Media Coverage
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Trump’s student visa order rescinded: Reaction on campuses + This week in AAPI pop culture
The Sacramento Bee reported news from UCSC about literature professor Karen Yamashita's new book of short stories about growing up in Japanese America.
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For The First Time, Scientists Have Completely Sequenced a Human Chromosome
Genomics researcher Karen Miga was featured in coverage of the first complete gapless sequence of the human X chromosome, including stories in Science Alert, Daily Mail, Tech Explorist, MSN, Cosmos, New Atlas, Genome Web, Genetic Engineering News, SciTech Daily, IFL Science, and other media outlets.
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New Movements: Wandering Seminar, Campus Protest, and the Institute of the Arts and Sciences at UCSC
Artforum's Art & Education featured an extensive article about UC Santa Cruz's Institute of the Arts and Sciences.
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How to fix the Covid-19 dumpster fire in the U.S.
Biologist Marm Kilpatrick was quoted in a STAT news article about how to improve the U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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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.