Media Coverage
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The Arctic permafrost holds a crazy amount of mercury—and that's bad news
Ocean scientist Carl Lamborg was quoted in a Scientific American article about the amount of mercury in Arctic permafrost.
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Chocolate: Brought To You By Bugs
In a segment pegged to Valentine's Day, Environmental Studies Professor Stacy Philpott was featured on National Public Radio's "Science Friday" program, talking about the menagerie of insects that thrive on and around cacao trees.
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The Last Continent: What does it mean to be a whale?
Biologist Ari Friedlaender was featured in articles about his research on humpback and minke whales in Antarctica in the Vancouver Sun, Ottawa Citizen, Calgary Herald, and other news outlets.
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Scientists observe incredible new form of ice thought to exist in Uranus's center
Astrophysicist Jonathan Fortney was quoted in Gizmodo and New Scientist stories about a newly discovered form of ice that may exist in ice giant planets.
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Trump’s push for new offshore drilling is likely to run aground in California
Marine scientist Charles Lester wrote an article for the Conversation, picked up by the San Francisco Chronicle and other media outlets, about the Trump administration's efforts to expand offshore oil production.
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UC Santa Cruz scientists report big improvements in HIV vaccine production
Biomolecular engineer Phil Berman was quoted in stories about his research on HIV vaccine production in BioSpace, Medical Xpress, Pharmaceutical Technology, Infection Control Today, Innovations Report, Santa Cruz Tech Beat, and other media outlets.
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Guy Kawasaki, Marilyn Walker headline 10th anniversary of Santa Cruz New Tech MeetUp
Computer scientist Marilyn Walker was quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about her upcoming talk at the Santa Cruz New Tech Meet Up.
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The Question with AI Isn’t Whether We’ll Lose Our Jobs — It’s How Much We’ll Get Paid
Economics Professor Lori Kletzer penned an opinion piece for the Harvard Business Review about anxiety over the prospect of job displacement caused by technology–specifically, robots.
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Santa Cruz County Profiles: Rebecca London helps harness data on local youth for good
Rebecca London of Sociology was featured in a front-page story about the Silicon Valley Regional Data Trust, an initiative envisioned by Research Professor Rod Ogawa to help children's academic performance by building data-sharing partnerships among school districts and social welfare agencies in three counties.
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How to Spend a Saturday Watching the Next Generation Learn to Listen, Discuss and Reason
Alumnus David Gleason contributed a piece to Medium about his experience as a judge for the Northern California Regional High School Ethics Bowl, hosted by the Center for Public Philosophy at UC Santa Cruz.
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Metabolism study signals more trouble ahead for polar bears
Biologists Anthony Pagano and Terrie Williams were quoted in widespread news coverage of their research on polar bears, including stories from Reuters, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, BBC News, Guardian, Globe and Mail (Canada), Conversation, and many other national and international media outlets.
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Discussion seeks intersections, contradictions between race, freedom
The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a story about the The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz's fourth installment of its "Questions That Matter" series at Kuumbwa Jazz Center about Freedom and Race, quoting campus provost and executive vice chancellor Marlene Tromp, humanities dean Tyler Stovall, history of art and visual culture professor Jennifer González, and history…