Media Coverage

The Washington Post highlights research from Professor A.M. Darke. Her recent work helped create programs for better animating coily hair. This work will help create better representation in animation.

“Trade-offs between industrial and conservation outcomes are not usually this optimal,” said co-author Heather Welch, a research scientist with the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration and the University of California, Santa Cruz. “Oftentimes, industrial activities must be greatly limited to achieve conservation goals, or vice versa. In this case, there is a potentially large conservation benefit…

Scientists are measuring how much carbon dioxide Elkhorn Slough can suck from the atmosphere. Their research is funded by a $3.5 million grant awarded in 2022 by the University of California Office of the President. It is part of a broader effort to find ways to remove greenhouse gasses from the atmosphere. “Wetlands are one…

Some of the answers could be forthcoming under a research project at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where professor Emily Brodsky is working on a $1.1 million Department of Energy grant aimed at studying the potential to induce earthquakes from different kinds of human activity including geothermal wells and groundwater management systems as well…

Mark Carr of the University of California, Santa Cruz, wrote that there are few natural rock reefs at the depths of the California oil platforms and none with comparable physical characteristics. If the goal is to contribute to overall reef area, their value is “minuscule.” If, however, the intent is to preserve their unique habitats,…

“The Uranus system is one of the big blank spots that are left on our map,” said Francis Nimmo, a planetary scientist at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Artforum, one of the world's leading art magazines, highlighed the work of UC Santa Cruz Humanities Professor Gina Athena Ulysse in its story about the prestigious Dakar Biennale (Dak'Art). A featured artist at the Biennale, Ulysse, a prolific Haitian-American scholar and artist, has a vibrant installation on the facade of the Ancien Palace de Justice, where…

Professor and Chair of the Department of Performance, Play & Design Michael Chemers reimagined the classic Russian play Inspector General for a new era. Santa Cruz Sentinel writer Jake Thomas gives the play a stunning review, in large due to its "ability to inspire reflection." Inspector General will be playing until the end of this…

UC Santa Cruz alumna Hailey McAfee, who graduated with a B.A. in Theater Arts, is currently directing a new play. Here Comes the Night is set to premiere in Los Angeles in January and run through mid-February.

A.M. Darke, a UC Santa Cruz professor of Performance, Play, and Design, recently released a paper with a colleague from Yale focusing on their research in animating coily hair. Animation didn’t even include texture in Black hair until 2021 with Disney’s Encanto. Darke’s research is game changing in the field of animation and will lead to…