Media Coverage
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The economics of covering California’s water system with solar panels
Ars Technica covered the latest research from Environmental Studies Postdoctoral Researcher Brandi McKuin and Professor Elliott Campbell about the economic feasibility of covering the state's water conveyance canals with solar panels. This research was also covered in Popular Science, Gizmodo, Courthouse News and other outlets.
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Why covering canals with solar panels is a power move
WIRED interviewed Brandi McKuin, an environmental studies postdoctoral researcher, about her new paper with Environmental Studies Professor Elliott Campbell that showed the potential benefits of covering California's water conveyance canals with solar panels.
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One year later: How COVID killed small businesses
Economics Professor Rob Fairlie spoke with Bay Area television station KTVU about how businesses have fared a year into the pandemic.
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California elephant seals battle fear and hunger in their epic migration across the Pacific
Biologist Roxanne Beltran was featured in coverage of her research on elephant seals, including stories in the San Francisco Chronicle, Hakai magazine, the Conversation, France24, and other media outlets.
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Santa Cruz Shakespeare looks to return to outdoors at Audrey Stanley Grove
A Santa Cruz Sentinel story noted that this year, in conjunction with the UC Santa Cruz Shakespeare Workshop and Humanities Institute, Santa Cruz Shakespeare will tackle one of Shakespeare’s most fascinating and vexing plays, Troilus & Cressida.
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Exhibits convey incarcerated artists’ spirit: ‘No matter what I did … there’s beauty inside me’
A story in the San Francisco Chronicle spotlighted Barring Freedom, an exhibition co-curated by UCSC’s Institute of Arts and Sciences.
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Three Feet or Six? Distancing Guideline for Schools Stirs Debate
Infectious disease expert Marm Kilpatrick was quoted in a New York Times article about how much social distancing is needed in schools to limit coronavirus transmission.
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Watch dolphins ‘talk’ to each other to synchronize their behaviors
Biologist Shawn Noren was quoted in a Science magazine story about dolphin communication.
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As Uber avoided paying into unemployment, the federal government helped thousands of its drivers weather the pandemic
Sociology Professor Chris Benner was quoted by The Washington Post as part of an article documenting how app-based workers fell back on federal pandemic aid intended for small businesses.
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In Central California, Sea Otters Feast on Purple Urchins. And That's Good for Kelp
Biologist Joshua Smith and ocean scientist Meredith McPherson were featured in ongoing coverage of their research on kelp forests, including stories from KQED Radio, Inside Climate News, and Good Times.
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Keeping youth politically engaged after they voted in record numbers last year
Associate Professor of Sociology Veronica Terriquez talked with San Francisco public radio station KALW about what it might take to keep young voters politically engaged following their high turnout rates in the 2020 elections.
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Critics decry access, transparency issues with key trove of coronavirus sequences
Genomics experts Angie Hinrichs and David Haussler were quoted in a Science news story about difficulties getting access to coronavirus genome data.