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California forbids plans to unmask workers at In-N-Out — and most other workplaces
Assistant Professor of Sociology Alicia Riley, a core faculty member of UCSC's Global and Community Health Program, spoke with CalMatters about how In-N-Out's mask ban could contribute to workplace inequities in health risk.
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The housing crisis has implications that go well beyond housing.
Monterey County Weekly shared findings from a report on the economics of housing issues in the Monterey Bay area that was led by Professor Chris Benner, director of the Institute for Social Transformation at UC Santa Cruz.
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India’s new research push
Distinguished Professor of Economics Nirvikar Singh wrote an op-ed for Financial Express advocating for a university-centered model of enhancing research capabilities in India.
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Oppenheimer Nightmares? You’re Not Alone.
Veronica Tonay, a licensed psychologist and a retired professor at UC Santa Cruz, spoke to The Atlantic about her research on dream theory as it relates to nightmares about the new film Oppenheimer.
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A North Korean defector captivated U.S. media. Some question her story.
Christine Hong, a literature professor at the University of California at Santa Cruz and a board member at the Korea Policy Institute who has studied defector narratives, discusses North Korean defector Yeonmi Park's accounts of her life with the Washington Post.
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Biden promised to fix our asylum process. He hasn’t
Assistant Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies Carlos Martinez wrote an op-ed article for the San Francisco Chronicle about asylum policy issues.
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The student squeeze: When there's nowhere to live, what's a university to do?
The Chronicle of Higher Education spoke with Sociology Professor Miriam Greenberg about affordable housing issues in Santa Cruz and highlighted research by Greenberg and Associate Professor of Sociology Steve McKay.
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Scientists say they’ve found a site that marks a new chapter in Earth’s history
Anthropology Professor Andrew Mathews spoke to CNN about the importance of the term Anthropocene in understanding humanity's global impact.
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She Steals Surfboards by the Seashore. She’s a Sea Otter.
Tim Tinker, an ecologist at the University of California, Santa Cruz who has spent decades studying the marine mammals, speaks about sea otter behavior.
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NASA releases spectacular image to celebrate James Webb Space Telescope
Brant Robertson, a theoretical astrophysicist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, notes that the Milky Way is beautiful and brings up the question of how the galaxy formed.