Media Coverage
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Frederick Douglass’ ‘Lessons’ Resound in the Contemporary Moment
KQED ran a story about the West Coast debut of Lessons of the Hour, a film and photography exhibition by British filmmaker, installation artist, and UC Santa Cruz distinguished professor of the arts, Isaac Julien, at the McEvoy Foundation for the Arts. A story also was published in the Daily Republic.
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Philly Group Tackling Trash Through Art
A story in Next City, about a Philadelphia neighborhood organizing to mobilize residents about a garbage problem, noted that they used the “implosion method,” a concept from humanities emeritus professor Donna Haraway, as an educational tool.
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15 Years On, The Lonely Legacy Of 'Shadow Of The Colossus'
Arts professor Robin Hunicke was quoted in an NPR story about Shadow of the Colossus, the second of three melancholic video games directed by acclaimed Japanese game maker Fumito Ueda.
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A South L.A. crime novelist’s long road to writing one of best books of the year
The Los Angeles Times reviewed the latest book by novelist and UCSC literature alumna Rachel Howzell Hall, “And Now She’s Gone.”
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U.S. Black-owned firms make surprise comeback to pre-Covid level
Economics Professor Robert Fairlie is quoted in Bloomberg interpreting new trends in his research on the effects of COVID-19 on Black-owned businesses.
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White House announces Sudan Israel deal
UC Santa Cruz politics and legal studies professor Mark Fathi Massoud talked with BBC World News about the implications of a recent Trump administration deal to normalize relations between Sudan and Israel.
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Lyrics On Trial: Mac Phipps
Aaron Zachmeier, associate director for instructional design and development with UCSC Online Education, was interviewed in the second episode of the NPR podcast "Louder Than a Riot."
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Why bat scientists are socially distancing from their subjects
Biologist Winifred Frick is featured in a Science News story about efforts to protect North American bats from the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.
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UCSC produces a podcast about the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake
The Santa Cruz Good Times featured a story about a new podcast series launched by the University Library about the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. A story was also published in the Watsonville Pajaronian.
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Everyday Heroes: Team helps build COVID-19 testing lab at UCSC
Genomics Institute Executive Director Isabel Bjork and MCD Biology Professor Olena Vaske were featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about the UCSC Molecular Diagnostic Lab.
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California, Reject Prop 22
The New York Times editorial board cited a study led by Professor Chris Benner that showed workers performing the majority of app-based ride hailing and delivery services in San Francisco are typically working full time. Benner is director of the Institute for Social Transformation and a professor of environmental studies and sociology.
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Science Friday Book Club: Conjuring An Alternate History Of Colonization
Catherine S. Ramirez, a professor in the Latin American and Latino Studies Department, joined NPR's Science Friday to discuss Chicanofuturism as part of a book club series exploring New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color.