Media Coverage
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Berkeley’s famous falcons are missing as bird flu spreads
Down in Santa Cruz, Dr. Zeka Glucs has been noticing the absence of peregrines as well. She explains what brings us to the coast today. “We’re going to take a look at a nest that has been occupied for about two, three years.” Zeka is the director of the Predatory Bird Research Group at UC…
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New research finds substantial peat deposits in Colombia’s conflicted Amazon
Research led by Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Scott Winton found that Colombia may have extensive peatlands, sequestering an amount of carbon equivalent to 70 years worth of the country’s emissions.
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Watsonville Earth Day celebration highlights disaster preparedness
Watsonville’s Earth Day celebration highlighted the ongoing Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Research for Resilience project, led by Sociology Professor Miriam Greenberg. The project explores the relationship among natural disasters, lack of affordable housing, and WUI growth.
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Albert, the white peacock of Boulder Creek, a symbol of resilience and peace, memorialized in downtown mural
The rare bird survived a BB gun shooting and all manner of predators and speeding vehicles before being felled by a natural predator
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The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Raise a Record-Breaking Sum for Exhibitions and Education
At the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Annual Gala on April 10, $1.7 million were raised the largest sum ever for a single FAMSF event, all to benefit exhibition and educational programming for the de Young and Legion of Honor. This includes the de Young’s most recent exhibition, I Dream a World, a multimedia collection from…
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Video games are spotty at getting Black hair right. Black artists are forging ahead to fix that
Normalizing Black hair fosters ‘a better ecosystem,’ says game designer
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Ahead of Earth Day, peek inside the living laboratory where redwoods meet modern science
Environmental Studies Professor Greg Gilbert uses a technology called sonic tomography to look inside redwoods for signs of a fungus that has been infecting them since the CZU fire. The technology uses sound waves to create a picture of the inside of a tree.
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SF nonprofits feel the squeeze in second Trump term
During Trump’s first term, “rage giving” was an outlet for dissent. Sociology Professor Juan Pedroza used IRS data to show how organizations providing legal aid to immigrants grew their financial resources significantly between 2016 and 2019.
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Ghostly galaxy without dark matter baffles astronomers
A team, led by astronomer Yimeng Tang at the University of California, Santa Cruz, compared FCC 224’s properties to other galaxies that seemingly lack dark matter, focusing on two ghostly objects within the NGC 1052 group about 65 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. Tang and his colleagues propose that FCC 224, like those…
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Isaac Julien Dreams Up a Beautiful and Urgent World at the de Young
This review of Sir Isaac Julien’s newest exhibition, I Dream a World, at the de Young highlights his innovative use of video for multimedia story telling. The distinguished professor of art uses this exhibition as a culmination of his work over several decades.
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MASP’s Expansion Opens the Floor to Curatorial Experimentation
The Museu de Arte de São Paulo recently finished renovations which doubled the size of the structure. Included in an upcoming exhibition is work by Sir Isaac Julien, a distinguished professor of art. Lina Bo Bardi – A Marvellous Entanglement, Julien’s multi-media piece from 2019 honors the original architect (Bardi) of the museum.
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Words and Music
‘Tenanan’ debuts at UCSC’s April in Santa Cruz music festival