TuesdayNewsdayVol. 7 - Issue 38 - June 29, 2021 |  |
|
 Tracking data show how the quiet of pandemic-era lockdowns prompted pumas to come closer to urban areas. (Photo courtesy of Sebastian Kennerknecht/pumapix.com) |
A new study from UC Santa Cruz researchers shows how regional shelter-in-place orders during the coronavirus pandemic emboldened local pumas to use habitats they would normally avoid due to their fear of humans. |
|
 | In 'The Conversation,' distinguished professor Gary Griggs writes that, for flood-prone cities, seawalls are an expensive, short-term strategy. |
|
|
 | Mia Boykin is expanding her Black.Queer.Alive. project to include four workshops that will explore fitness, creativity, politics, and entrepreneurship. |
|
 | Nathaniel Deutsch's new book details how a group of determined Holocaust survivors reshaped the urban landscape of postwar Brooklyn. |
|
 | Finding hypothetical particles known as axions could mean uncovering for the first time what happened in the universe one second after the Big Bang. |
|
 | At a grassland site near San Jose, scientists studied research plots to determine the consequences if drought-sensitive plants disappeared.
|
|
 | Graduate student Eric Sneathen explores how gay men, beginning in the 1960s, formed a literary community that informed later gay social movements. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
- OpenLab Data Visualization Collective: The convergence of art, science, and technology for digital storytelling, through June
- Free, confidential records pick-up and shred service (one day only), July 9
- Self-pick blueberries at the UCSC Farm, June 30, July 2, 7, 9
- Sketching class at the Alan Chadwick Garden, Aug. 4
- Workshop on seed saving and seed sovereignty, Aug. 31
- Top 10 medicinal herbs to grow in Santa Cruz County, Sept. 22
|
|
 | The New York Times - June 22, 2020
When an Eel Climbs a Ramp to Eat Squid From a Clamp, That’s a Moray |  | Firstpost (India) - June 15, 2021
In Outcaste Bombay, historian Juned Shaikh interrogates assumptions about city's cosmopolitanism in 20th century |  | Lookout Santa Cruz - June 25, 2021
UCSC digital artist channels fire, Chinese history in award-nominated VR project |  | Psychology Today - June 24, 2021
How COVID-19 Challenged Us to Rewrite Our Life Stories |  | KQED - June 17, 2021
As 'Dynasty' Turns 40, Reflecting on Soap's LGBTQ+ Legacy at Peninsula Estate Where Early Episodes Were Shot |  | NPR - June 16, 2021
Putting the B in LGBTQ |
|
|
|