Columnist Arthur Brooks considers research from Sonja Lyubomirsky's team that found introverts who purposively acted extroverted reported greater well-being.
La Opinión, the oldest Spanish-language newspaper in the country, interviews two students and Jennifer Nájera, associate professor and chair of the Department of Ethnic Studies, regarding a study on how immigration policies are affecting UC students’ academic, mental, and emotional wellbeing.
Jennifer Nájera, chair of the Department of Ethnic Studies, on how undocumented young people face a greater risk of suffering from depression and financial problems.
Virologist Juliet Morrison describes an animal study supporting the idea that the vaccine ought to significantly reduce the chances that a vaccinated person might infect others.
Jennifer Nájera, associate professor and chair of the Department of Ethnic Studies was interviewed regarding a UC-wide study about immigration policies' effect on students’ academic, mental, and emotional wellbeing.
UC Riverside and UC Merced are doing the lion’s share of the work in the UC system to serve racially and economically marginalized Californians, yet they have very modest endowments and their budgets are dependent on annual appropriations from the state.
Following a discovery of Mediterranean recluse spiders in a University of Michigan library, spider expert Richard S. Vetter explains that fear of arachnids is often irrational, as spider-caused fatalities are exceedingly rare.
Sociology Professor Ellen Reese says there has been a surge of worker organizing during the pandemic, but it's not clear if this will lead to a surge in unionization because many employees' jobs are not secure.
Emily D. Engelschall, who oversees admissions at UCR, believes that the University of California's decision to suspend using SAT and ACT scores has driven big application increases.
UCR environmental scientist Will Porter addresses the relationship of Texas' extreme weather to climate change, and whether Californians should be concerned about similar impacts.
Sadrul Ula, faculty researcher with UCR's Center for Environmental Research and Technology, says the energy landscape in Texas mirrors the one in California. Neither state's power infrastructure is built to deal with abnormal weather situations.
Matt Daugherty, an expert in the management of plant pathogens, says the native sharpshooter insect is the most efficient at transmitting a disease that kills grapevines.
UCR environmental scientists David Volz and Aalekhya Reddam reveal commuters are routinely breathing in unacceptably high levels of benzene and formaldehyde.