Media Coverage
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Santa Cruz officials face hard decisions with badly eroding bluff
Geologist Gary Griggs was featured in a TV news story on Bay Area CBS affiliate KPIX about erosion along West Cliff Drive in Santa Cruz.
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Iconic Joshua trees may disappear—but scientists are fighting back
Environmental studies graduate student Juniper Harrower was quoted in a National Geographic article about joshua trees and the threats they face due to climate change.
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How Harvard’s investments exacerbate global land and water conflicts
Assistant Professor Madeleine Fairbairn of Environmental Studies was quoted in a Grist article about how Harvard University is buying up large swaths of farmland around the world.
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Housing crisis breeds opportunity
Faculty members Miriam Greenberg and Steve McKay of Sociology coauthored an op-ed for the Santa Cruz Sentinel about the local housing crisis and their No Place Like Home community-engaged research initiative.
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UCSC’s “Strange Window” gives new life to classic ghost story
The Santa Cruz Good Times published a story about the West Coast premiere of a new interpretation of the Henry James Gothic classic, Strange Window: The Turn of the Screw, directed by UC Santa Cruz theater arts professor Marianne Weems.
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Robin Hunicke interview — Why developers should collaborate with VR platform makers
VentureBeat featured an interview with Robin Hunicke, director of art and design for the Games and Playable Media B.A. program at UC Santa Cruz.
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Author Micah Perks: from utopian commune to imaginative novelist
The Jewish News Weekly ran a story about literature professor and co-director of the UCSC Creative Writing Program, Micah Perks, and her new book, True Love and Other Dreams of Miraculous Escape.
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Should California expand the definition for the 'beneficial use' of its water?
Hydrogeologist Andrew Fisher was quoted in a Pacific Standard article about groundwater recharge and the regulatory issues involved.
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Sinking Santa Cruz: climate change threatens famed California beach town
Geologist Gary Griggs was quoted in an article in the Guardian and other media outlets about the impacts on Santa Cruz of coastal erosion and sea-level rise.
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Why Is It So Hard to Engage Latino Voters? They're Young – and Historically Neglected
KQED Radio's California Report broadcast a story about Latino voter engagement that featured UCSC undergraduate Valeria Mena, who spent the summer registering young voters in the Central Valley.
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In Silicon Valley, the rich get richer while wages stagnate for the rest
Chris Benner was featured in a Salon article about his new study of economic inequality in Silicon Valley and the wealth disparity between low-, mid-, and high-level tech workers.
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What’s Really Driving Santa Cruz’s Affordable Housing Crunch
Sociology's Steve McKay and Miriam Greenberg were featured in a Good Times article about No Place Like Home, their ongoing study of the Santa Cruz housing crisis.