Media Coverage
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A new form of sea defence is part natural, part artificial
Marine scientist Michael Beck's research on the value of natural reefs for coastal protection was featured in an article in the Economist about new approaches to defending against coastal flooding.
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Karen Miga Fills In the Missing Pieces of Our Genome
Geneticist Karen Miga was featured in Quanta magazine in an interview about her work on the Telomere to Telomere Project to complete the human genome sequence.
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Uber and Lyft drivers have no right to a minimum wage. That must change
An opinion article in The Sacramento Bee cited research on app workers by Sociology Professor Chris Benner, who is the director of the Institute for Social Transformation.
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Saving our groundwater: two UCSC professors weigh in
Politics senior researcher Ruth Langridge and Earth and Planetary Sciences Professor Andrew Fisher shared their expertise in drought management on KSQD. Fisher was also interviewed on KSCO's Good Morning, Montery Bay program.
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Female Filmmakers in Focus: Amber Sealey Discusses Her New Movie ‘No Man of God’
Theater Arts alumna Amber Sealey spoke about bringing a feminist gaze to the canon of Ted Bundy films in an interview published by Moviefone about her new movie, No Man of God.
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The Bay Area experts who are building COVID-19’s evolutionary tree of life
Bioinformatics experts Russell Corbett-Detig and Angie Hinrichs were featured in coverage of their work tracing the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 variants, including stories in the San Jose Mercury News and Santa Cruz Sentinel.
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Astronomers 3D-print stellar nurseries you can hold in your hand
Astronomer Nia Imara was quoted in coverage of her research using 3D printing to study stellar nurseries, including stories from CNET, Newsweek, Advanced Science News, Science Times, ABP Live, 3D Printing Progress, and other media outlets.
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Plenty of Evidence for Recombination in SARS-CoV-2
Biomolecular engineer Russ Corbett-Detig was quoted in an article in The Scientist about variants of SARS-CoV-2 swapping genetic material (known as recombination).
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UC Santa Cruz is raising money to help visiting scholars from Afghanistan
KSBW covered fundraising efforts for UC Santa Cruz's Afghanistan Visiting Scholars Emergency Support Fund.
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What’s missing in India’s growth strategy?
Distinguished Professor of Economics Nirvikar Singh wrote an opinion piece for Financial Express about trade openness and India's economy.
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What is Sharia? Islamic law shows Muslims how to live, and can be a force for progress as well as tool of fundamentalists
The Conversation discussed research by Politics and Legal Studies Professor Mark Fathi Massoud as part of a series of articles called "Understanding Islam."
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‘The need is pretty dire’: UC Santa Cruz raises funds to support fleeing Afghan scholars
Lookout Santa Cruz covered UC Santa Cruz efforts to bring at least two at-risk Afghan academics, activists, or journalists to safety on campus through visiting scholar placements.