Media Coverage
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KSBW
Animal overpass could be coming to the Central Coast
KSBW interviewed Environmental Studies Professor Chris Wilmers, who leads the Santa Cruz Puma Project, about how his research team's work contributed to the construction of a new wildlife crossing on Highway 17.
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The Mercury News
Overpass for wildlife — first in Northern California — proposed for Highway 101
Environmental Studies Professor Chris Wilmers, who studies the movements and behaviors of pumas in the Santa Cruz Mountains, spoke with The Mercury News about the importance of habitat connectivity for pumas and other California wildlife.
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KION
Making their mark, keeping the Filipino American history alive on the Central Coast
Associate Professor of Sociology Steve Mckay spoke with KION about UC Santa Cruz's support for the Watsonville is in the Heart project, which documents the lives and experiences of early Filipino immigrants in Santa Cruz County.
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The Washington Post
How life for animals changed when humans stayed home during the pandemic
Environmental Studies Professor Chris Wilmers spoke with The Washington Post about how his research tracking pumas in the Santa Cruz Mountains revealed effects of the pandemic-era "anthropause."
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Lookout Santa Cruz
UCSC to support new regional food business center as part of national initiative
Lookout Santa Cruz covered the UC Santa Cruz Center for Agroecology's role in supporting the North Bay and Central Coast areas of California on behalf of the USDA's new Southwest regional food business center.
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El País
Working with artisans or cultural exploitation? Aesthetic racism on the catwalk
Edward Salazar, a PhD student in the Department of Latin American and Latino Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz and the editor of a book on fashion in Colombia, comments on a controversial fashion show in Colombia.
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Newsweek
Boats Are Killing Endangered Manatees at an Alarming Rate
Celeshia Guy Galves, who conducted this research as a graduate student in the Coastal Science and Policy Program at UC Santa Cruz, and co-author Marm Kilpatrick, a professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UC Santa Cruz, discuss the findings of their research that indicate conservation measures can be implemented to reduce future risk. Additional coverage from…
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Popular Science
These species were discovered in museum collections. They might already be extinct.
Conservation ecologist Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela of the University of California, Santa Cruz said she has no doubt that many species are going extinct without anyone noticing. Additional mention in Salon.
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Wired
NASA’s Year-Long Mars Simulation Is a Test of Mental Mettle
Craig Haney, a UC Santa Cruz psychologist who researches solitary confinement, has documented the debilitating and sometimes permanent effects of isolation on prisoners—effects that can emerge in just a couple weeks.
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Santa Cruz Sentinel
Film about CZU Lightning Complex fire, salmon airs Friday
Biologist Eric Palkovacs was featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about the documentary 'Southern Range' about salmon restoration in the Scott Creek watershed.
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KPIX
USGS report predicts rising sea levels threaten California's coast
Geologist Gary Griggs was interviewed in a story on KPIX (CBS Bay Area) about coastal erosion.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Sea otters might get reintroduced to historic habitat in the Bay Area
Biologist Tim Tinker was quoted in a San Francisco Chronicle story about plans to reintroduce sea otters in Northern California.