Media Coverage
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‘Minke whales for dinner’: Norway’s controversial whale hunt is still on
Biologist Ari Friedlaender was quoted in a Mongabay article about Norway's plans to kill more than 1,200 minke whales this year.
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Surprise! Earth Has a Secret Hidden Layer
Geophysicist Quentin Williams was quoted in a Popular Science article about Earth's inner core.
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Scientists Discover Key Ingredient Behind Tiny Glittery Squid's Symbiotic Bacterial Glow
Biochemist Laura Sanchez was quoted in coverage of her research on bioluminescent squid, including stories in IFL Science, Science Daily, and other media outlets.
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How scientists helped Alaska’s “Rat Island” shake off its namesake rodents
Biologist Don Croll was quoted in coverage of research on the effects of eradicating rats from Alaska's "Rat Island" in Popular Science, Science Daily, and other media outlets.
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Satellite Imagery Shows Northern California Kelp Forests Have Collapsed
Ocean scientists Meredith McPherson and Raphael Kudela and biologist Joshua Smith were quoted in continuing coverage of their research on kelp forests, including stories from Smithsonian, KION TV, IFL Science, EuroNews, and other media outlets.
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The 110 women of 2020 according to the Corriere
Italy’s most widely read newspaper, Corriere della Sera, ranked UC Santa Cruz assistant professor of sociology Camilla Hawthorne number 20 among the world's top women of the year for her research on the Black diaspora across the Mediterranean.
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Power 100: Most influential people in 2020 in the contemporary artworld
The London-based magazine ArtReview released their annual Power 100 ranking, with Feral Atlas: The More Than Human Anthropocene, a project curated by UC Santa Cruz anthropology professor Anna Tsing, at number 15.
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‘Revolutionary’ federal stimulus bill could cut California child poverty by half
CalMatters interviewed Sociology Professor Chris Benner about how funding through the child tax credit extension could alleviate financial anxiety and allow parents to seek new economic opportunities.
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Study Finds Climate Change Alters West Coast Trees
Good Times Santa Cruz talked with Environmental Studies Professor and Founding Director of the Forest Ecology Research Plot Greg Gilbert and Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Kai Zhu about how data collected by student interns is contributing to larger studies of climate change impacts on forests.
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North Bay Student Maximus Vega Overcame Huge Obstacles To Excel
CBSN Bay Area celebrated UC Santa Cruz first-year psychology student Maximus Vega for the challenges he overcame during middle school and high school on his way to becoming a proud Banana Slug today.
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Farms laws: 3 Experts, 2 Opinions
Distinguished Professor of Economics Nirvikar Signh coauthored an op-ed on problems in agricultural reform for Times of India with Cornell University Professor and former Chief Economist of the World Bank Kaushik Basu.
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Otters to the rescue of dying kelp forest in California
Biologist Joshua Smith was quoted in coverage of his research on sea otters and kelp forests in Monterey Bay, including stories in the Times (U.K.), BBC Science Focus, Independent, Inverse, Santa Cruz Sentinel, ZME Science, Courthouse News, Science Daily, and other media outlets.