Media Coverage
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The black-white economic divide is as wide as it was in 1968
Research by Economics Professor Rob Fairlie was featured in a Washington Post story about the wealth gap between black and white Americans, which is as wide today as it was in 1968.
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Want to Fix Urban Sprawl? Ditch the Cul-de-Sac
Adam Millard-Ball of Environmental Studies had his work about urban sprawl featured in Wired magazine.
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It's a tough time to be a fan of bats
Biologist Winifred Frick was featured in a Wall Street Journal article about negative perceptions of bats and the people who defend them.
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How a plan to welcome 100 Syrian refugees divided a town and changed one woman's life
CBC Radio (Canada) ran a feature story about a new documentary film by associate professor of film and digital media Jennifer Maytorena Taylor that premieres at the Toronto Hot Docs Film Festival. Stories about the film also appeared in the Toronto-based magazine, The Gate, and IndieWire.
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COVID and Sleep: Sweet Dreams Aren’t Made of This
Research professor Bill Domhoff's theory of dreams was cited in a WebMD story about dreaming during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Half of the Matter in the Universe Is Missing. Astronomers May Have Found It Using Mystery Radio Signals From Deep Space
Astronomer Xavier Prochaska was quoted in widespread coverage of his team's discovery of the 'missing matter' in the universe, including stories in Newsweek, CNET, MSN, Science, New Scientist, Science News, The Conversation, Space Daily, Science Alert, and other media outlets.
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Peru: Coronavirus spreads despite strict and early measures
Economist Kristian Lopez Vargas was featured in CNN's coverage of the coronavirus pandemic in Peru.
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Number of working black business owners falls 40 percent, far more than other groups amid coronavirus
The Washington Post reported new findings by economist Rob Fairlie about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on black-owned businesses.
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UCSC Autism Researchers to Journalists: Do Better
Psychology Professor Nameera Akhtar and alumna Noa Lewin were featured in a Good Times article about new research into media depictions of autism.
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How Conservation Photographers Use Images to Save Our Living World
History of Art and Visual Culture professor T..J. Demos was quoted in a Santa Cruz Good Times story about how conservation photographers are drawing attention to the beauty of the natural world and how we are damaging it.
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Voices from the Middle East: The Future of the Hirak Movement in Algeria
Assistant professor of history Muriam Haleh Davis interviewed Algerian journalist Selma Kasmi in the Middle East Report about how the pandemic is affecting the Hirak protest movement in Algeria.
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How literature can capture the essence of life in a pandemic
Humanities dean Tyler Stovall contributed an op-ed to the San Francisco Chronicle about literature and the pandemic.