[8] Larive worked in the field of bioanalytical chemistry, applying analytical tools such as nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) and mass spectrometry to the products of chemical separations.
[2] NMR is often thought of as a low-sensitivity method, but Larive's laboratory has developed ways of increasing the sensitivity of their measurements to obtain precise chemical and structural information.
[13] Her work in developing chemical profiles for substances also has relevance for the authentication of foodstuffs such as wine, olive oil, and pomegranate juice.
During this 9-hour long ordeal, a total of 122 students, faculty, staff, and community members were arrested and cited for a failure to disperse from an unlawful zone, along with others who received additional citations.
[19] However, eyewitness testimony backed by video evidence points to police blockades preventing the emergency vehicle from entering campus, not the student protesters.
On September 9th, 2024, the ACLU of Northern California filed a lawsuit against Chancellor Larive and UC Santa Cruz for banning over 100 students and faculty from campus grounds.
The lawsuit states that these bans are “unconstitutional and overbroad, depriving students and faculty of their due process rights.” Normally, the school is required by law to hold a hearing before kicking a person off campus - unless that person ‘poses a substantial threat of significant injury to persons or property.’[23] As stated by the ACLU, “The University made no such findings here.”[24] Larive has also come under fire for an incident which happened in December 2023 in which a University campus loop bus crashed near the base of campus, injuring 5 students and resulting in the death of the bus driver.
On August 6th, 2024, UCSC released a report that an investigation conducted by the UC Santa Cruz Police Department found no evidence of mechanical failure on the bus that could have resulted in the December crash and therefore attributed it to driver error.