Media Coverage
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White backlash to Black Lives Matter was swift. It was also expected
Professor of history Dana Frank was quoted in a San Francisco Chronicle piece about the expected hostility now beginning toward the racial uprising that has energized the country.
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Why are US coronavirus deaths NOT rising quickly despite increasing infection rates across the nation?
Epidemiologist Marm Kilpatrick was quoted in a Daily Mail story about current trends in coronavirus infections and COVID-19 deaths in the United States.
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Startling white dwarf study joins dots on life’s building block
Astrophysicist Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz was featured in news coverage of his team's research on white dwarfs, including stories from SlashGear, Daily Mail, Space Daily, Science Codex, Scienmag, and other media outlets.
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Ripples in Spacetime Keep Revealing Bizarre Occurrences in Space
Astrophysicist Ryan Foley was featured in a Vice news story about gravitational waves.
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Star Andy Samberg sees ‘Palm Springs’ as fun twist on ‘Groundhog Day’ idea
The San Francisco Chronicle featured a story about alumnus actor Andy Samberg and the new feature film that he produced through the Lonely Island company he runs with fellow UCSC alumnus Akiva Schaffer.
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How DNA revealed the woolly mammoth's fate – and what it teaches us today
Biologist Beth Shapiro was featured in a Big Think article about using ancient DNA to study the fate of the woolly mammoth.
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Gabon Dam Development Threatens Fish Habitat
Biologist Joe Cutler was featured in a Hakai magazine story about dam development in Gabon that threatens fish populations.
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Splash-testing tsunami tech: Locked in an escape pod in the middle of the ocean
Geophysicist Steven Ward was quoted in a CNET article about tsunamis.
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Dog Breeding in the Neolithic Age
Biologist Terrie Williams was quoted in a story about early selective breeding of sled dogs in the New York Times and Chicago Tribune.
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Bizarre new planet is largest known rocky world, 40 times as massive as Earth
Astronomer Jonathan Fortney was quoted in a National Geographic story about the discovery of an unusual exoplanet.
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Santa Cruz theater scene stages virtual comeback
A Santa Cruz Sentinel article noted that Santa Cruz Shakespeare will present an ambitious 10-part series this summer called “Undiscovering Shakespeare: The War of the Roses” in conjunction with UCSC's Humanities Institute and Shakespeare Workshop.
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These Sneaky Ensatina Salamanders Are Heading For a Family Split
Biologists Barry Sinervo and Regina Spranger are featured in a KQED Deep Look article about the evolution of Ensatina salamanders.