Media Coverage
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University of California System Bans Fully Online Degrees
Three UC Santa Cruz faculty members – Patty Gallagher, Kirsten Silva Gruesz, and Dard Neuman – are quoted as opposing a blanket residency requirement, noting the nuances of learning that should be taken into account during the decision-making process.
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We Wish Buying Carbon Offsets for Your Flight Helped. It Doesn’t.
Ellen Vaughan, Water & Climate Action Manager at UC Santa Cruz, oversaw the university’s efforts to equity-weigh the cost of its carbon. “As more information comes online, as researchers record the impacts of climate change at a more granular level, this number is just going to continue to grow,” she says.
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Narwhals' hungry summers as climate warms
Biologist Philippine Chambault was quoted in coverage of her research on narwhals, including stories from France24, AFP, PhysOrg, and other media outlets.
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What is Title 42?
Dr. Carlos Martinez, an assistant professor of Migrant Health & Social Justice in the Latin American & Latino Studies Department at UC Santa Cruz, discusses the Biden administration's recent Humanitarian Parole Plan, the continued barring of migrants under the enforcement of Title 42 and his own ethnographic fieldwork.
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‘The biggest challenge human civilization has had to face’: What California’s big winter storms mean for the future
Geologist Gary Griggs was featured in the San Jose Mercury News in an interview about the long-term implications of the damage caused by this year's winter storms.
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How The Western U.S. Could Rebuild Its Water Infrastructure
Hydrogeologist Andrew Fisher was interviewed on the public radio program Science Friday about water infrastructure in the western United States.
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All your questions about San Francisco's Karl the Fog answered
Environmental toxicologist Peter Weiss was quoted in a story in SF Gate about San Francisco's fog.
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Wave force causes cliff collapse on Steamer Lane side of Lighthouse Point
Geologist Gary Griggs was quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about the collapse of a section of the cliff next to Steamer Lane.
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UCSC Scientists Make Major Discoveries with James Webb Space Telescope
Astronomers Brant Robertson, Garth Illingworth, Natalie Batalha, and others were featured in a Good Times cover story about their research using the James Webb Space Telescope.
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Gene Expression in Neurons Solves a Brain Evolution Puzzle
Neuroscientist Bradley Colquitt was quoted in a Quanta article about the evolutionary origins of the neocortex in mammals.
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Santa Cruz’s Waterfront Promenade Reaches an Inflection Point
Geologist Gary Griggs was quoted in New York Times coverage of the erosion on West Cliff Drive from recent storms.
