Media Coverage
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A UN treaty guarantees youth rights everywhere on Earth – except the United States
Jessica Taft, associate professor of Latin American and Latino studies, authored a piece for The Conversation about the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child that has appeared in numerous media outlets, including Salon.
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Why You Keep Dreaming About Being Naked
Research by professor emeritus of psychology Bill Domhoff was featured in a Nautilus article about dreaming.
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Hikers Find Mystery Skeleton on Remote Mountain in California
Professor emerita of anthropology Alison Galloway, a leading forensic anthropologist, was quoted in a New York Times article about the discovery of skeletal remains on a remote mountain in California.
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Plasmonic nanoprobe optically monitors neural activity
Electrical engineer Ali Yanik was quoted in news stories about his research on a novel technique for monitoring neural activity, including stories in Physics World, The Scientist, Medical Xpress, Bioengineer, Nanotechnology Now, Science Daily, Health Medicine Network, and other media outlets.
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Saving pumas with genomics
Biologists Beth Shapiro, Megan Supple, and Nedda Saremi were quoted in coverage of their research on mountain lion genomes, includes stories in Cosmos, The Scientist, Science Daily, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, and other media outlets.
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Karen Miga on the next era of genomics
Genomics researcher Karen Miga was featured on the Mendelspod podcast, discussing the next era of genomics.
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UCSC seismologist discusses lessons learned from Loma Prieta Earthquake
Seismologist Susan Schwartz was interviewed by KSBW TV about the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake and what scientists have learned about earthquakes since then.
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Fear, Anxiety and Hope: What It Means to Be a Minority in Gaming
Arts Division students Dietrich “Squinky” Squinkifer (DANM '15) and Joyce Lin (AGPM '20) were featured in a New York Times article about underrepresented game designers and artists, and the persistent lack of diversity in mainstream gaming today.
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Human guinea pigs about to embark on world's first 20-hour airline flight
Biochemist Carrie Partch commented on the physiological effects of jet lag in a Bloomberg news story that ran in the Los Angeles Times and other outlets about Quantas offering direct flights between New York and Sidney, Australia.
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Are School Debate Competitions Bad for Our Political Discourse?
The New York Times published an op-ed by associate professor of philosophy Jonathan Ellis and his former student Francesca Hovagimian about how traditional school debate discourages the kind of listening and reasoning that is critical to a healthy democracy, and offering Ethics Bowl as a positive alternative solution. The piece was also picked up by…
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The style-quantifying astrophysicists of Silicon Valley
Astrophysics alumnus Chris Moody was featured in a Wired article about astrophysicists applying their data analysis skills in the style industry.
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A physics Nobel for seeking our place in the universe
Astronomer Natalie Batalha was quoted in a Christian Science Monitor story about the winners of the Nobel Prize for Physics, and astronomer Sandra Faber was quoted in the Washington Post story.