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.

In my 20s, I disrespected older colleagues. In my 60s, the tables turned

YourTango

Dean Keith Simonton, Distinguished Professor emeritus of psychology 

Harris aims to close immigration polling gap with visit to Douglas, Arizona

Newsweek

Brad Jones, professor of political science

Are immigrants taking jobs from ‘native’ U.S. workers? Here’s what economists say

CNBC

Giovanni Peri, C. Bryan Cameron Distinguished Professor in International Economics

South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue to host Wildlife Resilience community board game night

2 News Nevada

Thomas Maiorana, associate professor of design

Tooth enamel holds a record of human health

Earth.com

Jelmer Eerkens, professor of anthropology

Study charts how Earth’s global temperature has drastically changed over the past 485 million years, driven by CO2

MSN.com

Isabel Montañez, Distinguished Professor of earth and planetary sciences

Gregory Downs on his new book

KCBS-FM

Gregory Downs, professor of history

Immigrants less likely to commit crimes than native-born Americans, UC Davis professor says

WTTW-PBS

Santiago Perez, associate professor of economics

In the company of rattlesnakes

Bomb Magazine

Lynne Isbell, Distinguished Professor of anthropology 

Stockton student arrested on accusations of making school threats online

CBS News

Andy Jones, lecturer in University Writing Program 

Disabled union members strengthening the Labor Movement

The Nation

Heather Ringo, Ph.D. candidate in English 

Keren Skariah is breaking barrier for women in tech—one hackathon at a time

Glamour

Keren Skariah, data science student

These 9 techniques can help train your brain to make you a better leader

Fast Company

Charan Ranganath, professor of psychology 

California leads the US in student-debt, new study says. How much do residents owe?

Merced Sun-Star

Derek Stimel, associate professor of teaching economics

Surviving a climate disaster isn’t likely to change how you vote

BNN Bloomberg

Hanno Hilbig, assistant professor of political science

UC Davis political science professor James Adams comments on Trump assassination attempt

KCRA

James Adams, Distinguished Professor of political science

How competing tax plans from Trump and Harris could play out for American workers?

NBC News

Katheryn Russ, professor of economics

Kevin Johnson on study about enrollment of undocumented students

Capital Public Radio

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

Teens with supportive families are more likely to be kind

Earth.com

Paul Hastings, professor of psychology 

Research aims to improve understanding of children’s procrastination

Education News Canada

Yuko Munakata, professor of psychology 

Traditions and transitions: How the Jewish vote will impact the 2024 election

Los Angeles Loyolan

Levi Goldstein, sociology student

Best of Blue Dot: the process of subduction 

Ivoox

Magali Billen, professor of earth and planetary sciences

Americans used to unite over tragic events—and now are divided by them

Yahoo! News

Thomas Beamish, professor of sociology 

For Pam Houston, convergence of law, personal history inspired ‘Without Exception’

The Colorado Sun

Pam Houston, professor of English

Kamala Harris’ main goals in the debate with Donald Trump. Look presidential, keep her cool

McClatchyDC

Amber Boydstun, professor of political science

Jenn Tran’s ‘Bachelorette’ season was supposed to be groundbreaking. Asian American ‘Bachelor’ contestants say the franchise ‘didn’t care about her.’

Yahoo! Entertainment

Grace Wang, associate professor of American studies. 

Elon Musk fires back at Fortune Magazine: ‘something deeply misanthropic about these people’ for saying ‘pronatalism is a ponzi scheme’

AOL

Emily Merchant, associate professor of science and technology studies 

How a Chinese lunar probe and 3 glass beads rewrote the moon’s geological past

South China Morning Post

Qing-zhu Yin, professor of earth and planetary sciences

Preserving human rights archives in Peru

UCLA Library

Charles Walker, professor of history