On January 27, a UC Davis Global Migration Center expert panel discussed Solito, the 2026 UC Davis Campus Community Book Project Selection, and how different research disciplines explore complex questions about immigration in the U.S.
The sudden drop in the number of immigrants in the U.S. comes at a time when fertility rates among the native-born population are also falling. Research in economics suggests that these two trends could tip a precarious economy into decline.
International graduate students created a disproportionate number of new business startups in the United States in the past decade. They also increased entrepreneurialism among their U.S.-born peers, according to new research from the UC Davis College of Letters and Science.
Giovanni Peri, a professor of economics and leading expert on the economics of migration, has been appointed the C. Bryan Cameron Distinguished Chair in International Economics. The appointment will support Peri’s research, his support for undergraduate and graduate student research and events that are open to the UC Davis community.
Migration is a powerful force for shaping society. It is also a flashpoint for anger and prejudice in every country and context, and these responses can blur the reasons why people relocate their lives and what their arrival means for the places where they settle. The UC Davis Global Migration Center weaves facts and human experience into the complexity of how we think about migration, both in the U.S. and globally.
The College of Letters and Science at UC Davis celebrated all things research at its first Research and Creative Activities Celebration, which was held this past week at the UC Davis Conference Center. The event showcased the breadth of academic activities occurring across the College of Letters and Science and its affiliated centers, with faculty presentations and panel discussions.
An economics doctoral candidate in the College of Letters & Science at UC Davis has been studying how 25 corporate mega-projects have affected local markets. Among the findings so far are that tax breaks and other incentives often don’t pay off by creating jobs as they were meant to.
