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].
Does the food pyramid change what actually ends up on Americans’ plates?
Food & Wine Magazine
Charlotte Biltekoff
Darrell Corti Endowed Professor in Food, Wine and Culture
The economic consequences of a low-skilled immigration sudden stop: evidence from Korea’s guest worker programme
Naked Capitalism
Giovanni Peri
C. Bryan Cameron Distinguished Professor in International Economics
How God got so great
The New Yorker
Manvir Singh
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Can James Talarico’s faith-forward politics invigorate the Jewish religious left?
Cleveland Jewish News
Joshua Shanes
Emanuel Ringelblum Professor in Jewish History
AI and One Health drive new UCD² funding for UCD–UC Davis research
University College Dublin
Jairo Fuquene Patino
Assistant Professor of Statistics
PBS film bets Henry David Thoreau can inspire modern travelers to grow
Forbes
Ashley Nichole Lewis
Ph.D. Candidate in History
Maceo Montoya wins ‘American Book Award’
Daily Democrat
Maceo Montoya
Professor of Chicana/o/x Studies
Why do mind-altering drugs make people feel better?
The New Yorker
David Olson
Director of the Institute for Psychedelics and Neurotherapeutics
Professor of Chemistry
John A. Gray
Associate Director of the Institute for Psychedelics and Neurotherapeutics
Associate Professor of Neurology
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Why African striped mice can be the best of dads — or the worst
Science News
Sarah Hrdy
Professor Emerita of Anthropology
Using AI to map a child's path to language mastery
Neuroscience News
Tamara Swaab
Professor of Psychology
Why TikTok and Spotify produce completely different hit songs
Earth.com
Cuihua (Cindy) Shen
Professor of Communication
The S.F. immigration court is being dismantled. Charts show how bad it’s gotten for asylum-seekers
San Francisco Chronicle
Kevin R. Johnson
Distinguished Professor of Law
Mabie-Apallas Professor of Public Interest
Professor of Chicana/o/x Studies
The Rubin Observatory will change the game for astronomy — if satellite companies don't get in the way
Yahoo! News
Tony Tyson
Distinguished Research Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Mollusk trait evolution slows and becomes more predictable over time
Bioengineer.org
Geerat Vermeij
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Icy moons may hide boiling oceans beneath thick layers of ice
Earth.com
Maxwell Rudolph
Associate Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Author Paul Eastwick talks about his book “Bonded by Evolution"
CBS News
Paul Eastwick
Professor of Psychology
As war spikes gas prices, drivers wonder how long it will last – and if they should go electric
Associated Press
Erich Muehlegger
Professor of Economics
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February 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 February 2026.
Painting a Legacy
UC Davis Professor Emeritus Roland Petersen, known for his Picnic Day paintings, reflects on his life’s work and his personal love story. Petersen, who turned 100 on March 31, still paints every day.