Media Coverage
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3 men on death row in Louisiana sue over solitary confinement
Psychology Professor Craig Haney's expertise in the psychological effects of prolonged solitary confinement was featured in a New York Times article about a lawsuit filed by three men on death row in Louisiana.
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Commentary: Embracing community oriented policing in Santa Cruz
Psychology Professor Craig Haney coauthored an op-ed for the Santa Cruz Sentinel with Professor Emeritus of Sociology Craig Reinarman and UCSC alum Scott MacDonald about tensions in police-community relations; they called on city officials to transform police practices to be more transparent, accountable, and aligned with community values.
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How a daughter of immigrants became a leader in ocean and climate science
Sally Ride Science ran a profile of paleoceanographer Christina Ravelo, professor and chair of ocean sciences.
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Meet Alison Galloway, preeminent forensic anthropologist
As part of its tribute to Women's History Month, the San Jose Mercury News featured a profile of Anthropology Professor Alison Galloway.
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UCSC service learning spring break provides alternative
As part of the Alternative Spring Break program offered by Colleges Nine and Ten, 25 undergraduates are spending five days in Watsonville, visiting farm workers, volunteering in an elementary school, painting a mural designed by Watsonville High School students, distributing donated clothes at a free flea market, and volunteering with Second Harvest Food Bank.
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Genome 10K wants to sequence the genes of endangered species
Genome scientist David Haussler was quoted in a story about the Genome 10K Project in Yahoo News, Digital Trends, and other media outlets.
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Enigmatic plumes from Saturn’s moon caused by cosmic collision
Planetary scientist Francis Nimmo was quoted stories about Saturn's moon Enceladus in New Scientist and Gizmodo.
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Early galaxies found hiding in 'super halos' of hydrogen
Astronomers Xavier Prochaska and Marcel Neeleman were quoted in coverage of their research on distant galaxies, including stories in Wired, International Business Times, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Science Daily, and other media outlets, as well as an essay by Prochaska that ran in the San Francisco Chronicle, Scientific American, and dozens of other publications.
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Whatever you do, don’t say yes when this chatbot asks, 'Can you hear me?'
Computer scientist Marilyn Walker was quoted in a David Lazarus column about chatbots using artificial intelligence to sound more human, which ran in the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune.
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A new blast may have forged cosmic gold
Astrophysicist Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz was quoted in an article in Quanta magazine about the debate over the origins of gold in the universe.
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Juno mission collects 'out of the box' data on Jupiter
Astronomer Jonathan Fortney was quoted in a story about NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter on NPR's "Here and Now" program.
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Realizing you have been scammed
Professor emeritus of psychology Thomas Pettigrew published an opinion piece about the plight of "relatively moderate Republican voters" who regret casting their ballots for Donald Trump.