Media Coverage
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New satellite images show Northern California's kelp forest almost gone. Here's the reason
Ocean scientist Meredith McPherson was featured in coverage of her research on Northern California kelp forests, including stories in the San Francisco Chronicle, CBS Sacramento, KTLA, Associated Press, SciTech Daily, PhysOrg, and other media outlets.
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This Black Hole Probably Shouldn’t Exist
Astrophysicist Stan Woosley was quoted in an Atlantic news story about new findings regarding the black hole Cygnus X-1.
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OPINION-Dana Frank: Biden must end U.S. policy shoring up the corrupt and authoritarian regime in Honduras
The Washington Post featured an op-ed by history professor Dana Frank urging the Biden administration to end years of U.S. support for a corrupt regime in Honduras led by a repressive dictator.
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African American Theater Arts Troupe Celebrates 30th Anniversary
The Santa Cruz Good Times published a cover story about the three-decade history of UCSC’s African American Theater Arts Troupe.
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Foreign ownership of U.S. farmland is growing. A Missouri lawmaker wants to ban it in the state.
An article on foreign investor ownership of U.S. farmland by The Counter quoted Assistant Professor Madeleine Fairbairn's book Fields of Gold: Financing the Global Land Rush.
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Asian-owned small businesses saw an outsized pandemic impact last year
CNBC cited Economics Professor Rob Fairlie's research in a story about how Asian-owned businesses have struggled to recover since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
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How not to reform the economy — Political strength should not lead to intellectual weakness in designing economic reforms
Distinguished Professor of Economics Nirvikar Singh wrote an article for Financial Express examining what went wrong with agricultural reforms in India that led to farmer protests.
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Planting trees helps fight climate change—but we need billions more seedlings
Environmental Studies professor Karen Holl was interviewed by National Geographic about the importance of planning for survival in tree-planting efforts.
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Building A Telomere-to-Telomere Human Pangenome Reference
Genomics expert Karen Miga was featured in articles in Bio-IT World and GenomeWeb about her work with the Human Pangenome Reference Consortium to build a comprehensive human reference genome.
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California's Pacific Coast Highway is falling into the ocean. Is this the end of the road for one of America's most scenic drives?
Geologist Gary Griggs was featured in a USA Today article about coastal erosion and the fate of the Pacific Coast Highway.
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No ‘variants of concern’ in first Santa Cruz County tests, though bulk of samples show California strain
Biomolecular engineer Russ Corbett-Detig was quoted in a Lookout Santa Cruz story about early results from genomic sequencing of coronavirus samples from Santa Cruz County.
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Will woolly mammoth cloning ever be a reality?
Biologist Beth Shapiro was quoted in a Salon article about mammoth genomes and whether it would be possible to clone a mammoth.