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.

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.

Xi Jinping and the US election

Politico Europe

David McCourt, associate professor of sociology

Media, disinfo and lies about immigrants in the race to Election Day

Making Contact

Amber Boydstun, professor and chair of political science

The roots of fear: scientists identify new cell clusters in amygdala for anxiety treatment

MSN.com

Drew Fox, associate professor of psychology

Trump’s talk of ‘bad genes’ is rooted in eugenics. Experts explain why it’s making a comeback

STAT

Emily Merchant, associate professor of science and technology studies

Changing a place name doesn’t erase history, but can foster understanding

99.1 KBU

Lewis Lawyer, assistant professor of Native American studies

Author Pam Houston to explore the history of abortion and its impact

Eye on Sun Valley

Pam Houston, professor of English

DACA recipient artists share their stories as program hangs by a thread

Hyperallergic

Fidencio Fifield-Perez, assistant professor of art

Being happy in your relationship can lead to better health when you grow older, says study

The Focus

Tomiko Yoneda, assistant professor of psychology 

Was organized society an agitating or pacifying force in ancient Andes populations?

MSN.com

Thomas J. Snyder, Ph.D. candidate in anthropology 

War’s public health impacts are vast. Tallying them is difficult

Salon

Xiao Hui Tai, assistant professor of statistics

Tripping on nothing

The Atlantic

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

UC Davis professor, a cellist, helps keep classical music relevant in region

Capital Public Radio

Susan Lamb Cook, cello in Department of Music

Renowned dancer Dr. Halifu Osumare

PBS

Halifu Osumare, professor emerita of African American and African studies

Humans can’t adapt fast enough for climate change

The Good Men Project

Isabel P. Montañez, Distinguished Professor of earth and planetary sciences

The rich cultural history of Sacramento’s Chicano murals

Sacramento News & Review

Terezita Romo, lecturer and affiliate faculty of Chicana/o studies

Hurricane disinformation rampant in US election campaign

MSN.com

Kathryn Olmsted, professor of history

Harvard study reveals the secret to being likable comes down to one thing

YourTango

Alexander Baxter, graduate student in psychology

Migrants not grabbing Black, Hispanic jobs as Trump claims, and they boost the economy

International Business Times

Giovanni Peri, professor of economics and director of the Global Migration Center

‘The Boys of Riverside’ chronicles school for the deaf’s rise to state football champions

PBS

David Corina, professor of linguistics 

She shared her notes with John Steinbeck. It was her novels undoing

The New York Times

Iris Jamahl Dunkle, lecturer of English

Gratitude and kindness can create universal benefits

Head Topics

Robert Emmons, professor emeritus of psychology 

California House candidates spar on prices. What it means for tossup election

The Sacramento Bee

Derek Stimel, associate professor of teaching economics

Real — or imagined — crime spike spurring California voter interest in November ballot

Courthouse News Service

James Adams, professor of political science

The long history of immigration in the United States

The Indian Express

Kevin Johnson, Distinguished Professor of law, Mabie-Apallas Professor of Public Interest Law and professor of Chicana/o Studies

New biographies reflect great changes in the writing of Black history

The Washington Post

Gregory Downs, professor and chair of history

Air pollution could be changing children’s brains

U.S. News & World Report

Camelia Hostinar, associate professor of psychology 

Is California killing fast food jobs with new $20 hourly minimum wage? What new research says

The Sacramento Bee

Denis Sosinskiy, graduate student in economics 

America’s shifting opinions on 2024 elections issues

Newsweek

Brad Jones, professor of political science

Newsom goes north for a climate fight

POLITICO

James Bushnell, professor of economics

How to improve memory and focus using science protocols

Huberman Lab

Charan Ranganath, professor of psychology 

UC Davis professor explores the dark side of 1990s television

Viceland

Laura Grindstaff, professor of sociology