Media Coverage
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How Gillian Welch and David Rawlings Held Onto Optimism
Alumna Gillian Welch (Porter '90, art) and her musical partner David Rawlings were featured in a long New York Times Magazine article on their music and optimism in the face of COVID-19. The piece was also selected as the "Sunday Read" by the Times podcast The Daily.
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Researchers found signs of human pollution in animals living six miles beneath the sea
Ocean scientist Carl Lamborg was quoted in a Popular Science article about high mercury concentrations found in fish in the Mariana Trench.
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As Broad Shutdowns Return, Californians Ask ‘Is This the Best We Can Do?’
Infectious disease expert Marm Kilpatrick was quoted in a U.S. News story about the course of the pandemic in California.
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At YBCA, Art is a Powerful Tool for Envisioning a Less Complacent Future
A KQED story about a multimedia group exhibition at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts highlighted Sin Sol / No Sun, an augmented reality game by assistant professor of Art and Design: Games and Playable Media, micha cárdenas.
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Policing Blackness: It happened again. This time it was in Discovery Bay
History professor Dana Frank was quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle for a story about an incident of policing blackness for innocuous behavior.
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A New PBS Series Shows How Underserved Latino Communities Are Fighting To Protect Themselves During COVID-19
A Time magazine story about a new PBS series of documentary shorts, Latinos Are Essential, described a film by associate film and digital media professor Jennifer Maytorena Taylor included in the series.
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Ariana Grande delves into R&B with ‘Positions,’ and Elton John unearths trove of rarities
An article in the San Francisco Chronicle about new music noted that the latest release by Gillian Welch is "the third volume of remastered recordings of exquisite folk songs from the esteemed Welch, a UC Santa Cruz grad and Grammy winner."
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Visualizing abolition: UCSC series explores a society without police, prisons
Feminist studies professor Gina Dent was featured in the Santa Cruz Sentinel for an extensive article about Visualizing Abolition, a year-long campus lecture series she put together in collaboration with UCSC's Institute of the Arts and Sciences.
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Isaac Julien’s ‘Lessons’ a sensory journey to the heart of Frederick Douglass
The San Francisco Chronicle featured a story about “Lessons of the Hour," a 10-screen film installation by arts professor Isaac Julien exploring the life and legacy of Frederick Douglass, at McEvoy Foundation for the Arts.
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UC Santa Cruz researchers develop environmentally sustainable fish feed
Environmental Studies Department faculty members Anne Kapuscinski and Pallab Sarker were interviewed in the Santa Cruz Sentinel about a research breakthrough from their ecological aquaculture lab.
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Stellar Smashups May Fuel Planetary Habitability, Study Suggests
Astronomer Natalie Batalha and geophysicist Francis Nimmo were featured in a Scientific American article about the role of radiogenic heating in determining the habitability of planets.
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That Pre-Thanksgiving Covid Test Won't Really Keep You Safe
Infectious disease researcher Marm Kilpatrick was quoted in a Wired news story about how to have a safe holiday gathering during the Covid-19 pandemic.