Media Coverage
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Global panel discusses India’s transformation into a ‘fascist state’ under Modi
A story in The Express Tribune noted that associate feminist studies professor Anjali Arondekar, co-director of UCSC’s Center for South Asian Studies, spoke at a global conference in Australia’s Parliament about caste-based politics in India and the oppression and marginalization of minorities. The story also appeared in Pakistan's Daily News and Dawn newspapers.
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10 women breaking glass ceilings in the gaming industry
Arts professor Robin Hunicke was featured in a Times Lifestyle story about the female executives, players, and innovators who are helping revolutionize the gaming industry and opening doors for other young, diverse gamers.
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UC Santa Cruz offers new MFA program
KION-TV news reported about a new M.F.A. degree program in Environmental Art and Social Practice offered by the Art Department.
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New bookstore Two Birds Books to open in Pleasure Point
The Santa Cruz Good Times published an article about the opening of a new independent bookstore in Santa Cruz, founded by Denise Silva, a longtime lecturer in the UCSC Writing Program.
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UCSC researchers develop faster way to detect COVID-19 antibodies — without sacrificing accuracy
Biomolecular engineer Rebecca Dubois was featured in coverage of her lab's work on a new assay for coronavirus antibodies in Lookout Santa Cruz. Her research was also covered in Medical Device Network, Economic Times, and other media outlets.
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How the first life on Earth survived its biggest threat — water
Biomolecular engineer David Deamer was quoted in a Nature article about research on the origins of life.
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Researchers fear gig work will spread to grocery industry as demand for delivery surges
MarketWatch broke the news about a new report on e-commerce labor trends in the grocery retail industry that was led by Chris Benner, an environmental studies and sociology professor and director of the Institute For Social Transformation.
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Some Ideas For Fixing America
The editors of the business and policy-themed DealBook Newsletter from The New York Times included a new paper from economics professor Rob Fairlie in a collection of their favorite academic research from the past week. Fairlie's new paper, which documents inequalities in access to capital for minority-owned startups, was also featured in The Hutchins Roundup from…
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The Perfect Strategy to Fight Covid-19 Is … Everything?
Infectious disease expert Marm Kilpatrick was quoted in a Wired news story about the difficulty of determining the effectiveness of different strategies for controlling the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Asteroid Dust from Hayabusa2 Could Solve a Mystery of Planet Creation
Planetary scientist Myriam Telus was quoted in a Scientific American article about research on the asteroid samples collected by the Hyabusa2 mission.
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Two UC Santa Cruz professors receive national recognition
Microbiologist Fitnat Yildiz and linguist Matt Wagers were featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about their recognition as AAAS Fellows.
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‘Why We’re Polarized’ author Ezra Klein headlines UCSC virtual lecture
Lookout Santa Cruz ran an article about alumus Ezra Klein, author of the 2020 book Why We’re Polarized, and the featured speaker for the Humanities Division's Peggy Downes Baskin Ethics Lecture.