Every day faculty and students 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.
Check out 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 [email protected].
A Diwali state holiday is on hold after a court challenge. Here’s why
Los Angeles Times
Archana Venkatesan
Professor of Religious Studies
All 50 states introduce bills to regulate digital media for kids
The South Asian Times
Drew Cingel
Associate Professor of Communication
8 wellness podcasts you should listen to next
The New York Times
Paul Eastwick
Professor of Psychology
We’ve entered the age of veneer regret
Allure Magazine
Maxine Craig
Professor Emerita of Sociology
New evidence shows federal agents using racial slurs during immigration sweeps
New York Times
Kevin Johnson
Distinguished Professor of Law
Mabie-Apallas Professor of Public Interest
Professor of Chicana/o/x Studies
If your daily routine includes learning something new, here are 65 facts you might have missed
TV Overmind
Charan Ranganath
Professor of Psychology
Dallas is navigating budget troubles. So is just about everyone else
Dallas Observer
Derek Stimel
Associate Professor of Teaching Economics
Science cafe: the next big one?
Cap Public Radio
Michael Oskin
Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences
A photographic memory is wishful thinking
Science News
Simona Ghetti
Professor of Psychology
Rise in migrant deaths as 19 bodies found along Arizona border last month
The Guardian
Brad Jones
Professor of Political Science
U.S.- Canada tariff fight
KXTVDT
Ina Simonovska
Associate Professor of Economics
‘A box, not a list’: California weighs adding Jewish ethnicity to demographic data
The Sacramento Bee
Joshua Shanes
Emanuel Ringelblum Professor in Jewish History
UB symposium to explore how social media and AI persuade
University of Buffalo
Jingwen Zhang
Associate Professor of Communication
Psychology says happiness from shared joy may reduce stress hormone levels to protect long-term heart health
The Economic Times
Tomiko Yoneda
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Lift-off! NASA launches Roman Space Telescope to tackle dark-energy mysteries
Nature
Tony Tyson
Distinguished Research Professor of Physics and Astronomy
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July Media Mentions
Every day faculty and students 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. Check out some of these news media highlights from the past month.
California Earthquakes and What the Next ‘Big One’ Could Look Like
At the August Davis Science Café, Michael Oskin led a conversation titled “Earthquakes in California: What Might the Next ‘Big One’ Be Like?” Oskin studies the relatively recent geological record to better understand the tectonic processes and crustal deformations surrounding earthquakes.