In her short film Unpacking Immigration, anthropology doctoral candidate Harleen Bal illuminates what she calls the “unseen middle step between the farm and the table” by exploring the lives of immigrant meatpackers living in Livingston, California.
Adolescents who had emotional support from friends and relatives, and who were biologically prepared to respond well to others, were more likely to exhibit prosocial behavior and empathy for others as they entered young adulthood, compared to adolescents without that kind of backing.
In 2022, the nation’s largest infant formula manufacturer sent new parents scrambling when it launched a product recall that sparked shortages nationwide. UC Davis researchers contributed to a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report that identifies the causes of the shortages and detailed recommendations for securing national supplies.
The UC Davis College of Letters and Science has political scientists, historians, security experts and others who can address various issues in the elections this year. This expert guide was initially published in February and again updated in September 2024.
Increasing diversity among faculty in higher education has become a major priority within the University of California. A summer program led by the Center for Poverty and Inequality Research hosted CSU undergraduates from across the state to help clear a pathway for them to pursue advanced degrees.
Greg Downs, professor and chair in the Department of History, writes about his experience as a 2023-24 Public Scholarship Faculty Fellows and his new community engaged work bringing under-told Black histories to light.
A new study shows how children’s and adolescents’ memories of the COVID lockdowns of 2020 and 2021 changed over time and related to their mental health.
UC Davis experts Martin Hilbert and Marit MacArthur from the UC Davis College of Letters and Science answer important questions about advancements in artificial intelligence at a recent Team Research Forum.
In this article, UC Davis history professor Ethen Scheiner discusses political expression and international conflict across the history of the modern Olympic Games.
In a new paper published in the peer-reviewed journal Jurisprudence, UC Davis philosopher and legal scholar Mark Reiff gives new insight into the source of the right to free speech and the limits that this right contains. The paper explains how these limits show us that hate speech and disinformation are not protected by the right, but rather must be limited to ensure all of our fundamental freedoms.
