UCSC in the News
November
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November 12, 2018 - Education WeekDo 'Sheltered' English Programs Nurture or Hinder English-Language Learners?
Latin American and Latino Studies researcher Peggy Estrada was featured in an Education Week story about the efficacy of programs that "shelter" older English language learners in segregated classrooms. -
November 11, 2018 - New York TimesWhat the Midterms Mean for Climate Change
Liz Beaumont, associate professor of politics, was featured in a Sunday New York Times post-election piece about climate change that was focused on how people can get more engaged on issues they care about. -
November 13, 2018 - Santa Cruz SentinelUCSC student scientists pursue birth control breakthrough
Biomolecular engineer David Bernick and students on the UCSC iGEM team were quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about their project to produce progesterone in yeast. -
November 12, 2018 - PhysOrgEscape responses of coral reef fish obey simple behavioral rules
Biologist Andrew Hein was quoted in coverage of his research on coral reef fish, including stories from PhysOrg, EcoMagazine, Science Daily, and other media outlets. -
November 12, 2018 - NBC-2 NewsTo cool the planet, should deserts be flooded?
Climate scientist Greg Rau was quoted in stories about a Y Combinator request for proposals to solve the climate crisis from NBC news and other media outlets. -
November 08, 2018 - san jose mercury newsNew life for DACA: Supreme Court likely next stop for Dreamers
Community Studies undergraduate Iriana Luna was quoted in a San Jose Mercury News story about a federal appeals court ruling on DACA that likely sends the issue to the U.S. Supreme Court. -
November 08, 2018 - ScienceHow the people of the Andes evolved to live in high altitudes
Science magazine turned to biological anthropologist Lars Fehren-Schmitz for comment on a new study about genetic variation among people living in the Andes. -
November 02, 2018 - Christian CenturyWho is genetic analysis for?
Sociology Professor Jenny Reardon's book, The Postgenomic Condition, was reviewed by Christian Century. -
November 06, 2018 - Good TimesGary Griggs digs up perils of Monterey Bay quakes, floods
Geologist Gary Griggs was featured in a Good Times article about his new book about the history of natural disasters in the local area. -
November 06, 2018 - Medical XpressLong noncoding RNA identified as a key regulator of inflammation
Biologist Susan Carpenter was quoted in coverage of her research on long noncoding RNAs involved in inflammation, including stories in Medical Xpress, Health Canal, Technology Networks, and other media outlets. -
November 05, 2018 - KQEDTragic Immigrant Deaths Fuel Drive to 'Flip' California GOP Congressional District
Associate Professor of Sociology Veronica Terriquez was quoted in a KQED story about efforts to flip GOP districts in the Central Valley that described Terriquez's Central Valley Freedom Summer project. -
November 01, 2018 - R&D Magazine3D printed graphene aerogel enhances supercapacitor ability
Chemist Yat Li was quoted in ongoing coverage of his research on supercapacitors, including stories from R&D Magazine and In Compliance. -
November 01, 2018 - New York Daily NewsMassive volcano chain discovered near Tasmania
Earth scientist Andrew Fisher was quoted in news stories about the discovery of a chain of undersea volcanoes near Australia, including stories in the New York Daily News, EuroNews, MSN, and other media outlets. -
November 01, 2018 - PhysOrg
Chemists develop safe alternatives to phthalates used in plastics
Chemist Rebecca Braslau was quoted in coverage of her research on alternatives to phthalate plasticizers, including stories in PhysOrg, Plastics Today, AZO Materials, Tech Site, Laboratory Equipment, Science Daily, and other media outlets. -
November 01, 2018 - Physics TodayContract lecturers are a growing yet precarious population in higher education
Physics lecturer Stephanie Bailey was quoted in a Physics Today article about the role of non-tenure-track teachers in higher education.
October
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October 31, 2018 - Architectural RecordCoastal Biology building and marine sciences campus by EHDD
Architectural Record ran a story about the new Coastal Biology building. -
October 31, 2018 - Santa Cruz Sentinel
Tech Pioneer: Social Media is Destroying Democracy
The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a front-page story about tech pioneer Jaron Lanier's appearance at UC Santa Cruz to deliver the 2018 Peggy Downes Baskin Ethics Lecture in humanities and meet with students from the College Scholars Program. The story also ran in the San Jose Mercury News, Monterey Herald, The Bakersfield Californian, Omaha World-Herald, The Mendocino Beacon, Fort Bragg Advocate-News, Eureka Times-Standard, and Google News. The Santa Cruz Good Times weekly also featured a cover story about Lanier, and it was additionally featured in San Jose Inside. -
October 29, 2018 - Telesur (Latin American TV)'It Serves The Elites Well': Honduran Gov't Fails Returning Migrants as NGOs Step In
Latin American television network Telesur interviewed emerita history professor Dana Frank for a story about Hondurans migrating to Mexico and the United States in order to seek asylum. Frank was also featured on KPFA’s “UpFront” program and on Korean radio about the Honduran caravan heading north. -
October 30, 2018 - Good Times
How a Santa Cruz County man revived the search for alien life
Good Times ran a profile of astronomer Frank Drake and his work on the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). -
October 30, 2018 - New York Times
Kepler, the little NASA spacecraft that could, no longer can
Astronomer Natalie Batalha was quoted in a New York Times article about NASA's announcement of the end of the Kepler mission. -
October 24, 2018 - Great Big StoryHow elephant seals help scientists explore the deep sea
Biologist Rachel Holser and other members of Dan Costa's lab were featured in a story about their elephant seal research program on an episode of the video series "Mission Wild" from Great Big Story. -
October 22, 2018 - National GeographicThe big meltdown
Biologist Ari Friedlaender was quoted in a National Geographic magazine article about the effects of climate change in Antarctica. -
October 22, 2018 - San Francisco ChronicleDungeness crab season nears in California, but toxins pose a familiar threat
Ocean scientist Raphael Kudela was quoted in a San Francisco Chronicle article about the algal toxins threatening the dungeness crab harvest. -
October 19, 2018 - Santa Cruz Sentinel
Santa Cruz County affordable housing solutions explored
Sociology faculty members Steve McKay and Miriam Greenberg, co-directors of the No Place Like Home initiative, were cited in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about the recent affordable-housing forum at the Civic Auditorium. -
October 22, 2018 - Yahoo FinanceSilicon Valley's dirty secret: Using a shadow workforce of contract employees to drive profits
A report by Chris Benner, professor of environmental studies and sociology, and Ph.D. student Kyle Neering was cited in a Yahoo Finance article about the "shadow workforce" of contract employees in Silicon Valley. -
October 19, 2018 - Los Angeles Times Review of BooksEugenic Thinking Today
Megan Moodie, associate professor of anthropology, published a review of the documentary film "Intelligent Lives" in the Los Angeles Review of Books. -
October 22, 2018 - New York Times
California’s underwater forests are being eaten by the ‘cockroaches of the ocean’
Marine ecologist Mark Carr was quoted in a New York Times article about the devastation of California's kelp forests by purple sea urchins. -
October 18, 2018 - Inside Science News3D-printed graphene scaffold breaks capacitor records
Chemist Yat Li was quoted in coverage of his team's research on supercapacitors, including stories in Inside Science News, IEEE Spectrum, Science Daily, Science Tech News, Scienmag, iConnect, and other media outlets. -
October 17, 2018 - Courthouse News ServiceProperty-Tax Reform Plan Qualifies for 2020 California Ballot
A report by Chris Benner, professor of environmental studies and sociology, was cited in a Courthouse News Service article about the qualification of a 2020 ballot initiative that would roll back portions of Proposition 13.
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