Media Coverage
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Santa Cruz Sentinel
Watsonville High co-valedictorian Jesus Nolasco-Vega takes organizational skills outside of classroom
Jesus Nolasco-Vega took part in a Youth Participatory Action Research project, which allowed him to work closely with UC Santa Cruz students and faculty to understand and address mental health issues through research and community engagement efforts.
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The Hill
Too little, too late: A media in crisis blames Democrats for the Biden cover-up
In an opinion article, Nolan Higdon, a lecturer in the Education Department at UC Santa Cruz, argues that the general public is disenfranchised with the media and that the damage is done not just to journalism, but to democracy.
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KAZU News
New exhibit combines art and climate science, Monterey courts international visitors
The Institute of Arts and Sciences at UC Santa Cruz recently opened a new exhibition, Weather and the Whale. It uses art as a medium to explain how weather patterns affect the aquatic mammals and the environment.
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American Community Media
US Aims to Abolish Birthright Citizenship: Italy Already Knows the Consequences
Associate Professor of Sociology Camilla Hawthorne coauthored an opinion article arguing that Italy’s upcoming popular referendum on citizenship offers important lessons for the birthright citizenship debate in the United States.
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Guardian
‘Science is a human endeavor’: astrophysicist uses art to connect Black and brown kids to the STEM fields
So begins a chapter about our closest star in Painting the Cosmos, a recent book by UC Santa Cruz astrophysicist Dr. Nia Imara. The book blends science and art in an ode to the diversity of the cosmos. While touching on astronomical tidbits, such as the fact that scientists measure the rate of the sun’s…
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Santa Cruz Sentinel
UC Santa Cruz’s New Play Festival features experimental work by students
The New Play Festival, curated by Lisa Marie Rollins, a professor of Performance, Play and Design, featured stage readings of new and innovative works from students. These one of a kind performances will be running through June 1.
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Guardian
Trump’s new ‘gold standard’ rule will destroy American science as we know it
UC Santa Cruz Nobel laureate Carol Grieder co-authored this opinion piece stating that the administration’s new executive order will allow political appointees to undermine research they oppose, paving the way for state-controlled science.
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KQED
Do You Hear What I Hear? Audio Illusions and Misinformation
Psychology Professor Nicholas Davidenko, a researcher at the High Level Perceptions Lab at UC Santa Cruz, studies illusions and explained how context and visual information can be used to manipulate how we interpret audio and other stimuli.
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Santa Cruz Sentinel
UC Santa Cruz’s Theater Arts gives a heartfelt performance of ‘Just Like Us’
“UC Santa Cruz’s Mainstage production of Just Like Us offers an opportunity to reflect on the importance of community and education, especially to vulnerable groups of people in this country,” says Jake Thomas in his rave review of the recent performance. He praises the cast and creative team for putting together a heartfelt performance.
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Quanta
Singularities in Space-Time Prove Hard to Kill
The world of Bousso’s new theorem still departs from our universe in notable ways. For mathematical convenience, he assumed that there’s an unlimited variety of particles — an unrealistic assumption that makes some physicists wonder whether this third layer matches reality (with its 17 or so known particles) any better than the second layer does.…
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The Indian Express
From rules-based negotiation to alpha male tactics: In US-China trade war, norms take a back seat
Distinguished Professor of Economics Nirvikar Singh wrote an opinion article about changes in U.S. trade tactics, arguing that bilateral negotiations are no longer conducted with rules in mind that require equal treatment of countries not included in the negotiations.
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Mercury News
San Jose City Hall falcon brings rat back to nest, raising poisoning fears for chicks
“They were fighting over it,” said Zeka Glucs, director of the UC Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group, which works with the City of San Jose to monitor and study the City Hall falcons. But peregrines rarely catch rats, raising fears that the rodent had been poisoned and the young falcons may have ingested toxic…