Media Coverage
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The inaccurate link between body ideals and health
Anthropology Professor Nancy Chen gave a TED Salon talk about cultural body ideals and health.
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Two Grants To Help UC Santa Cruz Improve Faculty Diversity
Diverse shared the news of two new grant-funded UC Santa Cruz programs that will support students from underrepresented backgrounds in building faculty careers.
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Opinion: I created the first ethnic studies program at my high school
Izadora Amaris Lopez McGawley, a third generation Chicane UCSC student with a double major in critical race and ethnic studies, and community studies, contributed an opinion piece to the San Diego Union-Tribune.
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Welcome to ‘Frequency’: MAH debuts technological arts festival
A Lookout story about a new Museum of Art & History festival called Frequency: A Festival of Light, Sound & Digital Culture, noted that “half of the artists represent Santa Cruz, an epicenter for digital arts partly because of the Digital Arts & New Media program at UC Santa Cruz."
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How sea otters can fight climate change
Marine ecologist Jim Estes and alumnus Brent Hughes were quoted in a BBC News story about sea otters and kelp forests.
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Prepped to fail: why countries must learn hard lessons from Covid
Professor of Politics Matt Sparke, who is executive director of UC Santa Cruz's Global and Community Health program, coauthored a commentary for The Telegraph on the public health lessons countries must learn from the pandemic.
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Kelp Forests Surge Back on Parts of the North Coast, with a Lesson About Environmental Stability
Marine ecologist Mark Carr was quoted in a Bay Nature article about the recovery of some kelp forests along the Northern California coast.
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New analysis shows the best view of the Milky Way halo to date, providing a window into our galaxy’s future star formation.
Astronomer J. Xavier Prochaska was quoted in a Sky & Telescope story about the Milky Way's gaseous halo.
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A New Company With a Wild Mission: Bring Back the Woolly Mammoth
Biologist Beth Shapiro was quoted in stories in the New York Times and National Geographic about a company that aims to bring back the woolly mammoth.
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Karen Tei Yamashita to receive honorary National Book Award
News that emerita literature professor Karen Tei Yamashita will receive a lifetime achievement award from the National Book Foundation received widespread national media coverage, with stories appearing in such outlets as the Washington Post, Associated Press, The Charlotte Observer, ABC News, Miami Herald, Bloomberg News, The Kansas City Star, U.S. News and World Report, The…
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Dolphins Eavesdrop on Each Other to Avoid Awkward Run-Ins
Biologist Caroline Casey was quoted in a Wired news story about dolphin communication.