Media Coverage
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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.
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Extinction And Survival Under Capitalism With Anna Tsing
Anthropology Professor Anna Tsing was interviewed by WORT-FM, the Pacifica Radio affiliate in Madison, Wisconsin, about capitalism and the matsutake mushroom, which grows wild in the forests of the Pacific Northwest and is prized in Japan.
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UC Irvine professor provides research that helps update database documenting the colonial-era slave trade
A story in the Los Angeles Times noted that associate history professor Greg O’Malley co-led an update of the Slave Voyages database with a professor from UC Irvine, providing entries with help from graduate students and at least 20 international scholars.
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What President Bouteflika's Departure Means For Algeria's Future
Assistant professor of history Muriam Davis was interviewed on National Public Radio about this month's protests that ousted Algeria's president after 20 years in power.