Media Coverage
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How damaged is Angeles Crest Highway? I hiked it to find out
“If our storm and other conditions were normal, we would expect closures and losses at some points,” said Michael Beck, director of UC Santa Cruz’s Center for Coastal Climate Resilience.
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Have astronomers spotted an exploding primordial star?
“It’d be great if it’s true, and it might be,” says Stan Woosley, a theorist at the University of California, Santa Cruz who has played a key role in developing models of pair-instability supernovae. Detecting even one such bright example corresponding to a star at the heavy end of the mass range would imply that…
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Why are so many Bay Area theaters staging ‘Dracula’ in 2026?
If you need a symbol for fascism, economic precarity or rapid technological advancement, try “Dracula.” Renee Fox, an associate professor of literature at UC Santa Cruz and a co-director of the school’s Center for Monster Studies, sees a throughline in the eras when vampire stories peak.
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Luminous new historical fiction
The New York Times’ book columnist Alida Becker called Emeritus Professor of Literature Karen Tei Yamashita’s new book ‘luminous’ and listed it among the month’s best new book releases.
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The Book That Plunges You Into Messy American History
The Atlantic Monthly ran a detailed feature story about Professor Emeritus of Literature Karen Tei Yamashita’s new book and how she “challenges readers to join her in deciphering a shameful moment from the nation’s past.”
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Karen Tei Yamashita began with Japanese American History. Then She Made Things Up.
In her sprawling new novel, Professor Emeritus of Literature Karen Tei Yamashita sprinkles fanciful details (a trombone narrator!) into the bracing story of World War II internment.
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Deep space photography to go on view at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History
A selection of celestial photographs will be on the display in the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History’s atrium starting Thursday. The gallery is a collaboration between the museum and UC Santa Cruz’s Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics.
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Popular Miyawaki reforestation method lacks evidence, study finds
Reforestation expert Karen D. Holl, a professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, in the U.S., who wasn’t involved with the study, told Mongabay that she has personally heard the Miyawaki method mentioned in meetings about tropical forest restoration strategies as a promising approach to enhance carbon and biodiversity. This despite the method being,…
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Four Healthy Peregrine Falcon Chicks Have Hatched on a Ledge at San Jose City Hall
There’s some good news on the local raptor front, which we all could use after a rough few years for Bay Area peregrine falcons: Four chicks have hatched this spring in the nest box atop San Jose City Hall, and biologists from UC Santa Cruz have given them a clean bill of health.
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San Jose tech giant PayPal agrees to $30 million settlement with feds over DEI fund
The government’s contention that DEI is by nature discriminatory relies on the concept of “reverse discrimination,” in which dominant groups are seen as victims of racism, said UC Santa Cruz lecturer Nolan Higdon, who studies the technology industry and U.S. culture and politics. Higdon rejects the concept.
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UCSC researcher aims to fill gaps in Pajaro Valley air monitoring data, help farmworkers deal with pollution health impacts
Javier González-Rocha, an assistant professor of mathematics at UC Santa Cruz, has been working to identify air monitoring data gaps in the Pajaro Valley to better inform farmworkers and the local community.
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Looking to DNA for answers as climate change outpaces California wildlife’s ability to evolve
“It can be helpful, but it’s not a solution unto itself,” said Karen Holl, a distinguished professor of environmental studies at UC Santa Cruz. “What should be prioritized is reducing greenhouse gas emissions.”