Media Coverage
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City Council to speak out against raid
The Santa Cruz Sentinel covered remarks by Psychology Professor Gina Langhout to the Santa Cruz City Council about a recent homeland security raid in the Seabright neighborhood.
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Origami-inspired robot gripper grasps objects up to 120 times its weight
Robotics engineer Michael Wehner was quoted in stories about a novel robotic gripper design in Venture Beat and other media outlets.
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Metro Pictures exhibits Isaac Julien's visionary ten-screen film installation 'Lessons of the Hour'
Art Daily published an article about a 10-screen film installation inspired by Frederick Douglass and the issues of social justice that shaped his life's work, created by UCSC Distinguished Professor of the Arts Isaac Julien.
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Social Media Is Ruining Our Memories
Vice covered memory research by graduate student Julia Soares and Ben Storm, an associate professor of psychology, that found that using social media to document experiences actually impairs our ability to remember them.
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Plant smugglers take ‘massive’ toll on California's Dudleya farinosa succulent species
Botanist Stephen McCabe was quoted in a story in the Santa Rosa Press Democrat and Petaluma Argus-Courier about poaching of succulents along the California coast.
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Can we tweak marine chemistry to help stave off climate change?
Marine scientist Greg Rau coauthored an article for the Conversation about the potential for increasing the ocean's ability to absorb and store carbon dioxide.
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Why those most at risk for HIV avoid a drug that prevents it
Psychology Professor Phillip Hammack was featured in a Scienceline article about why only 4 percent of gay and bisexual men take a drug that prevents HIV infection.
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Deep diving whales abandon their foraging
Marine scientist Brandon Southall was quoted in a CBC Radio story about his research on the effects of sonar on blue whales.
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Hunger on Campus
CASFS analyst Tim Galarneau, Dean of Students coordinator Rosalinda Gallegos, Farm field manager Kirsten Yogg, and Margaret Bishop of the Food Systems Working Group were featured in Edible Monterey Bay's coverage of what local colleges and universities are doing to address student hunger.
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UCSC debuts ‘Serious Games’ master’s degree
Computational media professors Jim Whitehead, Sri Kurniawan, and Michael John were featured in a Good Times article about the new master's degree program in serious games.
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Sonar signals disrupt feeding time for blue whales
Biologist Brandon Southall was quoted in coverage of his research on the reactions of blue whales to sonar, including stories in Earth, PhysOrg, Science Media Exchange, and other media outlets.
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Who owns your DNA?
Computer scientist Abhradeep Guha Thakurta was featured in a Good Times story about his research on ways to balance access to genomic data with privacy concerns.