Media Coverage
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Humans need to help other species face climate change, scientists say
Biologist Erika Zavaleta was quoted in a Washington Post story about her research on managing biodiversity in the face of climate change.
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Global health degree program launches at UCSC, connecting disciplines to address big questions of our time
Lookout Local talked with Politics Professor Matt Sparke, executive director of UCSC's global and community health program, about the upcoming UC Global Health Day event and the launch of two new majors.
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UCSC readies for ‘good trouble’ as it dedicates a college to John Lewis
Lookout Local interviewed UC Santa Cruz faculty, staff, and students about the dedication of College Ten as John R. Lewis College.
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The tale of the domesticated horse
Biologist Beth Shapiro was quoted in a Knowable magazine article about the origins of domesticated horses.
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Paving the way for mountain lion safety under Highway 17
Environmental Studies Professor Chris Wilmers talked with KSBW to explain the risks that highways pose to local puma populations. Santa Cruz Sentinel and KION also discussed Wilmers' research with the Santa Cruz Puma Project in their coverage of the new Highway 17 wildlife undercrossing.
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Empty Homes Tax garners needed signatures, verification in progress
Santa Cruz Sentinel cited research led by Associate Professor of Sociology Steve McKay and Sociology Professor Miriam Greenberg on the housing crisis in Santa Cruz County.
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Grapes of Ash: How smokey air is polluting California’s wines
Chemist Phil Crews was featured in a KAZU news story about his research on smoke taint in wines.
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Surge of desert surf parks stirs questions in dry California
Ruth Langridge, a senior researcher on water law and policy issues in the Politics Department, spoke with the Associated Press about water use and development planning in California's deserts.
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California’s radical plan to defend homes from sea level rise: move them
Geologist Gary Griggs and ocean scientist Borja Reguero were quoted in a San Francisco Chronicle story about efforts to deal with coastal erosion in California.
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Remember Uranus?
Astronomer Jonathan Fortney and planetary scientist Francis Nimmo were quoted in stories about a possible NASA mission to Uranus in the Atlantic, Science, Science News, Verge, Sky & Telescope, Washington Examiner, and other media outlets.
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Weekly Wisdom interview with Chancellor Cindy Larive
Chancellor Cindy Larive from UC Santa Cruz joined Bridget Burns from University Innovation Alliance and Doug Lederman from Inside Higher Ed for their Weekly Wisdom podcast.
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Sex, Death, and Empire: The Roots of Violence Against Asian Women
UCSC Arts Division Dean Celine Parreñas Shimizu's book, The Hypersexuality of Race, is quoted in this Nation piece that outlines the connection between anti-Asian violence in the United States and America's earliest empire in the Philippines to Japan, Korea, Vietnam.