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The Guardian
Republicans want corporate oligarchy. We need economic democracy
Michael A McCarthy, director of the Community Studies Program at UC Santa Cruz, coauthored an opinion article with U.S. representative Rashida Harbi Tlaib about how to build an economic system that works for all Americans by advancing collective ownership models across sectors.
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National Geographic
Where were enslaved Africans taken from? The answer could be hidden in their bones.
Anthropology Professor Vicky Oelze's groundbreaking map of strontium isotopes found across sub-Saharan Africa could help descendants of enslaved people reconstruct their family histories. By comparing strontium values found in a person's remains to strontium values across a landscape, scientists can gauge where that person is most likely from. "Individual histories are completely erased" by the slave trade, says…
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San Francisco Chronicle
California’s effort to streamline wildfire prevention could have long-term consequences
Karen Holl, a distinguished professor of environmental studies at UC Santa Cruz, spoke with the San Francisco Chronicle about the potential pitfalls Governor Newsom's executive order and emergency proclamation to suspend the California Environmental Quality Act, the Coastal Act and other longstanding regulations in order to remove red tape from projects to reduce fuels from…
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Scientific American
Why You Can’t Get That Song Out of Your Head
Scientific American spoke with UC Santa Cruz Psychology Professor Nick Davidenko and Ph.D. student Matt Evans about “earworms,” the types of songs that get stuck in your head and play automatically on a loop. Davidenko and Evans have studied earworms together, finding that when people sing out their earworms, they have a remarkable ability to perfectly match…
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Lookout Santa Cruz
This week in Santa Cruz County business
Lookout Santa Cruz's weekly roundup of business news shared findings from a report by UC Santa Cruz's Center for Labor and Community, which showed that 44% of Santa Cruz County workers, students and residents between the age of 18 and 34 said they’d be interested in joining a union.
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NPR
An animation breakthrough makes it possible to more accurately illustrates Black hair
Cross-disciplinary professor AM Darke breaks down her recent research on animating Black hair. Historically, character models in animation feature white hair and most of the research into animating hair is done on straighter hair patterns. Darke’s research into coily hair provides a course to better representation that will revolutionize animation.
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Santa Cruz Sentinel
UC Santa Cruz to showcase next generation of artists with Open Studios
This Friday, March 14, UC Santa Cruz will open its doors for the public to get a first glimpse into the future of art. The quarterly open studios is a free event for the public where they can come to campus and see art in all forms: painting, sculpture, photography and more.
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San Francisco Chronicle
‘It’s just chaos’: How California scientists are facing attacks on research by Trump and DOGE
“We’re feeling frustrated,” Needhi Bhalla, a professor of molecular, cell and developmental biology at UC Santa Cruz, said of the precarious situation. “And wondering why something that has benefited from bipartisan support for 70 years is now currently a target.” Graduate student Fabiola Avalos-Villatoro was also quoted.
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Santa Cruz Local
Federal funding freeze threatens UCSC research, Santa Cruz biotech industry
A de facto funding freeze on federal biomedical grants could soon stymie UC Santa Cruz research on cancer and other diseases, and stifle the county’s biotech industry, several UC Santa Cruz faculty members said. Quoted faculty members include Carol Greider, Karen Ottemann, Needhi Bhalla, and Ed Green.
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KAZU-FM
UC Santa Cruz professors and students rally for science
Several hundred people rallied in Santa Cruz Friday to support science in the face of significant threats to federal funding. “Stand Up for Science” rallies took place on the UC Santa Cruz main campus and at the coastal science campus. Chair of the UCSC Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology department Karen Ottemann spoke to a crowd…