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.

David Biale, scholar of Jewish thinkers and ideas on the margins, dies at 75

The Forward

David Biale, Emanuel Ringelblum Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Jewish History

Scientists prove Alfred Hitchcock right, shedding light on a fundamental aspect of anxiety

Psypost

Andrew Fox, associate professor of psychology 

How Kamala Harris helped a California man become the nation’s first undocumented lawyer

The Sacramento Bee

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

The picture of early-human origins in Africa grows more complex

The Washington Post

Brenna Henn, associate professor of anthropology 

The top 15 smartest US presidents ever

MSN UK

Dean Simonton, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of psychology

Workers want unions. Labor Movement ingenuity can provide

Jacobin

David Brody, professor emeritus of history

After Trump’s election, women of color had more underweight, premature babies, study finds

Eurekalert

Erin Hamilton, professor of sociology

Millstein offers book on land ethic

The Davis Enterprise

Roberta Millstein, professor emeritus of philosophy

Galactic features reveal dark matter’s invisible hand

SciTechDaily

Andrew Wetzel, associate professor of physics and astronomy

Study shows new efficiency standards for heavy trucks could boost energy use

Science Daily

James Bushnell, professor of economics

How a Virginia-born singer joined with Al Stewart to write a song about Loyalists who fled to Nova Scotia

Cardinal News

Dave Nachmanoff, philosophy alum 

Pechanga’s ‘The Temecula Massacre’ film to debut at Temecula Valley Historical Scoeity screening

The Press-Enterprise

Lisa L. Woodward,  Native American studies alum

Digestiva closes $18.4 million Series A financing 

Yahoo! Finance

Justin Siegel, professor of chemistry 

Jenn Tran’s debut as the Bachelorette is ‘pretty groundbreaking’

Yahoo! Entertainment 

Grace Wang, associate professor of American studies

What immigration means for economies as populations get older

Marketplace

Giovanni Peri, professor of economics

Biden dares critics to ‘run against’ him as Parkinson’s doctor visits revealed

Metro

Charan Ranganath, professor of psychology

To protect redwoods, they lit a fire

The New York Times

Beth Rose Middleton Manning, professor of Native American studies

Try this science-backed 4-step mental primer

Inc. Australia 

Robert Emmons, professor emeritus of psychology 

Commentary: reflection on Independence Day 2024

The Davis Enterprise

Jesse Drew, professor of cinema and digital media 

Movie review: The Devil’s Bath

Tampa Bay Newspapers

Kathy Stuart, associate professor of history

Is a drug even needed to induce a psychedelic experience?

Scientific American

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

12-Foot reptile found in the stomach of a 240-million-year-old ‘megapredator’ unearthed in China

All That’s Interesting

Ryosuke Motani, professor of earth and planetary sciences

Best free AI training courses you can take in July 2024

Tech.co

Martin Hilbert, professor of communication

Engineered plants may make baby formula more like breast milk

Futurity.org

Carlito Lebrilla, distinguished professor of chemistry and professor of biochemistry and molecular medicine