Media Coverage
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The Washington Post
Farms with natural landscape features provide sanctuary for some Costa Rica rainforest birds
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela commented on new research featured in The Washington Post that shows how agricultural areas with natural features can help to sustain birds.
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Los Angeles Times
California debates solitary confinement in local jails — and whether it’s really possible to end it
Distinguished Professor of Psychology Craig Haney spoke with the Los Angeles Times about the harms caused by long-term solitary confinement.
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Univision
Sobredosis de droga en latinos se ha venido duplicando desde la pandemia: autoridades de San Francisco, en alerta
Assistant Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies Carlos Martinez spoke with Univision 14 about the dangers to Latino drug users from fentanyl.
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Grist
The next pandemic could strike crops, not people
Environmental Studies Professor Gregory Gilbert spoke with Grist about how promoting diversity of plants in agricultural settings creates physical barriers to the spread of disease.
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Smithsonian Magazine
An In-Depth Look at Latino History Among the Stars and Skies
Professor and Chair of Latin American and Latino Studies Catherine Ramírez spoke about Latino Futurism for a special podcast series of the National Air and Space Museum that was covered by Smithsonian Magazine.
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Good Times
No Sanctuary: Animal Rescues Struggling with Climate Change
Environmental Studies Professor Mike Loik shared his insights on climate change effects and solutions with Good Times for a story about the impacts of climate change on local animal rescue operations.
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Financial Express
An economic strategy for India: Many bottlenecks and challenges that India faces require deeper integration across levels of govt
Distinguished Professor of Economics Nirvikar Singh wrote an opinion column for Financial Express reflecting on India's economy in honor of the country's Independence Day.
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Inside Higher Education
UCSC professor emerita of history Dana Frank was quoted in an Inside Higher Education story about the proposed name change for Cabrillo College
During the public discussion portion of a Cabrillo College Governing Board meeting covered by Inside Higher Education, Dana Frank spoke out in favor of changing the college's name. "In keeping the name, we would be teaching that it’s good to celebrate those who invaded other people’s ancestral homelands, killed and in many cases enslaved them,"…
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Teen Vogue
Disabled Music Fans Are Failed by Concert Venues and Ticketing Systems
Assistant Professor of Computational Media Kate Ringland's research is cited in a Teen Vogue story on accessibility in the live music industry.
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Los Angeles Time
Wildfires once fueled extinctions in Southern California. Will it happen again?
“This paper provides a picture of how climate change can completely transform ecosystems,” said Jarmila Pittermann, a plant physiologist at UC Santa Cruz who researches extinction. “It is super-convincing and a massive warning to all of us.” Additional coverage in the Smithsonian Magazine.
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Harper's Bazar
Art As a Radical Tool for Realizing Abolition
Three years into launching their multimedia initiative Visualizing Abolition, the University of California, Santa Cruz’s Professor Gina Dent and Dr. Rachel Nelson have built a consortium of musicians, scholars, and artists whose relationships to the criminal legal system vary.
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Wired
How to Use AI to Talk to Whales—and Save Life on Earth
Ari Friedlaender researches whale behavior at UC Santa Cruz and has amassed a great deal of data on what behavior that could help move Earth Species closer to developing algorithms that can work across the full spectrum of the animal kingdom.