Media Coverage
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Amazon was supposed to kill Instacart. Instead Instacart became a mini-Amazon
CNN Business interviewed Sociology and Environmental Studies Professor Chris Benner about how online retail is changing the grocery industry.
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US prisons start to resume allowing visits to inmates, with added virus precautions
The New York Times interviewed Psychology Professor Craig Haney about the reinstatement of prison visitation and what this experience may be like for incarcerated people and their families.
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Coronavirus pandemic slowdown has made the oceans quieter, which has been good for whales
Biologist Ari Friedlaender was featured in a NBC News story about the effects on whales of reduced ocean noise due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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This is How Oceanic Chemistry Changes on Sea Levels Affects Global Carbon Cycle
Ocean scientist Adina Paytan's research on ocean chemistry and the global carbon cycle was covered by Nature World News and Science Daily.
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In Hotter Climate, 'Zombie' Urchins Are Winning And Kelp Forests Are Losing
Ocean scientist Meredith McPherson and biologist Joshua Smith were featured in continued coverage of their research on California kelp forests on NPR's Morning Edition and in Science News and Monterey County Weekly.
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What The Shade-Grown Label Means on Your Coffee
Environmental studies postdoctoral scholar Estelí Jiménez-Soto talked with Discover Magazine about the tensions between environmental benefits and working conditions in shade-grown coffee production.
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Covering canals with solar panels could save California billions of gallons of water, says new study
Environmental Studies postdoctoral researcher Brandi McKuin joined the Press Play radio program on KCRW to discuss findings from her latest paper with Professor Elliott Campbell and collaborators at UC Merced. This research was also covered by CBC Radio and ABC 30.
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‘Mini-brains’ research brings neural development breakthrough
Biomolecular engineer Sofie Salama was quoted in a Financial Times article about new research on genes involved in determining brain size.
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California Condor Recovery Plans to Expand to the Pacific Northwest
Environmental toxicologist Myra Finkelstein was quoted in a Courthouse News Service story about California condor recovery plans.
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Sexual and Gender Diversity in an Era of Radical Authenticity
Psychology Professor Phil Hammack kicked off his new column for Psychology Today with an article about how a new generation is leading a revolution in how we think about sexual and gender diversity.
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7 of the Bay Area’s best public gardens to find inspiration
The UC Santa Cruz Arboretum and Botanic Garden were featured in a list of top public gardens in the Bay Area by The Mercury News.
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The Lord of Lizard Land: UCSC’s charismatic biologist Barry Sinervo remembered for passion and commitment
Colleagues Bruce Lyon and Paul Koch remembered biologist Barry Sinervo in an obituary in Lookout Santa Cruz.