Media Coverage
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The Washington Post
Enter the ‘ether,’ where scammers weaponize your emotions
Anthony Pratkanis, professor emeritus of psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, co-wrote a source book for fraud fighters. “We’re looking at it from the outside, and we may not see all the little details and trappings that create that powerful situation for the targeted victim,” he said.
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Los Angeles Times
Elevated radiation detected at former Bay Area landfill turned art park
State-ordered environmental testing has uncovered elevated levels of cancer-causing radiation at the Albany Bulb, a former municipal landfill for construction debris that now features scenic hiking trails and a sprawling collection of outdoor art. The new testing adds to the serious public health and safety concerns for one of the Bay Area’s most cherished coastal…
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The Guardian
Revealed: how a San Francisco navy lab became a hub for human radiation experiments
The navy’s San Francisco lab was one of many research centers and hospitals across the country that exposed people to radiation and other hazards for scientific purposes. That makes it a demonstration of “the ways that people have been seen as disposable, to science or to the military”, said Lindsey Dillon, a UCSC assistant professor…
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Mongabay
Huge deforested areas in the tropics could regenerate naturally, study finds
Karen Holl, professor of environmental studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, who was not involved in the research, noted that it’s critical to include local communities in regeneration efforts. Holl’s own research in Costa Rica has shown that people often see natural forest regeneration as “messy,” and they tend to place more value…
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Los Angeles Times
California's rainy season begins with a bomb cyclone bang. Are we in for a third record wet winter?
“This is welcome to a certain extent, it moves us away from fire risk by wetting down ecosystems,” said Michael Loik, a professor of environmental studies at UC Santa Cruz. “On the other hand,” he added, “it can be too much of a good thing too quickly.”
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Financial Express
India and the US elections
Nirvikar Singh, distinguished professor of economics at UC Santa Cruz, argues in this op-ed that the importance of the recent U.S. elections for India cannot be overstated. The political landscape in the U.S. has shifted dramatically.
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Santa Cruz Sentinel
UC Santa Cruz awarded $4 million grant to address systemic racism, ableism in K-12 math
The National Science Foundation awarded more than $4 million in grant funding to UC Santa Cruz to support a project aimed at addressing systemic racism and ableism in K-12 math education. “I really want teachers in mathematics education to have better ideas, resources and pedagogies to teach all of their students,” said assistant professor of…
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The Guardian
Washington state farm workers worry about boom in legal foreign workers
Rosa Navarro, a sociology doctoral student at the University of California, Santa Cruz, researches the guest worker program’s expansion in Washington state. Farm workers have told her that some farms replaced their entire workforce with guest workers, and advocates say that the H-2A program is making inroads with agricultural sites that haven’t used its workers before.
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Good Times
The Hills are Alive: Concerned residents are saving wildlife from deadly crashes…and saving drivers
Good Times covered research by Chris Wilmers through the Santa Cruz Puma project, particularly how findings from the project are informing efforts to protect pumas from traffic fatalities. Wilmers calls a new wildlife crossing tunnel on Laurel Curve “the best opportunity for maintaining puma connectivity across Highway 17 in Santa Cruz County.”
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Popular Science
Great Red What? Check out Jupiter's giant, magnetic tornado
Jupiter’s immense size–about 1,000 Earths could fit inside of it–and its swirling and jiggly Great Red Spot typically get most of the attention. Now, the planet’s northern and southern poles have entered the discussion. A team of astronomers that includes Xi Zhang, a professor of planetary sciences, have discovered equally large spots at both poles…
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Washington Post
Animations of coiled hair for Black film characters improve with new algorithms
The Washington Post highlights research from Professor A.M. Darke. Her recent work helped create programs for better animating coily hair. This work will help create better representation in animation.
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Oceanographic Magazine
Whale-ship strikes reduced if 2.6% of ocean made safer
“Trade-offs between industrial and conservation outcomes are not usually this optimal,” said co-author Heather Welch, a research scientist with the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration and the University of California, Santa Cruz. “Oftentimes, industrial activities must be greatly limited to achieve conservation goals, or vice versa. In this case, there is a potentially large conservation benefit…