Media Coverage
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Budget cuts may represent the final blow for saving dolphins
The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a commentary on endangered marine mammals by biologist Terrie Williams.
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Writers From the Right and Left React to Trump’s Riyadh Speech, and More
The New York Times included history professor Dana Frank in an article featuring comments in recent publications from several different writers about the words and actions of President Donald Trump. An interview with Frank in Labor Notes also ran in a number of media outlets including Jacobin magazine, In These Times, Portside, Truth Out, and…
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UCSC brings back the immortal ‘Zoot Suit’
The Santa Cruz Sentinel featured a story about the new UC Santa Cruz production of Luis Valdez's Zoot Suit, directed by his son Kinan and presented by the Theater Arts Department and the Arts Division.
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Can you fidget away your anxiety?
Computational media professor Katherine Isbister was interviewed on the public radio program Science Friday, talking about fidget spinners.
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Rulai launches ‘low-code’ chatbot development tool and raises $6.5 million
Computer scientist Yi Zhang was quoted in coverage of chatbot developer Rulai, for which Zhang is chief technologist, including stories in Tech Crunch, Tech Site, and other media outlets.
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More than 1,000,000 tons of rock and dirt has to be moved off Highway 1. But how?
UCSC geologists were quoted in coverage of the Big Sur landslide, including Noah Finnegan in the Los Angeles Times and San Diego Union-Tribune, and Gary Griggs in the San Francisco Chronicle.
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Is San Francisco’s building boom taking a toll on poorest neighborhoods?
Environmental toxicologist Peter Weiss was interviewed on NBC Bay Area for a story about air pollution in San Francisco.
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UC Santa Cruz professor digs into Lyme disease research
Biologist Marm Kilpatrick was featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about his research on Lyme disease.
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The most important scientist you've never heard of
Environmental toxicologist Russ Flegal is quoted in an article on Mental Floss about pioneering lead researcher Clair Patterson.
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America’s love-hate relationship with the fidget spinner: Is technology to blame for our restlessness?
Computational media professor Katherine Isbister was featured in stories in the Washington Post and Wired about the popularity of "fidget spinners."
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Entrepreneur in a low-income area? Good luck getting a bank loan
Economist Robert Fairlie was quoted in a KQED story about entrepreneurs in low-income areas and their limited access to bank credit. Entrepreneurs in predomoinantly minority and underserved communities have less access to capital, which contributes to slower growth rates and higher failure rates, he said.
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Fidget toys aren’t just hype
Computational media professor Katherine Isbister wrote an article on the fidget spinner craze for the Conversation, and it was republished in Scientific American and dozens of other media outlets.