Media Coverage
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When an Eel Climbs a Ramp to Eat Squid From a Clamp, That’s a Moray
Professor Rita Mehta's research with moray eels was covered by the New York Times, Smithsonian, Daily Mail, LiveScience, CNET, New Atlas, and other media outlets. The clever headline and captions in the NY Times led to additional coverage by NPR and The Wrap.
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How COVID-19 Challenged Us to Rewrite Our Life Stories
Psychology Professor Phil Hammack wrote an article for Psychology Today about the types of personal growth people may have undergone during the pandemic.
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Putting the B in LGBTQ
Psychology Professor Phil Hammack, director of the sexual and gender diversity laboratory at UC Santa Cruz, joined NPR's 1A program to discuss bisexual identities and visibility.
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In Outcaste Bombay, historian Juned Shaikh interrogates assumptions about city's cosmopolitanism in 20th century
India's Firstpost published an interview with associate history professor Juned Shaikh about his new book on the link between caste and class identities in Mumbai.
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San Jose immigrants suffer from growing economic divide
The Washington Post interviewed Assistant Professor of Sociology Juan Pedroza and Sociology Professor and Director of the Institute for Social Transformation Chris Benner about factors contributing to economic inequality in San Jose.
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How to save the Salton Sea: Proposal to import seawater across California desert is biggest since Hoover Dam
USA Today and The Desert Sun produced an in-depth feature article on the Salton Sea, including Environmental Studies Professor Brent Haddad's role leading a panel to evaluate water importation proposals.
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California's community colleges took a massive hit during the pandemic
Associate Professor of Economics George Bulman and Professor of Economics Robert Fairlie's latest research demonstrating the pandemic's impact on higher education was featured in the San Francisco Chronicle.
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Democrats displace border crisis onto Central America
Emerita history professor Dana Frank was interviewed on KPFA about a visit by Vice President Kamala Harris to Central America and the border crisis. She was also quoted in a Los Angeles Times story about Harris and U.S. policy in the region that also ran in the Miami Herald, Minnesota Star Tribune, and Santa Rosa Press Democrat.
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In Hipster Williamsburg, Hasidic Jews Are the Real Counterculture
The Times of Israel featured an extensive interview with history professor Nathaniel Deutsch about his new book on the religious and real estate forces that have turned Brooklyn's Orthodox Jews into a political and economic power. The book was also reviewed in Moment Magazine.
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UCSC study reveals that virtual reality can alter time perception
Good Times interviewed Grayson Mullen, a cognitive science alumnus, and Psychology Professor Nicolas Davidenko about their research documenting a "time compression" effect in virtual reality.
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Three soft skills leaders need for hybrid work environments
Fast Company discussed research by Ph.D. student Andrew Guydish and Psychology Professor Jean E. Fox Tree on the importance of understanding "conversation reciprocity" for teams in hybrid and remote work environments.
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‘Their own intersection of pandemics’: Oral historians reflect on stories from UCSC’s year of crisis
Lookout Santa Cruz featured a story about The Empty Year, a collection of interviews about the past year of Covid-19, wildfires and racial unrest, gathered by students under the auspices of the Library’s Regional History Project.