Media Coverage
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Filmmaker unearths historical treasures in home movies
Film and digital media professor Rick Prelinger was interviewed on PBS NewsHour about his film series, “Lost Landscapes," which utilizes montages to present city life across 100 years.
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Why are baby seal numbers dwindling at Carpinteria sanctuary?
Biologist Dan Costa was quoted in a Ventura County Star article about the harbor seal colony in Carpenteria.
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Video Game Industry Provides a Wealth of Diverse Opportunities in the United States
A story in Money Inc noted that California is a major center for the video game industry, adding that "the state is able to feed the industry’s need for top talent with outstanding video game design programs at universities such as the University of Southern California and the University of California, Santa Cruz."
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The real climate change controversy: Whether to engineer the planet in order to fix it
Sikina Jinnah, an associate professor of politics who studies global environmental politics, was quoted in a Los Angeles Times article about proposals to address climate change by geoengineering the Earth's climate.
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AG’s Office reaches plea deal in 2014 Clearlake murder case
Anthropology Professor Alison Galloway's forensic work identifying the cause of death in a Lake County slaying was cited in an article about a plea deal reached by the attorney general's office.
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John Brown Childs on Talk of the Bay
Professor Emeritus of Sociology John Brown Childs was featured on KSQD's "Talk of the Bay" program, where he discussed the recent College Ten class that connected undergraduates with men incarcerated at Soledad Prison; the class created an unusual, powerful learning experience for everyone involved.
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‘How ecosexual are you?’: Why some prefer Lover Earth to Mother Earth
The Washington Post quoted art professor Elizabeth Stephens in a story about the ecosexual environmental movement.
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‘Two-Tiered Caste System’: The World of White-Collar Contracting in Silicon Valley
In a story about the two-tiered world of white-collar contracting in Silicon Valley, KQED turned to a study coauthored by Chris Benner, professor of sociology and environmental studies, for context.
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More than a million tiny earthquakes revealed in Southern California
Seismologist Emily Brodsky was quoted in stories from Science News and other media outlets about a study documenting a large number of small earthquakes in southern California.
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Three planets and two stars adds up to one research team made very happy by Kepler's unique discovery
Astronomer Jonathan Fortney was quoted in news coverage of a new planet discovered in a two-star system, including stories in the Register, MSN, Tech Times, SpaceDaily, SpaceRef, Science Daily, and other media outlets.
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Scientists could soon resurrect the woolly mammoth—but should they?
Biologist Beth Shapiro was quoted in a Gizmodo story about the possibility of resurrecting the woolly mammoth.
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The end of California's drought could mean fewer cases of West Nile virus
Disease ecologist Marm Kilpatrick was quoted in stories about the effects of drought on transmission of West Nile Virus in the Los Angeles Times, Kaiser Health News, and other media outlets.