Media Coverage
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Title 42 Isn’t About Public Health — It’s About Keeping Immigrants Out
Associate Professor of Sociology Juan Pedroza says erroneously linking immigrant communities to the spread of infectious diseases has been a common anti-immigration strategy throughout U.S. History. “You can find in the United States plenty of evidence of people saying that immigrants are bringing disease and will be contaminating the nation, including public health,” he said.
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Closing out Black History Month, one UCSC study shows some disparities
For Black History Month, KION covered a study out of UCSC's Institute for Social Transformation that highlights the ongoing disparity faced by black communities living in the Monterey and San Benito counties. The study considered issues like educational attainment, poverty levels, and access to health care.
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UC Santa Cruz Ph.D. candidate writes environmental children’s book
Brook Thompson, a Ph.D. student in environmental studies at UC Santa Cruz, shared some of her life experiences in her new children’s book, “I Love Salmon and Lampreys: A Native Story of Resilience,” which will be published March 4.
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Beyond staying the course
In this op-ed, Nirvikar Singh, a distinguished professor of economics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, argues that many policies available to the Centre (and potentially states), none radical, can even lead to faster growth in the short run while India’s demographics are still favorable.
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Strontium: the metal with remarkable powers to help track ancestral roots
A new strontium isotope map of Sub-Saharan Africa developed by Anthropology Professor Vicky Oelze could help descendants of the transatlantic slave trade to finally trace their roots. So far, the map has been used to precisely trace the origins of two people found in the Anson Street African Burial Ground: Kuto and Banza (both named…
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What's Next for Lithium Valley
Politico’s California climate reporter Blanca Begert hosted a panel discussion with Chris Benner of the University of California, Santa Cruz, and Manuel Pastor of the University of Southern California, two experts with a new book out about the Salton Sea region. The event was on Feb. 19 at 12pm at the UC Student and Policy Center.
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Study Finds Important Marine Species Vulnerable to Changing Climate
Dungeness crab, Pacific herring, and red abalone are among the marine species most vulnerable to the changing climate's effect on California's coastal waters, a new study led by Timothy Frawley, an assistant project scientist at UC Santa Cruz’s Institute of Marine Sciences, finds.
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How marine biologists are using elephant seals as nature's 'artificial intelligence'
Marine biologists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, led by Roxanne Beltran, have tagged thousands of northern elephant seals with smart sensors that can measure anything from physical environmental characteristics – like temperature of air or water – the salinity of the ocean, location and how deep the seals are diving, according to a…
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UC Santa Cruz’s eXperimental Theater gives ‘The Comedy of Errors’ new energy
UC Santa Cruz’s production of Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors received a rave review highlighting its brilliance and humor. Special commendations were given to director and Professor in the Department of Performance, Play and Design Patty Gallagher, who is a Shakespeare expert.
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We thought these places were useless. They may help save the world.
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Scott Winton explained how the soggy, anoxic environment of peatlands make them ideal for sequestering carbon from organic matter. “Those organisms that would break down organic matter and decompose it and recycle it back into nutrients and CO2, they can’t work efficiently. And so the organic matter tends to pile up.”
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Photos | UC Santa Cruz team prepares for premier of Shakespeare’s ‘The Comedy of Errors’
This inside look at UC Santa Cruz’s upcoming performance of Comedy of Errors gives audiences a behind the scenes look at the production. These pictures give a look into the production during their dress rehearsal.
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UC Santa Cruz brings Shakespearean comedy to the stage
UC Santa Cruz is bringing back its love for Shakespeare. For several decades the university staged the Bard’s productions every summer until losing funding. The upcoming production of Comedy of Errors will rejuvenate student and audience passions for plays.