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July
- July 11, 2024, Bread and bullets: Some southern supermarkets now sell ammo out of vending machines
George Tita, NPR - July 10, 2024, New California Assembly Committee Aims to Reduce Permitting Obstacles for Housing and Climate Projects
Nick Marantz, The National Law Review - July 10, 2024, Stricter monitoring of tween and teen internet use may not always be better
J. Maya Hernandez (M.A. Social Ecology, ‘20; PhD Social Ecology, ‘23), The Conversation - July 10, 2024, Opinion: Punishing poverty: The Supreme Court’s criminal approach to homelessness
Deyanira Nevarez Martinez (Ph.D. Urban Planning & Public Policy, ‘21), The Orange County Register - July 9, 2024, What extreme heat is costing California
Michael Mendez, Quartz - July 8, 2024, Avoiding media-fueled psychological distress
E. Alison Holman and Roxane Cohen Silver, Medical XPress - July 8, 2024, Extreme heat in California: Hundreds of deaths, thousands of injuries, billions of dollars
Michael Mendez, CalMatters, also ran in USA Today, LAist and Associated Press - July 8, 2024, Extreme heat is costly and deadly in California
Michael Mendez, CalMatters - July 8, 2024, He’s won professor of the year four years in a row. What makes him so popular?
Brandon Golob, The Orange County Register - July 8, 2024, Hundreds of deaths, thousands of injuries, billions of dollars: The cost of extreme heat in California
Michael Mendez, CalMatters - July 4, 2024, Social Impact Tech: Angela Robinson Of EverFree On How Their Technology Will Make An Important Positive Impact
Angela Robinson, UCI Blum Center for Poverty Alleviation, Medium - July 3, 2024, Viral street signs not proof that theft is legal in California | Fact check
Charis Kubrin, USA Today - July 2, 2024, How a Young Thug “Meme Page” Helped Expose Georgia’s Broken Court System
Charis Kubrin, Mother Jones - July 1, 2024, Psychologists in the news
Roxane Cohen Silver, American Psychological Association - July 1, 2024, At least 40,000 Hispanic inmates have been misclassified in the Florida Department of Corrections
Nancy Rodriguez, The Latin Times - July 1, 2024, Incarcerated students graduation from first-ever UC partnership
Keramet Reiter, CDCR
June
- June 28, 2024, Frederick Crews, literary critic and steely Freud skeptic, dies at 91
Elizabeth Loftus, The Washington Post - June 28, 2024, Some experts worry a drying climate means U.S. Drought Monitor tool isn’t effective out West
David Feldman, The Orange County Register - June 28, 2024, Despite what some politicians say, crime rates are decreasing
Charis Kubrin, Stateline, also ran in Yahoo News - June 27, 2024, What a 100-Year-Old Lie Detector and 150-Year-Old Arsenic Tests Tell Us About Forensic Science Today
Simon Cole, Smithsonian Magazine, also ran in MSN - June 27, 2024, Trump made more than 30 false claims during CNN’s presidential debate — far more than Biden
Charis Kubrin, CNN Politics, also ran in Yahoo News and MSN - June 24, 2024, A User’s Guide To Midlife
Susan Charles, The New York Times - June 24, 2024, Commentary: Giving the incarcerated a shot at an education and a brighter future
Howard Gillman and Keramet Reiter, The Orange County Register - June 23, 2024, Over 20 incarcerated students in San Diego earn degrees from ‘first-of-its-kind’ partnership
Keramet Reiter, Fox 5 - June 22, 2024, Inmates earn bachelor's degrees in first-of-its-kind partnership with the University of California
Keramet Reiter, KABC, also ran in MSN - June 21, 2024, Students at Richard Donovan Prison Graduate from First Ever Program with UC
Keramet Reiter, Times of San Diego - June 21, 2024, For First Time, CA Prison Inmates Earn UC System Bachelor’s Degrees
Howard Gillman and Keramet Reiter, Patch - June 21, 2024, Students at Richard Donovan Prison graduate from first-ever program with UC
Keramet Reiter, 10 News (City News Service) - June 21, 2024, Opinion: We advocate for higher education opportunities to those involved in the criminal legal system
Keramet Reiter, The San Diego Union-Tribune - June 20, 2023, 23 Donovan State Prison inmates graduate with UC degrees
Keramet Reiter, KNBC San Diego - June 18, 2024, Techdirt Podcast Episode 395: What An Actual Expert Thinks About Kids & Social Media
Candice Odgers, Techdirt - June 18, 2024, Authorities across US grapple with a rash of violence in final days of spring
Charis Kubrin, Associated Press - June 17, 2024, Northgate González Markets — Family First
Mimi Ko Cruz, PBS - OC World - June 17, 2024, What research actually says about social media and kids’ health
Candice Odgers, The Washington Post - June 17, 2024, What’s the evidence for the surgeon general’s proposed social media warning?
Candice Odgers, STAT - June 15, 2024, $50M wrongful conviction case highlights decades of Chicago police forced confessions
National Registry of Exonerations, USA Today - June 13, 2024, UC Irvine Researcher, Christopher Ihinegbu Targets Technology to Improve Disaster Response
Christopher Ihinegbu, Punch - June 12, 2024, CA Ballot Measure Would Put More Thieves, Drug Users In Jail: State
Charis Kubrin, Patch - June 12, 2024, Home designed by OC college students to be used for transitional youth housing
Mina Kim and Elias Herrera, The Orange County Register - June 12, 2024, Looking back at L.A.’s Chinatown to imagine a just future for Asian American communities
Laureen D. Hom, Los Angeles Times - June 12, 2024, California voters to consider reforms to law blamed for rise in thefts
Charis Kubrin, KTLA - June 10, 2024 (Video), OC World guest host Gaddi Vasquez explores a recent Orange County poll
Jon Gould and Mike Madrid, PBS - OC World - June 10, 2024 (Video), OC college students design, build ADU to help homeless youth who have aged out of foster care system
Mina Kim and Elias Herrera, KABC - June 6, 2024, Scientists are fixing flawed forensics that can lead to wrongful convictions
Elizabeth Loftus, Science News - June 5, 2024 (Newsletter), First Thing newsletter
Jessie Borelli, The Guardian - June 4, 2024, Virtual living rooms, adult ‘after-school clubs’ and AI lovers: my search for a fix to modern loneliness
Jessie Borelli, The Guardian, also ran in Yahoo Lifestyle
May
- May 30, 2024, Study finds relationship between activities, loneliness, cognitive function
Chuansheng Chen, McKnight’s Senior Living - May 29, 2024, The Battle Over College Speech Will Outlive the Encampments
Howard Gillman, The New York Times Magazine - May 27, 2024, When Are Parents Responsible for Their Kids’ Behavior?
Colleen Sbeglia, Good Men Project - May 22, 2024, COVID ravaged Indiana’s prisons
Naomi Sugie, Axios Indianapolis - May 21, 2024, The panic over smartphones doesn’t help teens
Candice Odgers, The Atlantic - May 20, 2024, Potential tough-on-crime ballot measure promises less homelessness. Experts aren’t convinced
Elliott Currie, CalMatters, also ran in KQED - May 20, 2024, Opinion: A Widely Used Criminal Justice Algorithm For Assessing Child Pornography Recidivism Is Flawed
Nicholas Scurich, Scientific American - May 15, 2024, A California toss-up seat could help determine control of the House. Asian Americans could steer the vote.
School of Social Ecology, NBC News - May 13, 2024, Our top-ranking cities for climate resiliency: 2024 study
Michael Méndez, USA Today - May 12, 2024, How Helpful Are Mental-Health Chatbots?
Stephen Schueller, The Wall Street Journal - May 10, 2024, Jonathan Haidt Blamed Tech for Teen Anxiety. Managing the Blowback Has Become a Full-Time Job.
Candice L. Odgers, The Wall Street Journal, also ran in MSN - May 8, 2024 (Newsletter), California Playbook PM
School of Social Ecology, Politico - May 4, 2024, Column: Watch your step, Democrats. O.C.’s purple shine hides a red underbelly
Mike Madrid, School of Social Ecology, Los Angeles Times - May 3, 2024 (Newsletter), Could Orange County help determine the balance of power in Congress?
Jon Gould, Los Angeles Times - May 1, 2024, Opinion: Are Smartphones Driving Our Teens to Depression?
Candice Odgers, The New York Times - May 1, 2024, Trump has never won a general election in OC. That may be due to election skepticism, a new poll finds
Jon Gould, The Orange County Register - May 1, 2024, The Battle Over Gen Z Minds - Sad, Bad Or Mad?
Candice L. Odgers, Forbes
April
- April 30, 2024, ‘I Pay $623 in Rent and Have a Doorman’: Everything You Thought You Knew About Affordable Housing Is Wrong
John Hipp, George Tita, Emily Owens, Clarissa Iliff and Seth Williams, Realtor.com - April 29, 2024 (Video), Orange County now politically purple
Jon Gould, Fox 11 News Los Angeles - April 29, 2024, A man plunged to his death in front of me. I can’t get it out of my mind.
Roxane Cohen Silver, The Washington Post - April 29, 2024, Many O.C. residents skeptical of election results, potentially swaying key races, poll finds
Jon Gould, Los Angeles Times, also ran in Yahoo News - April 27, 2024, The Anxious Generation wants to save teens. But the bestseller’s anti-tech logic is skewed
Candice Odgers, The Guardian, also ran in MSN - April 26, 2024, When are parents responsible for their kids’ behavior?
Colleen Sbeglia, Knowable Magazine, also ran in Yahoo News - April 25, 2024, ‘The bane of retail.’ To prevent theft, many big chains now lock up all kinds of merchandise
Charis Kubrin, Los Angeles Times, also ran in Yahoo Finance - April 25, 2024, What does Orange County’s presidential primary data suggest about Biden and Trump’s chances?
Jon Gould, The Orange County Register - April 24, 2024, Three minors arrested for assault in Long Beach
Elliot Currie, La Opinion, - April 24, 2024, California's prison death rates rose amid COVID
Naomi Sugie, Keremet Reiter, Rebecca Tublitz, Daniela Kaiser and Erin Secrist, Axios - April 24, 2024, Savor The Good Stuff & Rewire Your Brain For Connection With This Journaling Approach
Jessica Borelli, MindBodyGreen - The New York Times, April 24, 2024, Opinion: Why Losing Political Power Now Feels Like ‘Losing Your Country’
Peter Ditto, The New York Times - April 23, 2024, COVID prison death rate increased 3 times higher than broader population: study
Naomi Sugie, Keremet Reiter, Rebecca Tublitz, Daniela Kaiser and Erin Secrist, Axios - April 23, 2024, How an expensive bet by Emily’s List in an Orange County congressional race went awry
Jon Gould, Los Angeles Times, also ran in Yahoo News - April 22, 2024 (Video), Parents, climate advocates emphasize equity and inclusivity in “greening” of LAUSD schools
Michael Méndez, KABC - April 22, 2024, Hotter temperatures mean higher utility costs for millions of Americans
Michael Mendéz, CBS News, also ran in Yahoo News and AOL News - April 21, 2024, The Brief: Quiet Vacation Trend
Sarah Pressman, LAist - April 21, 2024, Tired Of The Constant Noise And Demands Of Daily Life? Try A Quiet Vacation
Sarah Pressman, LAist - April 19, 2024, Same-Sex Couples Face Higher Climate Change Risks, New UCLA Study Shows
Michael Méndez, KQED - April 19, 2024, 25 years ago, the trauma of Columbine was 'seared into us.' It’s still 'an open wound'
E. Alison Holman, USA Today - April 18, 2024, How the US failed people in prisons during Covid: ‘Really important to learn from what happened’
Naomi Sugie and Keremet Reiter, The Guardian - April 17, 2024, When a Modern Psychedelic Meets an Ancient Ritual of Grief
Roxane Cohen Silver, Psychology Today - April 12, 2024, The 10 Books That Scientists Say Can Make A Difference In The Climate Crisis
Michael Méndez, HuffPost - April 11, 2024, Trump focuses on migrants and crime. Here is what the research shows
Charis Kubrin, Reuters, also ran in Yahoo News, U.S. News & World Report, Daily Mail and AOL.com - April 10, 2024, Did You Really Need to Be There to See It?
Paul Piff, The New York Times - April 10, 2024, Some people don’t experience stress. Are they happier?
Susan Charles, National Geographic - April 9, 2024, PAY UP ‘It happens all the time,’ CVS worker says as she blasts theft impact – cops only intervene based off a price tag
Charis Kubrin, The U.S. Sun - April 8, 2024, Here’s the truth about the real dangers of solar eclipses
Paul Piff, NJ.com - April 8, 2024, What do scientists hope to learn from total solar eclipse in US?
Paul Piff, MSN, also ran in Science Alert - April 7, 2024, These scientists think an ‘awe’-some eclipse could help unite Americans in troubled times
Paul Piff, Los Angeles Times - April 5, 2024, 6 Best Spring Energy Cures to Overcome Whatever Is Making You Tired
DeWayne Williams, First for Women, also ran in Yahoo Life - April 5, 2024, What an eclipse brings to light
Nickolas M. Jones and Paul Piff, Christian Science Monitor - April 5, 2024, Long-lost photos reveal details of world’s first police crime lab
Simon Cole, Nature - April 3, 2024, How the solar eclipse may affect the brain and bring people together
Paul Piff, BBC - April 3, 2024, Lessons learned from previous solar eclipses, and something we hope to find out this time
Sean Goldy, Nickolas M. Jones and Paul Piff, CTV News - April 2, 2024, 'Meh' about the total solar eclipse? 3 reasons you should be excited, according to scientists
Paul Piff, WOSU - April 1, 2024, How a Total Eclipse Alters Your Psyche
Sean Goldy, Nickolas M. Jones and Paul Piff, Nautilus - April 1, 2024, Opinion: Laken Riley’s killing does reflect a broader danger. But it isn’t ‘immigrant crime’
Charis E. Kubrin, Los Angeles Times, also ran in MSN
March
- March 29, 2024 (Book review), The great rewiring: is social media really behind an epidemic of teenage mental illness?
Candice Odgers, Nature - March 27, 2024, UCI’s Richard Matthew shares details about The Drake Gives contributing $1.5 million to Power of Music initiative
Richard Matthew, KUCI – Get the Funk Out! with Janeane Bernstein - March 26, 2024, ‘It’s A Fight’: What The Race for LA County DA Tells Us About Criminal Justice Reform
Jon Gould, LAist - March 26, 2024, The Psychological Impact of the 2024 Solar Eclipse
Sean Goldy (’17, Ph.D. psychological science), Healthnews - Mach 15, 2024, A look at some Orange County projects set to receive funding from latest spending package
School of Social Ecology, The Orange County Register - March 11, 2024, FactChecking Trump’s ‘Fact Check’ of the State of the Union
Charis Kubrin, MSN - March 10, 2024, Killings by police brought reforms. Fear of crime is unraveling them.
Charis Kubrin, The Washington Post, also ran in MSN, SF Gate and The Seattle Times - March 8, 2024, Address Showed Biden Seeking Tricky Balance on Immigration
Charis E. Kubrin, The New York Times - March 8, 2024, The Drake Gives contributes $1.5 million to UC Irvine’s Power of Music initiative
Jon Gould and Richard Matthew, Music Connection - March 5, 2024 (Opinion), Opinion: The Point - Conversations and insights about the moment. Even Katie Porter’s Neighbors Might Not Vote for Her
Caroll Seron, The New York Times - March 4, 2024 (Newsletter), California Playbook - Playbookers
Mike Madrid, Politico - March 3, 2024, Southern California group, officials face return of old problem: child labor
Kelsey Morgan, The Orange County Register
February
- Feb. 29, 2024, The truth about illegal immigration and crime
Charis Kubrin, The Washington Post, also ran in MSN - Feb. 27, 2024 (Video), Murder of Georgia student fuels heated debate over immigration policies
Charis Kubrin, PBS Newshour - Feb. 27, 2024, California’s Orange county was once a conservative bastion. Can it swing the balance of the US House in 2024?
Jon Gould, The Guardian - Feb. 26, 2024, Slaying of Georgia student becomes part of U.S. immigration debate
Charis Kubrin, The Washington Post - Feb. 24, 2024, In the wake of retail theft outrage, change feels inevitable. Is amending Prop. 47 the answer?
Charis Kubrin and Bradley Bartos (M.A., social ecology, ’16; Ph.D., criminology, law & society, ’20), The San Diego Union-Tribune - Feb. 23, 2024, ‘All of Us’ genetics chart stirs unease over controversial depiction of race
Nicole Iturriaga, Nature - Feb. 22, 2024, Psychology professor brings expertise to court | Troconis Trial
Elizabeth Loftus, KTIC - Feb. 21, 2024 (Audio), What’s Driving Brazen Retail Theft and What Should We Do About It?
Charis Kubrin, KQED - Feb. 20, 2024, a cannabis conundrum
Ekaterina Moiseeva (UCI social ecology Ph.D. candidate), Contexts - Feb. 15, 2024 (Video), After serving time for murder, SoCal man is looking ahead, dreaming big
Ryan “Flaco” Rising, KNBC - Feb. 15, 2024, I asked criminologists about immigration and crime in the US. Their answers may surprise you
Charis Kubrin, CNN, also ran in Yahoo News - Feb. 14, 2024, During LA's historic rain, river was 'doing exactly what it was engineered to do'
Richard Matthew and Nicola Ulibarri, SFGate - Feb. 14, 2024, Opinion: The Trauma of the Trump Years Is Being Rewritten
Linda J. Levine, The New York Times - Feb. 14, 2024, Proposition 47's Impact on California's Criminal Justice System
Charis Kubrin, KQED - Feb 12, 2024, Second study shows CALPIA programs reduce recidivism
Susan F. Turner, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation - Feb. 11, 2024, Why Are Teens Depressed? It's Not Social Media
Candice Odgers, Reason, also ran in Yahoo News - Feb. 10, 2024, California’s Flood Defenses Held This Time, but They Are Weakening
Brett Sanders, Richard Matthew and Nicola Ulibarri, The Wall Street Journal - Feb. 8, 2024, As Nikki Haley tours California, even some of her most ardent supporters don’t see a path
Jon Gould, Los Angeles Times, also ran in Yahoo News - Feb. 8, 2024, Wrongful Convictions Reveal the Flaws of the Criminal Justice System
National Registry of Exonerations, Capital B, also ran in Yahoo News - Feb. 8, 2024, At UC Irvine summit, Orange County leaders urge action against rising antisemitism and hate
School of Social Ecology, The Orange County Register - Feb. 8, 2024, How California’s storms are projected to become more extreme with climate change
Richard Matthew and Nicola Ulibarri, Los Angeles Times - Feb. 7, 2024, U.S. News Releases 2024 Best Online Programs
M.A.S., U.S. News & World Report - Feb. 7, 2024 (Video), How LA County captures rain to bolster our water supply
David Feldman, KCBS/KCAL News - Feb. 6, 2024, L.A.’s flood-control system survived epic storm. But it’s losing battle with climate change
Brett Sanders, Richard Matthew and Nicola Ulibarri, Los Angeles Times - Feb. 5, 2024, Stroke Mimics Tied to More PTSD Than Stroke
E. Alison Holman, professor, Medscape - Feb. 5, 2024 (Audio), California needs to capture more storm water to prep for drought
David Feldman, KNX News - Feb. 5, 2024, The List – Charitable Gifts of 2023
Blum Center for Poverty Alleviation, Orange County Business Journal - Feb. 3, 2024, Will murder trial finally solve mystery of Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay?
Charis Kubrin, The Guardian, also ran in Yahoo News - Feb. 2, 2024, Converging Climate Risks Interact to Cause More Harm, Hitting Disadvantaged Californians Hardest
Michael Méndez, Inside Climate News
January
- Jan. 27, 2024, OC Point in Time count raises basic questions about homelessness
School of Social Ecology, The Orange County Register - Jan. 24, 2024, India fights coal war despite energy transition pledges – study
Mukul Kumar, Mining.com - Jan. 24, 2024, Coal, hydropower energy transitions in India involve state-sanctioned violence, arrests: Study
Mukul Kumar, Press Trust of India - Jan. 24, 2024, Exonerated Ohioans paid millions by taxpayers
National Registry of Exonerations, Ohio Capital Journal - Jan. 24, 2024, Cal State and faculty union reach tentative pact with lightning speed, and not all are happy
Virginia Parks, Los Angeles Times, also ran in Yahoo News - Jan. 23, 2024 (Video), Proposed California law calls for required jail time for repeat shoplifters
Charis Kubrin, KABC - Jan. 23, 2024, Coal, hydropower energy transitions in India involve state-sanctioned violence, arrests: Study
Mukul Kumar, Deccan Herald – PTI - Jan. 22, 2024, How to Generate Public Support for Alleviating Racial Disparities
Pia Dietze, The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education - Jan. 20, 2024, ‘This should not be ridiculed’: the link between hypochondria and early death
Jessie Borelli, The Guardian, also ran in MSN - Jan. 18, 2024 (Video), Scott Peterson case spotlights exoneration efforts in the US
National Registry of Exonerations, ABC News - Jan. 18, 2024, Forensic scientists have a new fingerprint-matching tool in their arsenal thanks to AI, but it's sparked a controversy
Simon Cole, Yahoo Life, also ran in Live Science - Jan. 17, 2024, LAPD Chief Michel Moore Defends Record; Critics Say Good Riddance
Emily Owens, LAist - Jan. 12, 2024, As a new generation rises, tension between free speech and inclusivity on college campuses simmers
Howard Gillman, Associated Press, also ran in Daily Mail and Independent - Jan. 12, 2024, Do prints from two different fingers belong to the same person? AI can tell
Simon Cole, Science - Jan. 12, 2024, Are fingerprints unique? Not really, AI-based study finds
Simon Cole, CNN - Jan. 9, 2024, How Harvard Tried to Save Its President
Emily Owens, The Chronicle of Higher Education - Jan. 4, 2024, Digital Evidence Is Behind Only a Tiny Fraction of Wrongful Convictions
Simon Cole, Medium - Jan. 4, 2024, Orange County’s swing voters
School of Social Ecology, Los Angeles Times California Politics Newsletter - Jan. 3, 2024, The City Appears Poised to Follow UCI’s Sustainability Programs
Devin Grabiec (’21, B.A. social ecology), Irvine Community News and Views - Jan. 3, 2024 (Audio), Asian and Latino voters could decide competitive Congressional races in Orange County
Jon Gould, KNX News Radio - Jan. 3, 2024, Wealthier Asian American and Latino voters in Orange County may be pivotal in upcoming elections
Jon Gould, Los Angeles Times, also ran in Yahoo News - Jan. 2, 2024, How art is used against artists, like Young Thug, in court
- Charis Kubrin, The Economist
- Jan. 1, 2024 (Audio), Death by Prison – Examining Life Without the Possibility of Parole Sentencing
Christopher Seeds, 94.1 KPFA
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