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.

Psychoactive drugs like ketamine and MDMA are having a moment. The FDA will soon weigh in

CBS News

David Olson, professor of chemistry

Why did Homo sapiens emerge in Africa? 

Live Science

Brenna Henn, associate professor of anthropology

Here’s what your personality says about your dementia risk

BBC Focus Magazine

Emorie Beck, assistant professor of psychology 

Looking at the masters: Shiva Ahmadi

The Chestertown Spy

Shiva Ahmadi, professor of art

What prehistoric animals ruled Shasta County when dinosaurs roamed the Earth? 

Record Searchlight

Ryosuke Motani, professor of earth and planetary sciences

Sociopaths and psychopaths are not necessarily monsters

Salon

Robert Faris, professor of sociology

These funky spiders are lurking by the water

Smithsonian Magazine

Geerat Vermeij, distinguished professor emeritus of earth and planetary sciences 

How men evolved to care for babies — before society got in the way

Nature

Sarah Hrdy, professor emerita of anthropology 

Are monkeys entering the stone age? 

Daily Mail

Meredith Carlson, graduate student in anthropology

Hunting for millicharged particles at the LHC

Phys.org

Matthew Citron, assistant professor of physics and astronomy

At every depth: our growing knowledge of the changing oceans

New Books Network Podcast

Tessa Hill, professor of earth and planetary sciences

How tariffs threaten Biden’s climate goals

E&E News

David Rapson, professor of economics

ChatGPT got an upgrade to make it seem more human

New Scientist

Michelle Cohn, postdoctoral fellow in linguistics

Born to run? Endurance running may have evolved to helps humans chase down prey

Science

Bruce Winterhalder, professor emeritus of anthropology

Should this historic building in Arden Arcade be demolished for a Shake Shack?

Yahoo News

Brett Snyder, associate professor of design

Immigration, workforce integration addressed at economic conference

Columbia Basin Herald

Santiago Perez, associate professor of economics

Loneliness drops in middle adulthood, but then grows with age

Earth.com

Tomiko Yoneda, assistant professor pf psychology

Can forgetting help you remember?

The New Yorker

Charan Ranganath, professor of psychology

Will academic freedom and campus free speech survive? 

Inside Higher Ed

Rana Jaleel, associate professor of gender, sexuality, and woman’s studies and Asian American studies

Our immigration problem isn’t what Trump says it is

Los Angeles Times

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

Immigrants raise wages and boost employment of U.S.-born workers

Forbes

Giovanni Peri, professor economics 

Alessandro Caiumi, graduate student in economics