Media Coverage
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San Francisco Chronicle
‘I never want to leave’: What it’s like to live on this S.F. island that’s full of young people
“Treasure Island is an example of the really critical tradeoffs that the housing shortage has forced cities like San Francisco to reckon with,” said Patrick Barnard, research director at UC Santa Cruz’s Center for Coastal Climate Resilience.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education
Benjamin Breen: How AI is changing higher education
Associate Professor of History Benjamin Breen contributed an op-ed about the impact of AI on learning and teaching practices, including essay assignments, in the latest issue of The Chronicle of HIgher Education.
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Art Daily
Gina Athena Ulysse: rethinking images of Haiti through the lens of photographer Leonore Mau
Humanities Professor Gina Athena Ulysse, an artist and cultural anthropologist, collaborated on the conceptual development of Out of Focus, an exhibition that reexamines how German photographer Leonore Mau’s images of Haiti are presented and interpreted. Drawing on her expertise in Haitian culture and postcolonial critique, Ulysse helped shape the show’s critical framework.
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Santa Cruz Sentinel
Santa Cruz’s king tides: How experts and residents are taking part in research
The Santa Cruz Sentinel highlighted work by Professor of Computer Science and Engineering Alex Pang and graduate student Mona Zhao to use webcams, machine learning, and 3D modeling to track how beaches shift from day to day.
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The Scientist
How a Stomach Flu-Causing Virus Sneaks into Human Cells
The Scientist featured work led by Professor of Biomolecular Engineering Rebecca DuBois to study how human astroviruses bind to human cells at a molecular level, which could inform new preventive and therapeutic strategies.
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KAZU
Emergency funds for Second Harvest Food Bank, how the shutdown is impacting UCSC and CSUMB
UC Santa Cruz Vice Chancellor for Research John MacMillan spoke with KAZU about how the current federal government shutdown is affecting campus research activities.
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KSBW
High school student leads heart rate monitoring innovation at UC Santa Cruz
KSBW featured work developed in Professor of Computer Science and Engineering Katia Obraczka’s lab that uses WiFi to wirelessly monitor heart rate.
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The Los Angeles Review Of Books
Challenging the Myth of Firstness: John Rieder explores Zac Zimmer’s “First Contact: Speculative Visions of the Conquest of the Americas.”
Associate Professor of Literature Professor Zac Zimmer’s new book “First Contact: Challenging The Myth Of Firstness” received a detailed and laudatory review in The Los Angeles Review Of Books.
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Elle Magazine
Isaac Julien: What’s on our cultural calendar this month
Distinguished Professor of the Arts and History of Consciousness Isaac Julien’s new exhibition in Mantua, Italy made the Elle Magazine editors’ picks for the “best design, art, and architecture happenings around.”
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KAZU-FM
Emergency funds for Second Harvest Food Bank, how the shutdown is impacting UCSC and CSUMB
UC Santa Cruz Vice Chancellor for Research John MacMillan spoke with KAZU about how the current federal government shutdown is affecting campus research activities.
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Lookout Santa Cruz
UCSC astronomy Ph.D. survived war and helped build Kosovo’s first observatory. Now she’s bringing the cosmos to Bay Area classrooms
After surviving the Kosovo War and witnessing her first solar eclipse as a child, UC Santa Cruz astronomy Ph.D. student Pranvera Hyseni turned a moment of wonder into a lifelong mission to bring astronomy education to her homeland.
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Santa Cruz Sentinel
Santa Cruz’s king tides: How experts and residents are taking part in research
At UC Santa Cruz’s Center for Coastal Climate Resilience, researchers are also seizing the moment. Computer scientist Alex Pang and graduate student Mona Zhao are using webcams, machine learning and 3D modeling to track how beaches shift from day to day.