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.

Trump and Vance's false and misleading rhetoric on tariffs

The Washington Post

Katheryn Russ, professor of economics

In praise of historian David Biale

Jewish-Herald Voice

David Biale, Emanuel Ringelblum Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Jewish History

What made Dracula an unusual vampire?

WGBH

Louis Warren, W. Turrentine Jackson Professor of U.S. Western History

Your brain on…meditation

Ivoox

Clifford Saron, research scientist at Center for Mind and Brain

Reeling in confidence: the journey of a woman on the water

San Francisco Gate

Ashley Nicole Lewis, graduate student in history

Explore outdoors: California rock garden at UC Davis is a geologic treasure

KCRA

Nicholas Pinter, professor of earth and planetary sciences

 Inside the sex crimes case that made Kamala Harris’ reputation

Yahoo! News

Gail Goodman, Distinguished Professor of psychology 

7 strategies regular people always use to get noticed—without being the loudest in the room

YourTango

Richard Robins, professor of psychology 

The Los Angeles earthquake hit a fault system that could pose a massive threat. Here’s what to know

The Washington Post

Michael Oskin, professor of earth and planetary sciences 

Biologists find no common genetic basis for regeneration in diverse species

Phys.org

David Gold, associate professor of earth and planetary sciences

Teen girls had worst mental effects of COVID-19 lockdown

Talker

Simona Ghetti, professor of psychology

Many California school districts implement no cell phone policy. Here’s how schools enforce it

CBS News

Robert Faris, professor of sociology 

Carcanet online book launch: Apple Thieves by Beverley Bie Brahic

Creative Tourist 

Katie Peterson, professor of English 

Why the pronatalist movement is inherently misguided

Fast Company

Emily Merchant, associate professor of science and technology studies

Here’s what the future of EV charging looks like in Texas

The Dallas Morning News

Erich Muehlegger, professor of economics

From New York to Denver, US cities are seeking migrants for jobs

BNN Bloomberg

Giovanni Peri, professor of economics

Think your memory’s slipping? Here’s how to help make things stick

Yahoo! Lifestyle

Charan Ranganath, professor of psychology 

‘Nat Turner, Black Prophet’ place the iconic Black rebel in his religious context

The Boston Globe

Gregory Downs, professor of history

Science café looks at neurology

The Davis Enterprise

Jared Shaw, professor of chemistry 

Racial bias in the sexual objectification of women

The Academic

Ariel Mosley, assistant professor of psychology

A surprise gift of being a 9/11 first responder

Psychology Today

Thomas Cahill, professor emeritus of physics and astronomy

Missing migrants: Skeletal remains scattered across desert show scale of crisis 

Newsweek

Brad Jones, professor of political science

Rapid tagging method reveals psychedelics’ immediate effects on neurons

Technology Networks

David Olson, director of the Institute for Neurotherapeutics and Psychedelics and professor of chemistry

Is J.D. Vance’s biggest donor right that America started going downhill when women got the vote?

Slate

Eric Rauchway, Distinguished Professor of history

Study highlights factors associated with higher tuberculosis risk in South Africa

Medical Xpress

Oshiomah Oyageshio, graduate student in anthropology

How our ancestors’ marathon hunts led to our endurance running abilities today

Study Finds

Bruce Winterhalder, professor emeritus of anthropology

Kamala Harris played key role in helping man becomes 1^st illegal immigrant with law license

Fox News Channel

Kevin Johnson, Dean of the School of Law and professor of Chicana/o studies

Library of Congress reveals recipients of 2024 music commissions from Koussevitzky Foundation

Broadway World

Kurt Rohde, professor of music

Work begins on last dam in Klamath dam removal project

Water Education Foundation

Beth Rose Middleton Manning, professor of Native American studies