grad student Colleen Murphy was quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about efforts to assess the risk of debris flows in recently burned areas of the Santa Cruz Mountains.
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  November 27, 2020 - Los Angeles Times

  Along the crumbling Sonoma Coast, an ambitious project paves the way for ‘managed retreat’

  Geologist Gary Griggs was quoted in a Los Angeles Times article about managed retreat on the eroding coast of Sonoma County.
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  November 23, 2020 - NBC Bay Area

  UC Santa Cruz Rhodes Scholar talks about process, future plans

  Spring 2020 graduate Garima Desai talks with NBC Bay Area anchor Terry McSweeney about her recent Rhodes Scholar win. Garima was also interviewed by ABC 7 News and featured in articles by the Santa Cruz Sentinel and Lookout Local.
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  November 24, 2020 - Los Angeles Times

  Will California’s small businesses survive another COVID-19 surge without more help?

  Economics professor Robert Fairlie was quoted in a Los Angeles Times article about the strain that the latest COVID-19 surge is putting on small businesses.
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  November 08, 2020 - New York Times Magazine

  How Gillian Welch and David Rawlings Held Onto Optimism

  Alumna Gillian Welch (Porter '90, art) and her musical partner David Rawlings were featured in a long New York Times Magazine article on their music and optimism in the face of COVID-19. The piece was also selected as the "Sunday Read" by the Times podcast The Daily.
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  November 19, 2020 - Popular Science

  Researchers found signs of human pollution in animals living six miles beneath the sea

  Ocean scientist Carl Lamborg was quoted in a Popular Science article about high mercury concentrations found in fish in the Mariana Trench.
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  November 19, 2020 - U.S. News

  As Broad Shutdowns Return, Californians Ask ‘Is This the Best We Can Do?’

  Infectious disease expert Marm Kilpatrick was quoted in a U.S. News story about the course of the pandemic in California.
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  November 18, 2020 - KQED

  At YBCA, Art is a Powerful Tool for Envisioning a Less Complacent Future

  A KQED story about a multimedia group exhibition at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts highlighted Sin Sol / No Sun, an augmented reality game by assistant professor of Art and Design: Games and Playable Media, micha cárdenas.
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  November 18, 2020 - San Francisco Chronicle

  Policing Blackness: It happened again. This time it was in Discovery Bay

  History professor Dana Frank was quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle for a story about an incident of policing blackness for innocuous behavior. 
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  November 17, 2020 - Time magazine

  A New PBS Series Shows How Underserved Latino Communities Are Fighting To Protect Themselves During COVID-19

  A Time magazine story about a new PBS series of documentary shorts, Latinos Are Essential, described a film by associate film and digital media professor Jennifer Maytorena Taylor included in the series.
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  November 12, 2020 - San Francisco Chronicle

  Ariana Grande delves into R&B with ‘Positions,’ and Elton John unearths trove of rarities

  An article in the San Francisco Chronicle about new music noted that the latest release by Gillian Welch is "the third volume of remastered recordings of exquisite folk songs from the esteemed Welch, a UC Santa Cruz grad and Grammy winner."
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  November 12, 2020 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Visualizing abolition: UCSC series explores a society without police, prisons

  Feminist studies professor Gina Dent was featured in the Santa Cruz Sentinel for an extensive article about Visualizing Abolition, a year-long campus lecture series she put together in collaboration with UCSC's Institute of the Arts and Sciences.
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  November 11, 2020 - San Francisco Chronicle

  Isaac Julien’s ‘Lessons’ a sensory journey to the heart of Frederick Douglass

  The San Francisco Chronicle featured a story about “Lessons of the Hour," a 10-screen film installation by arts professor Isaac Julien exploring the life and legacy of Frederick Douglass, at McEvoy Foundation for the Arts.
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  November 16, 2020 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  UC Santa Cruz researchers develop environmentally sustainable fish feed

  Environmental Studies Department faculty members Anne Kapuscinski and Pallab Sarker were interviewed in the Santa Cruz Sentinel about a research breakthrough from their ecological aquaculture lab.
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  November 17, 2020 - Scientific American

  Stellar Smashups May Fuel Planetary Habitability, Study Suggests

  Astronomer Natalie Batalha and geophysicist Francis Nimmo were featured in a Scientific American article about the role of radiogenic heating in determining the habitability of planets.
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  November 15, 2020 - Wired

  That Pre-Thanksgiving Covid Test Won't Really Keep You Safe

  Infectious disease researcher Marm Kilpatrick was quoted in a Wired news story about how to have a safe holiday gathering during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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  November 15, 2020 - San Jose Mercury News

  Coronavirus: A month-by-month look at California’s path forward

  Genomics Institute Director David Haussler was quoted in a San Jose Mercury News article about what lies ahead for the Covid-19 pandemic.
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  November 14, 2020 - Monterey Herald

  Closing the CEMEX plant: The sands will be shifting

  Coastal geologist Gary Griggs was quoted in a Monterey Herald story about the closing of the CEMEX sand plant and the effects of sand mining on the coast.
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  November 14, 2020 - San Jose Mercury News

  King Tides arrive this weekend, give glimpse into the future for California’s coastline

  Coastal geologist Gary Griggs was quoted in news stories about king tides in the San Jose Mercury News and Santa Cruz Sentinel.
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  November 13, 2020 - Anthropocene Magazine

  Can industrial aquaculture grow vegetarian fish?

  Pallab Sarker, an associate research professor in environmental studies, was featured in Anthropocene Magazine for a sustainability breakthrough from the ecological aquaculture research lab he co-leads with sustainability science and policy expert Professor Anne Kapuscinski.
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  November 10, 2020 - Space Daily

  Radioactive elements may be crucial to the habitability of rocky planets

  Planetary scientist Francis Nimmo, physicist Joel Primack, and astrobiologist Natalie Batalha were quoted in coverage of research on radiogenic heating and habitability of planets, including stories in Space Daily, Universe Today, Science Daily, Scienmag, PhysOrg, and other media outlets.
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  November 10, 2020 - Scientific American

  How to Minimize COVID Risk and Enjoy the Holidays

  Infectious disease researcher Marm Kilpatrick was quoted in a Scientific American article about how to enjoy the holidays while minimizing the risk of COVID-19.
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  November 06, 2020 - CNN

  This lava planet has 'rocky' weather and winds many times the speed of sound

  Astronomer Jonathan Fortney was quoted in a story from CNN and other media outlets about a "lava planet" with an orbit extremely close to its star.
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  November 06, 2020 - KSBW

  UC Santa Cruz scientists tackle fire prevention with high tech science

  Computer scientists Katia Obraczka and Andrea David were featured in a KSBW news story about their research on a sensor network for detecting forest fires.
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  November 04, 2020 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Historic Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music recordings available online

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a story about the completion of a project by UCSC's University Library to digitize 670 audio recordings of works performed at the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music. 
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  November 04, 2020 - San Francisco Classical Voice

  Composing Music for Trying Times: Three Composers Respond to a Pandemic

  San Francisco Classical Voice featured music lecturer Brian Baumbusch in a story about creating classical music tied to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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  November 03, 2020 - San Jose Mercury News

  San Jose Museum of Art reopens to visitors with a splash

  A Mercury News story about the reopening of the San Jose Museum of Art noted that it was now featuring Barring Freedom, "an exhibition co-organized with the UC Santa Cruz Institute of the Arts and Sciences that is incredibly topical."
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  November 05, 2020 - New York Times

  Looking for Another Earth? Here Are 300 Million, Maybe

  Astronomer Natalie Batalha was quoted in a New York Times story about a study estimating the number of potentially habitable planets in the galaxy.
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  November 02, 2020 - Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

  Researchers Uncover Potential Target Approach for Alzheimer’s Disease

  Biochemists Jevgenij Raskatov and Glenn Millhauser were featured in coverage of their research on Alzheimer's disease, including stories in Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, Medical Express, Bioengineer, Scienmag, Medical News, Technology Networks, and other media outlets. 
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  November 02, 2020 - National Geographic

  How many alien civilizations are out there? A new galactic survey holds a clue

  Astronomer Natalie Batalha was quoted in a National Geographic story about the number of potentially habitable planets in the galaxy.
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  November 03, 2020 - Santa Cruz Tech Beat

  Decentralized fact checking and exploration platform, Wiseper, selected to participate in LaunchPad Fellowship

  Computer science graduate student Fatemeh Mirzaei was featured in a Santa Cruz Tech Beat story about a LaunchPad Fellowship for her startup Wiseper.
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  November 02, 2020 - Los Angeles Times

  Will Trump’s efforts to attract Indian American voters pay off?

  Associate feminist studies professor Anjali Arondekar, director of UCSC's Center for South Asian Studies, was featured in a Los Angeles Times video about how both Democrats and Republicans are trying to recruit Indian American voters in the U.S. presidential election.
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  November 02, 2020 - San Francisco Chronicle

  Thanks to Trump, U.S. no longer in denial of racism

  Emeritus history professor Dana Frank was quoted in a San Francisco Chronicle story about how President Trump “has made racism OK for many white people to practice.”
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  November 01, 2020 - The New Yorker

  "We Don’t Protest”: Borough Park’s Mask-Burning Orthodox Jewish Demonstrators

  History professor Nathaniel Deutsch, director of the Center for Jewish Studies at UCSC, was quoted in a New Yorker magazine article about resistance to public health measures by traditional Orthodox Jewish communities in New York.
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  November 02, 2020 - Indica News

  Indian-American vote push spans Kashmir to Islamophobia

  Indica News quoted associate feminist studies professor Anjali Arondekar, director of UCSC’s Center for South Asian Studies, about how both sides in the U.S. presidential election were using a targeted campaign toward Indian Americans based on religion and language.

October

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  October 31, 2020 - The New York Times

  The year of the blur: how isolation, monotony and chronic stress are destroying our sense of time

  Craig Haney, a psychology professor who studies the effects of isolation, was tapped by The New York Times to explain how deprivation of normal social contact can distort our perceptions of the passing of time.
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  October 29, 2020 - The American Prospect

  Prisons' pandemic response: throw the infected into the hole

  Psychology professor Craig Haney was quoted discussing the adverse psychological and health effects of solitary confinement in an article by The American Prospect.
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  November 01, 2020 - The Scientist

  Can Rewilding Large Predators Regenerate Ecosystems?

  Biologist James Estes was quoted in an article in The Scientist about the importance of large predators in ecosystems.
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  September 30, 2020 - Voices of Monterey Bay

  A salamander vanishes

  Biologists Barry Sinervo and Gage Dayton are featured in a story from Voices of Monterey Bay about the disappearance of the Pacific giant salamander from Big Sur.
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  October 29, 2020 - Science

  Salmon study sheds light on why fall-run fish are bigger than their spring-run cousins

  Fisheries scientist John Carlos Garza was quoted in coverage of his research on the genetics of spring-run and fall-run Chinoook salmon, including stories in Science, Washington Newsday, UPI, Terra Daily, PhysOrg, Science Daily, Scienmag, and other media outlets.
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  October 25, 2020 - New York Times

  Angela Davis: Before the world knew what intersectionality was, the scholar, writer and activist was living it

  The New York Times Style Magazine featured an extensive profile of UCSC distinguished professor emerita Angela Davis in its 2020 Greats issue, celebrating "five talents who, in mastering their crafts, have changed their fields—and the culture at large.”
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  October 27, 2020 - KQED

  Frederick Douglass’ ‘Lessons’ Resound in the Contemporary Moment

  KQED ran a story about the West Coast debut of Lessons of the Hour, a film and photography exhibition by British filmmaker, installation artist, and UC Santa Cruz distinguished professor of the arts, Isaac Julien, at the McEvoy Foundation for the Arts. A story also was published in the Daily Republic.
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  October 27, 2020 - Next City

  Philly Group Tackling Trash Through Art

  A story in Next City, about a Philadelphia neighborhood organizing to mobilize residents about a garbage problem, noted that they used the “implosion method,” a concept from humanities emeritus professor Donna Haraway, as an educational tool.
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  October 23, 2020 - National Public Radio

  15 Years On, The Lonely Legacy Of 'Shadow Of The Colossus'

  Arts professor Robin Hunicke was quoted in an NPR story about Shadow of the Colossus, the second of three melancholic video games directed by acclaimed Japanese game maker Fumito Ueda.
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  October 14, 2020 - Los Angeles Times

  A South L.A. crime novelist’s long road to writing one of best books of the year

  The Los Angeles Times reviewed the latest book by novelist and UCSC literature alumna Rachel Howzell Hall, “And Now She’s Gone.”
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  October 28, 2020 - Bloomberg

  U.S. Black-owned firms make surprise comeback to pre-Covid level

  Economics Professor Robert Fairlie is quoted in Bloomberg interpreting new trends in his research on the effects of COVID-19 on Black-owned businesses.
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  October 25, 2020 - BBC World News

  White House announces Sudan Israel deal

  UC Santa Cruz politics and legal studies professor Mark Fathi Massoud talked with BBC World News about the implications of a recent Trump administration deal to normalize relations between Sudan and Israel.
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  October 15, 2020 - NPR

  Lyrics On Trial: Mac Phipps

  Aaron Zachmeier, associate director for instructional design and development with UCSC Online Education, was interviewed in the second episode of the NPR podcast "Louder Than a Riot."
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  October 23, 2020 - Science News

  Why bat scientists are socially distancing from their subjects

  Biologist Winifred Frick is featured in a Science News story about efforts to protect North American bats from the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.
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  October 19, 2020 - Santa Cruz Good Times

  UCSC produces a podcast about the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake

  The Santa Cruz Good Times featured a story about a new podcast series launched by the University Library about the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. A story was also published in the Watsonville Pajaronian.
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  October 21, 2020 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Everyday Heroes: Team helps build COVID-19 testing lab at UCSC

  Genomics Institute Executive Director Isabel Bjork and MCD Biology Professor Olena Vaske were featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about the UCSC Molecular Diagnostic Lab.
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  October 12, 2020 - New York Times

  California, Reject Prop 22

  The New York Times editorial board cited a study led by Professor Chris Benner that showed workers performing the majority of app-based ride hailing and delivery services in San Francisco are typically working full time. Benner is director of the Institute for Social Transformation and a professor of environmental studies and sociology.
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  October 16, 2020 - Science Friday

  Science Friday Book Club: Conjuring An Alternate History Of Colonization

  Catherine S. Ramirez, a professor in the Latin American and Latino Studies Department, joined NPR's Science Friday to discuss Chicanofuturism as part of a book club series exploring New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color.
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  October 20, 2020 - Scientific American

  Earthshaking Signature ‘Brawn Songs’ and Movement, Developed over Time, Identify Seals

  Biologist Caroline Casey was featured in a Scientific American story about her research on the vocal signaling of male elephant seals.
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  October 17, 2020 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Guest Commentary | Community can fight COVID-19 by getting flu vaccine

  In a guest opinion piece, Associate Professor Rebecca DuBois urged people to get a flu shot to reduce the burden on the entire medical system, particularly in the midst of COVID-19. 
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  October 14, 2020 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Podcast series features ‘Stories from the Epicenter’

  The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a story about a new documentary podcast series launched by the University Library about the Loma Prieta Earthquake in Santa Cruz County.
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  October 12, 2020 - National Geographic

  Who infected President Trump? This genetics tool could easily pinpoint the source

  Infectious disease expert Marm Kilpatrick was quoted in a National Geographic story about how President Trump may have become infected with the coronavirus.
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  October 07, 2020 - Science

  ‘We’re part of the problem.’ Astronomers confront their role in—and vulnerability to—climate change

  Astronomer Claire Max was quoted in a Science magazine article about the astronomy community's reckoning with climate change.
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  October 07, 2020 - Universe Today

  The Carina Nebula seen with and without adaptive optics

  Astronomer Claire Max was featured in an article about adaptive optics in Universe Today.
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  October 07, 2020 - Hakai

  Blinded by the Light

  Biologist Roxanne Beltran was quoted in a Hakai magazine story about bioluminescent animals using flashes of light to evade elephant seals and other predators.
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  October 02, 2020 - Propublica

  California Will Keep Burning. But Housing Policy Is Making It Worse

  Propublica reporters turned to environmental studies professor Adam Millard-Ball for a discussion of California housing policy that forces people closer to the edge of wilderness areas for affordable housing and how that impacts the effects of wildfires on property.
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  October 02, 2020 - Wired

  How the Coronavirus Got to Donald Trump

  Infectious disease expert Marm Kilpatrick was quoted in a Wired news story about President Donald Trump's coronavirus infection.
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  October 01, 2020 - New York Times

  Why New Mexico’s 1680 Pueblo Revolt Is Echoing in 2020 Protests

  Film and digital media professor John Jota Leaños was quoted in a New York Times article about why indigenous groups in the Southwest are commemorating the 340-year-old Pueblo Revolt, one of Spain’s bloodiest defeats in its colonial empire, in their current activism.

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  September 19, 2020 - The Hill

  To beat Trump, Democrats must mobilize young people

  Veronica Terriquez, an associate professor of sociology, wrote an op-ed for The Hill website that covers Capitol Hill, with advice to Joe Biden and Kamela Harris, the Democratic ticket for president and vice president, to reach out to young people of color.
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  September 17, 2020 - Chronicle of Higher Education

  Teaching: A College Helps Students Confront the ‘Big Problems’ of 2020

  Professor Jody Greene was quoted in a Chronicle of Higher Education newsletter about educating students in the midst of the pandemic.
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  September 24, 2020 - Science News

  Life on Earth may have begun in hostile hot springs

  Astronomer Natalie Batalha and biomolecular engineers David Deamer and Bruce Damer are featured in a Science News article about astrobiology and the origins of life on Earth.
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  September 22, 2020 - Santa Cruz Good Times

  Sprawling Oral History Traces the Evolution of UCSC

  The Santa Cruz Good Times featured a story about Seeds of Something Different: An Oral History of the University of California, Santa Cruz, recently published by the Library’s Regional History Project.
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  September 22, 2020 - Santa Cruz Tech Beat

  New art game explores intersection of personal trauma and climate induced wildfires

  Santa Cruz Tech Beat published an article aboutSin Sol, a new art game by assistant arts professor micha cárdenas about wildfires and climate change.