Media Coverage
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Local educator enters Reading Hall of Fame
A UC Santa Cruz professor is now a member of the Reading Hall of Fame. Judith Scott is a professor of education. She was recognized and honored for her contributions to education and research. Additional coverage in the Cherokee Phoenix.
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Some Indigenous People Crushed Up Dead Clams. Maybe We Should Too?
Coast Miwok and Southern Pomo people harvested clams for food and shaped shells into bead money, says Tsim Schneider, an archaeologist at UC Santa Cruz and a member of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria: “So taking care of your clam beds was actually kind of protecting your vault, your bank.”
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Antimatter particles could cross the galaxy without being destroyed
Physicist Stefano Profumo was quoted in a New Scientist article about antimatter particles.
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UC Santa Cruz holds annual robotics competition
KSBW covered the annual UCSC robotics competition led by Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Gabe Elkaim.
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Study finds ‘community scientists’ useful at Elkhorn Slough
Biologist Kerstin Wasson was quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about the role of volunteers in monitoring biodiversity in Elkhorn Slough.
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Webb Telescope Finds Earliest Galaxies
Astronomer Brant Robertson was quoted in coverage of his team's observations of the earliest galaxies with the James Webb Space Telescope, including stories in Forbes, New York Post, Daily Express, Fox News, Science Alert, Big Think, Yahoo News, CTV News, Eurasia Review, and other media outlets.
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Oldest Known DNA Paints Picture of a Once-Lush Arctic
Biologist Beth Shapiro was quoted in coverage of the discovery of the oldest known fragments of DNA at a site in Greenland, including stories in the New York Times, National Geographic, Smithsonian, Scientist, C&EN, and other media outlets.
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UC Santa Cruz astronomers take lead in search for life on alien worlds
Astronomers Natalie Batalha, Andy Skemer, Aarynn Carter were featured in a San Jose Mercury News article about UCSC scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope to study exoplanets.
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Astronomers Grapple with JWST’s Discovery of Early Galaxies
Astronomer Garth Illingworth was quoted in a Scientific American article about observations of distant galaxies with the James Webb Space Telescope.
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10 ways to get funding in 2022 if you're a underrepresented founder
Robert W. Fairlie, an economics professor at the University of California at Santa Cruz who studied the effects of COVID-19 on small businesses, found that in the early months of the pandemic, the number of Black, Latinx, and Asian business owners dropped more than the number of white business owners.
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Humbled Central Bankers Scale Back Their Ambitions
The Fed's new policy framework prevented a more aggressive approach to inflation, says Carl Walsh, a University of California at Santa Cruz economist who previously worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Similar coverage in Yahoo News, BNN, Financial Post, and the Economic Times.
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Renewable energy: First ocean areas to be leased off California for floating wind turbines
Geologist Gary Griggs was quoted in a San Jose Mercury News article about plans for offshore wind energy development in California.