Media Coverage
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Earth's core is in the hot seat
Earth scientist Quentin Williams was quoted in an Eos article about research on Earth's core.
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Frigid dwarf planet Pluto may have started out its life as a hothead
Planetary scientists Francis Nimmo and Carver Bierson were quoted in widespread news coverage of their research on Pluto's subsurface ocean, including stories from Reuters, CNN, Discover, Scientific American, MSN, CBC News, Toronto Sun, Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, Cosmos, Tech Times, Universe Today, Science Alert, IFL Science, and many other media outlets.
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Crab Command and Control
Statistician Jarrod Santora was quoted in a Hakai magazine story about his team's efforts to reduce whale entanglements in crabbing gear.
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What a Negative COVID-19 Test Really Means
Epidemiologist Marm Kilpatrick continues to be quoted in coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic, including news stories from the Atlantic, San Jose Mercurcy News, MSN, and other media outlets.
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Airbnb Layoffs Expose Inequities in a Two-Tiered Workforce
Chris Benner, professor of sociology and director of the Institute for Social Transformation, was quoted in a Bloomberg Businessweek article about layoffs at Airbnb that have exposed its two-tiered workforce.
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Growing Up Sansei in LA
Emerita profesor of literature Karen Yamashita contributed an essay to Guernica magazine about growing up in a Japanese American bubble in the 1950s and 60s, while living in three different Los Angeles neighborhoods.
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How a Postdoctoral Fellowship Can Be a Bridge to a Nonacademic Career, Too
Alumnus Michael Ursell (2011, literature, Ph.D.) was featured in a Chronicle of Higher Education article about how postdoctoral fellowship programs can play a crucial role in helping graduate students and Ph.D.s make the transition to nonfaculty career paths.
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Now Playing! From Stockton to Lucknow, the World is Your Oyster
A KQED story about upcoming films to watch included a recommendation to check out the 2020 online screening of thesis films by graduate students in UCSC's Social Documentation M.F.A. program.
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The Environmental Keyword You Probably Haven’t Heard Of
Distinguished emeritus History of Consciousness professors James Clifford and Donna Haraway were quoted in Medium for a story about why you should add the word "ecotone" to your environmental communications toolkit.
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Quarantine in Camp Stories of Other Pandemics
Jonathan van Harmelen, a Ph.D. student in history specializing in the history of Japanese-American incarceration, contributed a story to The North American Post about quarantines during the internment of Japanese Americans in the U.S. during World War II.
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14 Vintage Photos Of Angela Davis, Firebrand Activist And Feminist Powerhouse
Vogue magazine (UK) featured a story including 14 vintage photos of UCSC professor emerita Angela Davis, noting that at 76, the icon of feminism and the civil rights movement is still fighting for the causes she believes in.
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You're a Data Artist, not a Data Scientist
Data Science Central quoted film and digital media professor Warren Sack from a UCSC NewsCenter article about whether data science should be classified as an art, rather than a science.