Every day researchers from the College of Letters and Science at UC Davis are highlighted in the news media, having their research featured and commenting on the most pressing issues facing the world.

Enjoy some of these news media highlights from the past month.

If you have a media mention that you would like included in our media mentions section, please reach out to Greg Watry at gdwatry@ucdavis.edu.

Pro-Palestinian campus protests

Capital Public Radio

Keith David Watenpaugh, professor and director of human rights studies

When in life are folks most lonely? 

U.S. News and World Report

Tomiko Yoneda, assistant professor of psychology 

These Stone Age humans were more gatherer than hunter

Science News

Teresa Steele, professor of anthropology

Future of psychedelics

CBS

David Olson, professor of chemistry

Six things you should do at night if you want to be happier in the morning

HuffPost

Robert Emmons, professor emeritus of psychology 

How Japanese American farmers seeded Coachella Valley agriculture

Palm Springs Life

Cecilia Tsu, associate professor of history 

Mapping the neurocircuit of social avoidance

The Scientist

Brian Trainor, professor of psychology 

Alameda—the island that almost wasn’t

KQED

Javier Arbona, assistant professor of American studies and design

They swim and they spin: meet the aquatic spiders

Knowable Magazine

Geerat Vermeij, distinguished professor emeritus of earth and planetary sciences

Not an extrovert or introvert? There’s a word for that

National Geographic

Richard Robins, professor of psychology 

Do women who live together get their periods together, or is it myth?

The Washington Post

Jeffrey Schank, professor of psychology

The moon itself

Radiolab

Sarah Stewart, professor of earth and planetary sciences

Nostalgia for the dating experience they’ve never had

The Atlantic 

Paul Eastiwck, professor of psychology

How immigration entrepreneurs help create jobs and boost the economy

Marketplace

Giovanni Peri, professor of economics

One again: who pays for tariffs on Chinese steel?

Marketplace

Katheryn Russ, professor of economics

‘The Devil’s Bath’ sets Tribeca Premiere

Variety

Kathy Stuart, associate professor of history

Why the daughter of an American archaeologist sent her father’s collection to Peru

Smithsonian Magazine

Charles Walker, professor of history

Knowing our fast-changing ocean

Inside Higher Ed

Tessa Hill, professor of earth and planetary sciences

Massive cosmic map suggests dark energy is even weirder than we thought

Scientific American 

Lloyd Knox, professor of physics and astronomy

Can you see Sacramento Kings’ purple victory beam from space? We shed light on the answer

Sacramento Bee

Jae Yong Suk, associate professor of design and associate director of California Lighting Center

The multiverse could be much, much bigger than we ever imagined

New Scientist

Arsalan Adil, graduate student in physics

Texas bid for deportation power met with roadblocks from U.S., Mexico

The Dallas Morning News

Kevin Johnson, Dean of School of Law and Professor of Chicana/o Studies

What is ‘loud budgeting’ and could it help you? 

ABC10

Derek Stimel, associate professor of teaching economics

Forgot where you put your keys? A neuroscience professor offers 5 tips to improve your memory

Fast Company

Charan Ranganath, professor of psychology

The calls for help coming from above the poverty line

The Wall Street Journal

Marianne Page, professor of economics