Media Coverage
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Researchers 'stunned' after HHMI abruptly cancels program to make science more inclusive
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the nation’s largest private funder of biomedical research, this week abruptly ended a $60 million program aimed at improving the retention of a diverse student body in undergraduate science and engineering programs. “There is a chance for layoffs to occur at the end of this calendar year. If the university…
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Union Popularity Hits 70%, But Trump’s NLRB Move Threatens Labor
New evidence suggests younger workers are more attuned to the benefits of unionization. Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz did a deep dive in their January 2025 "Union-Curious Young Workers in Santa Cruz County" — the first in a planned series of reports — which reported 44% of young workers in Santa Cruz…
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AI and jobs in India
Distinguished Professor of Economics Nirvikar Singh wrote an opinion article about how acceleration of advances in AI demonstrates that the range of productive jobs and the skills needed for them in the future is much broader than what has fueled India’s growth so far.
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Inside Trump’s Yearslong War With A Fish
“He’s seen an opportunity to weigh in on an issue where cities, by and large, have one strong opinion, and rural regions have a different one,” said Brent Haddad, a professor of environmental studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. “In California, the cities are mostly Democratic voters. In the rural regions are mostly…
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Should Los Angeles be in such a rush to rebuild after the devastating wildfires?
Miriam Greenberg, sociologist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the co-director of the Center for Critical Urban and Environmental Studies at UC Santa Cruz, is currently leading a research project called Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) Research for Resilience: Addressing California’s Climate, Conservation and Housing Crises. "What we often see in the aftermath of…
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Contra Costa GOP members head to President-elect Trump's inauguration
"It's a very interesting time in American politics. I think we're going through what they call a realignment, which is when both parties are redefining themselves. And they'll probably hold onto whatever definitions come out of the Trump era for the next 30 or 40 years," said Nolan Higdon, a lecturer of history and media…
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UC Santa Cruz alumna wins Grammy for ‘Best Folk Album’ again
Gillian Welch, along with her partner David Rawlings, won for their album “Woodland” at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards on Feb. The album is a blend of Appalachian folk, bluegrass, and Americana.
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‘This is Black hair’: technological advances are making waves in animation
UC Santa Cruz professor and researcher A.M. Darke co-authored a study on animating Black hair so it more accurately represents coils. Black hair has historically been overlooked in the field of animation. This new research paves the way for better representation and changes the course of animation.
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UCSC alumna wins second Grammy award for Best Folk Album
An alumna from UC Santa Cruz, Gillian Welch, was the recipient of the Best Folk Album award with musical partner David Rawlings at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards on February 2. They won the award for their “Woodland!” album. Welch graduated from Porter College in fine arts, class of 1990.
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Ancient alphabetic writing unearthed by UC Santa Cruz professor remains a mystery
The San Jose Mercury News ran a feature story about UC Santa Cruz History Professor Elaine Sullivan, a renowned Egyptologist. When she was a graduate student, she unearthed artifacts in Syria marked with an an ancient alphabetic script whose meaning still remains a mystery. The artifacts are 500 years older than the earliest alphabetic inscriptions from…
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A Spotted Hyena Turns Up in Egypt After a 5,000 Absence
While Dr. Nagy said the hyena sighting left him in “disbelief,” Christine Wilkinson, a carnivore ecologist and hyena specialist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the California Academy of Sciences, wasn’t fazed in the slightest. “To be honest with you, spotted hyenas cannot surprise me,” she said. “They are just incredibly behaviorally flexible…
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Climate change is constantly reshuffling Earth's species
The study, led by Malin Pinsky, an associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UC Santa Cruz, highlights how rising and falling temperatures lead to rapid shifts in species composition. The researchers found that as temperature fluctuations accelerate, ecosystems struggle to maintain stability. “It’s like shuffling a deck of cards, and temperature change now…