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Should Big Pharma pay poor countries for finding new diseases?
Vox discussed research by Politics Professor and Global and Community Health Program Co-Director Matt Sparke on how the COVID pandemic demonstrated that prioritizing intellectual property rights above all else entrenches global inequalities in access to medications and treatments.
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‘It was the perfect storm’: the fatal crash that changed criminal justice in San Francisco
Politics Professor Anjuli Verma spoke with The Guardian about how a New Year's Eve car crash in San Francisco fueled fears about crime in the city.
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Tax Ivy League Endowments, and Fund Public Higher Ed
Jacobin Magazine cited research by Economics Professor George Bulman, which found that colleges and universities with larger endowments do provide more financial aid, but they also enroll fewer low-income students and students of color. As their endowment wealth helps them become higher ranked, they become more selective, rather than increasing the size or diversity of their…
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Golden State Warriors hold STEAM Fest for students
KTVU's coverage of the Golden State Warriors' annual STEAM fest highlighted UCSC's demonstration table at the event.
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A Tale of Two Sea Level Rise Solutions
Environmental Studies Ph.D. student Amanda Stoltz spoke with Sierra about climate gentrification. "Not only are lower-income and BIPOC communities already bearing the brunt of the climate crisis, but also rising real estate prices may continue to push those communities out of climate-safe neighborhoods and into areas more at risk," she said.
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California Faculty Association members vote to approve tentative agreement
UC Santa Cruz graduate student Sarah Mason, who works with the Center for Labor and Community spoke with KAZU to explain the process of ratifying union labor agreements.
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Being 80
A PBS documentary that seeks to counteract stereotypes on aging features the ongoing work of UC Santa Cruz Sociology Professor Emeritus John Brown Childs, who teaches peacemaking skills through a program with Soledad State Prison and UCSC students.
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UC applications rise for fall 2024, with gains in diversity and transfer applicants
UC Santa Cruz emailed about 500,000 potential transfer students last fall to congratulate them on their educational journeys and offer help in course planning, financial aid issues and other support, said Michelle Whittingham, associate vice chancellor of enrollment management. The number of transfer applications overall grew to 12,218 — a 9.6% increase — for fall…
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Honduran ex-president convicted of helping send tons of cocaine to U.S.
“How is it possible the U.S. government did not know this stuff was going on?” said Dana Frank, a historian and Honduras expert at the University of California at Santa Cruz. “They chose to look the other way.”
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U.S.-Backed Fmr. Honduran Pres. Juan Orlando Hernández on Trial in NY for Drug Trafficking
Dana Frank, professor emerita of history at UC Santa Cruz, was interviewed by Democracy Now about the trial against former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who is accused of turning the Central American country into a narco-state.