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December
- Dec. 1, 2025, Attacks on ICE up 1,000%? Trump administration claim not backed up by court records
Charis Kubrin, Los Angeles Times
November
- Nov. 30, 2025, Is All Screen Time Harmful?
Candice Odgers, MedPage Today - Nov. 27, 2025, Why Southern California's most vulnerable youths face hunger during school holidays
UC Irvine Blum Center for Poverty Alleviation, Los Angeles Times - Nov. 21, 2025, Georgetown law program hopes to exonerate man serving life for killing his wife
National Registry of Exonerations, ABC News - Nov. 21, 2025, Is AI making some people delusional? Families and experts are worried
Stephen Schueller, Los Angeles Times - Nov. 17, 2025, OC500 2025: Alec Glasser
Alec Glasser Center for the Power of Music and Social Change, The Orange County Business Journal - Nov. 17, 2025, An Amazon climate summit built on contradiction, creating unease for California delegates
Dominic Bednar, Los Angeles Times - Nov. 14, 2025, New San Juan Capistrano Wellness Center Supports Youth-Driven Services
Stephen Schueller, The Capistrano Dispatch - Nov. 13, 2025, U.C. Irvine professors wins top criminology prize for debunking immigration-crime myth
Charis E. Kubrin, KTLA - Nov. 11, 2025 (Podcast), Prof. Elizabeth Loftus - The Fallibility of Our Memory
Elizabeth Loftus, Lens of a Lawyer - Nov. 5, 2025, You Know Life Has Gotten To Be Too Much When This Is What The Ideal Vacation Looks Like
Sarah Pressman, YourTango - Nov. 4, 2025, Researchers Weigh the Use of AI for Mental Health
Stephen Schueller, Undark - Nov. 3, 2025, New data shows 1 in 4 ICE arrests happened in Texas under Trump’s immigration crackdown
Charis E. Kubrin, USA Today - Nov. 1, 2025, California voters weigh in on Proposition 50 ahead of Election Day
Jon Gould, Associated Press
October
- Oct. 30, 2025, The Substance
Elizabeth Loftus, Bustle - Oct. 29, 2025, Can You Ask If Someone’s Taking a GLP-1?
Jessica Borelli, Self - Oct. 27, 2025, ‘California Is Allowed to Hit Back’
Jon Gould, The Atlantic, also ran in Yahoo News - Oct. 24, 2025, Julian Thayer Honored for Lifetime Achievement in Behavioral Medicine
Julian F. Thayer, The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education - Oct. 24, 2025, UC Berkeley researchers find 75% of surveyed field workers labored during Sonoma County wildfires since 2017
School of Social Ecology, The Sacramento Bee - Oct. 23, 2025, Are undocumented immigrants responsible for higher crime rates? Here’s what studies show
Charis Kubrin, San Francisco Chronicle - Oct. 20, 2025, Trump “National Police Force” Built on ICE Partnerships With Local Agencies Like… Wildlife Commissions?
Charis Kubrin, The Intercept - Oct. 16, 2025, Teen mental health and technology
Candice Odgers, Bold - Oct. 13, 2025, Clemency denied for man whose execution is planned for Tuesday
Nicholas Scurich, Fox 2 - Oct. 11, 2025, As execution date nears, advocates say Missouri inmate was wrongly sentenced
Nicholas Scurich, Fulton Sun - Oct. 8, 2025, The untapped workforce solving industry labor shortages
Susan Turner, Fast Company - Oct. 8, 2025, Gov. Kehoe, there are too many questions to execute Lance Shockley now | Opinion
Nicholas Scurich, The Kansas City Star - Oct. 8, 2025, Oil refinery closures leave workers searching for a job that ‘just doesn’t exist’
Virginia Parks, CalMatters - Oct. 6, 2025, What will UCI do with a new grant? We poll the pollster
Jon Gould, The Orange County Register - Oct. 1, 2025, AirTalk Live at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana
Jon Gould, LAist
September
- Sept. 30, 2025, When the news hurts: How relentless bad headlines impact our health
Alison Holman, KPBS - Sept. 28, 2025, Try the sticky note cleaning hack, eat a kiwi and do this before your flu shot — plus 11 more health tips to help you have a great week
Elizabeth Loftus, Yahoo Health - Sept. 26, 2025, When Helene hit, they lost their homes. Under Trump, they could lose even more
Michael Méndez, Yale Climate Connections - Sept. 26, 2025, A train stabbing in North Carolina becomes fuel for old racial tropes in politics and media
Charis Kubrin, Associated Press - Sept. 23, 2024, Kirk shooting videos spread online, even to viewers who didn't want to see them
Roxane Cohen Silver, NPR – All Things Considered - Sept. 23, 2025, As cities seek ways to prevent floods, a California town has a success story to share
David Feldman, The Christian Science Monitor - Sept. 22, 2025, UCI Poll: Californians Back Stricter Tech Rules for Kids
Kelli Dickerson and Candice Odgers, Orange County Business Journal - Sept. 16, 2025, Have we become desensitized to graphic violence?
Roxane Cohen Silver, WBAP News Talk - Sept. 14, 2025, A house of second chances
Elizabeth Cauffman, Fullerton Observer - Sept. 14, 2025, Under Trump, sanctuary cities and states come under fire over immigration policies
Charis Kubrin, MSN (Philadelphia Inquirer) - Sept. 12, 2025, Media megaphone key in identifying suspected killer
Roxane Cohen Silver, CNN - Sept. 12, 2025, Tips on stepping back from screens and starting a new hobby
Sarah Pressman, Associated Press, Yahoo Lifestyle, MSN, KNBC, The Boston Globe - Sept. 12, 2025, Utah Governor says people should avoid shocking video of murder on social media
Roxane Cohen Silver, CNN - Sept. 12, 2025, Here’s how to help kids deal with current events — and the sometimes violent imagery they bring
Jodi Quas, Associated Press - Sept. 11, 2025, Graphic videos of Charlie Kirk’s killing reach the feeds of unwitting social media users with auto-play
Roxane Cohen Silver, Fast Company - Sept. 11, 2025, The surprising way doomscrolling rewires your brain
Roxane Cohen Silver, National Geographic - Sept. 10, 2025, UC Irvine Survey Reveals Strong Support Among Californians for Enhanced Tech Regulations Protecting Children
Kelli Dickerson, Candice Odgers, Science Magazine - Sept. 10, 2025, Poll reveals Californians support stricter tech regulations for children
Kelli Dickerson, Candice Odgers, Phys.org - Sept. 8, 2025 (Audio), What does it mean for someone to have ‘AI psychosis’?
Stephen Schueller, LAist - Sept. 4, 2025 (Commentary), AI doesn’t just lie — it can make you believe it
Elizabeth Loftus, The Japan Times - Bloomberg, also ran in Yahoo News - Sept. 1, 2025, Why more and more people are tuning the news out: ‘Now I don’t have that anxiety’
Roxane Cohen Silver, The Guardian
August
- Aug. 31, 2025, Gilgo Beach serial killer case a key test in use of advanced DNA techniques in criminal trials
William Thompson, AP News, also ran in Yahoo News, U.S. News & World Report, The Independent, ABC News and Chron.com - Aug. 31, 2025, Is California finally ready to elect a woman as governor?
School of Social Ecology, San Francisco Chronicle - Aug. 29, 2025, Orange County will fight Trump over sensitive voter information, despite pushback
Jon Gould, Los Angeles Times - Aug. 28, 2025, 13 Signs You’re Someone Who Lives And Dies By The Truth
Elizabeth Loftus, Bolde, also ran in Yahoo Lifestyle - Aug. 28, 2025, Hamline researchers share findings on mass shootings at schools and houses-of-worship
Jodi Quas, Kare 11 - Aug. 27, 2025, Gun violence: How to discuss with your children
Jodi Quas, Alaska’s News Source - Aug. 26, 2025, Who enjoys nature? Why parks and beaches feel out of reach for some Orange County residents
Stephen Gibson, The Orange County Register - Aug. 22, 2025, Laguna Beach mansion on northern edge of Crescent Bay Beach seeks $20M
Martha Newkirk, The Orange County Register - Aug 22, 2025, Clifftop Mansion in Laguna Beach, California, Selling for the First Time Since the 1970s
Martha Newkirk, The Wall Street Journal – Mansion Global - Aug. 22, 2025, OC nonprofit leaders share challenges, solutions as federal funding cuts loom
Jennifer Friend, The Orange County Register - Aug. 21, 2025, Los Angeles river defenses may crumble under the next megaflood
Richard Matthew and Nicola Ulibarri, The Los Angeles Post - Aug. 21, 2025, I Live Where DC Crime Actually Happens. Here’s What Trump Is Missing.
Elliot Currie, Mother Jones - Aug. 20, 2025, The more he attacks Trump, the higher Newsom's approval rating rises as a 2028 candidate
School of Social Ecology, 94.7 The Wave - Aug. 20, 2025, Gavin Newsom’s Trump trolling is working. Here’s how we know
School of Social Ecology, Fast Company - Aug. 20, 2025, The Era of ‘AI Psychosis’ is Here. Are You a Possible Victim?
Stephen Schueller, Gizmodo - Aug. 20, 2025, UCI-OC Poll: Reform Favored Over Deportation
Jon Gould, Mirage - Aug. 19, 2025, New UCI-OC Poll Indicates Public Preference for Reform Policies Instead of Deportation
Jon Gould, Sciencemag - Aug. 19, 2025, Nearly nine in 10 Orange County residents want changes to immigration policy, UCI poll says
Jon Gould, The Orange County Register - Aug, 19, 2025, Age of happiness? Oh to be blissfully young or older and wiser
Susan Charles, Tallahassee Democrat - Aug. 16, 2025, Gavin Newsom Breaks Through by Trolling Trump at His Own Meme Game
UCI-OC Poll, Newsweek, also ran in MSN News - Aug. 13, 2025, How one Los Angeles school is implementing AI in the classroom
Candice Odgers, KCBS - Aug. 13, 2025, Parents’ attachment style linked to how deeply they connect with positive memories
Jessie Borelli, PsyPost, also ran in MSN - Aug. 11, 2025, Crime is surging in this Houston neighborhood, bucking citywide trends. What is going on?
John Hipp, Young-An Kim (‘18, PhD CLS) and Kevin Kane (‘15-’20, postdoc scholar), Houston Chronicle - Aug. 10, 2025, AI doesn’t just lie — it can make you believe it
Elizabeth Loftus, Deccan Herald (Bloomberg) - Aug. 8, 2025, 41% of Orange County workers would leave if offered remote job with good pay, UCI poll says
Jon Gould, The Orange County Register - Aug. 8, 2025, New survey reveals shifting work landscape regarding hybrid work and AI use
Jon Gould, Phys.org - Aug. 8, 2025, UC Irvine Survey Unveils Evolving Work Landscape
Jon Gould, Mirage - Aug. 7, 2025, Could LA face a deadly flood like Central Texas? Study maps the risk
Richard Matthew and Nicola Ulibarri, Los Angeles Public Press - Aug 3, 2025, Opinion: California politics are interesting again
UCI-OC poll, The Orange County Register - Aug. 2, 2025, Party poopers: Less than 10% of American friendships cross political lines
Peter Ditto, New York Post
July
- July 31, 2025, Kamala Harris' decision kickstarts the 2028 Democratic presidential primary: 5 takeaways
School of Social Ecology, USA Today - July 30, 2025, Kamala Harris Opts Out of California Governor’s Race
School of Ecology, Variety - July 30, 2025, Kamala Harris Rules Out California Governor Bid, Leaves 2028 POTUS Run Open: “For Now, My Leadership – And Public Service – Will Not Be In Elected Office”
School of Social Ecology, Deadline - July 30, 2025, Ex-US VP Harris rules out run for California governor
School of Social Ecology, Daily Mail - July 29, 2025, Poll Reveals Harris’ Approval Rating in Governor’s Race
School of Social Ecology UCI-OC Poll, MSN (Miami Herald) - July 25, 2025, More Freedom, Less Violence: Some States Look to European Prisons
Keramet Reiter, The New York Times - July 24, 2025, Before You Buy Another Productivity Tool, Consider Your Microwave
Sarah Pressman, The New York Times - July 23, 2025, Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce Hosts Annual State of the County Luncheon August 8
UCI-OC Poll, Newport Beach Independent - July 21, 2025, New study: State medical examiners wrongly excused homicides committed by Maryland police officers
William Thompson, The Watch - July 20, 2025, Out in the Storm
Michael Mendez, Inside Climate News - July 18, 2025, A candidate for governor vows to fix California. For that, he’ll need a map | Opinion
School of Social Ecology, The Sacramento Bee - July 17, 2025 (Opinion) Tick tock, Kamala: California’s getting tired of waiting. Are you in or out?
School of Social Ecology, The Sacrament Bee - July 14, 2025, Kamala Harris Leads Poll for Potential Governor Run
School of Social Ecology, MSN (The Sacramento Bee) - July 15, 2025 (Column), For California, a summer of discontent
Jon Gould, Los Angeles Times - July 13, 2025, Douglas Schoen: New York City moves left, California moves right
School of Social Ecology, The Orange County Register - July 10, 2025, Climate change anxiety is a hidden force driving disaster preparedness in California's fire country
Roxane Cohen Silver, Medical Xpress - July 10, 2025, Opinion: Sheriff Chad Bianco isn’t going to be the next governor of California
School of Social Ecology, The Press Enterprise - July 9, 2025, L.A. on pace to see lowest homicide total in nearly 60 years as killings plummet
Charis Kubrin, Los Angeles Times - July 8, 2025, Kamala Harris' Comeback Hopes Take a Major Blow
Jon Gould, Newsweek - July 7, 2025, Gov. Newsom to tour rural South Carolina this week
UCI-OC Poll, KCRA - July 5, 2025, Opinion: Harris and Newsom diverge as polling shows Democrats’ race is wide open
UCI-OC Poll, The Orange County Register - July 3, 2025, Poll shows Kamala blowing away the field as top choice for CA governor
Jon Gould, BizPac Review - July 3, 2025, UCI-OC Poll Finds President Donald Trump’s Approval Ratings Among California Residents Are Tanking While Governor Gavin Newsom’s Favorability Has Improved
Jon Gould, Sierra Sun Times - July 3, 2025, Kamala Harris holds clear edge in California's 2026 governor race: Poll
School of Social Ecology, India Today - July 2, 2025, Harris holds double-digit lead over declared, potential California governor candidates: Poll
School of Social Ecology, The Hill, also ran in Yahoo News - July 2, 2025, Former Vice President Kamala Harris a favorite in governor’s race if she runs, according to new poll
Jon Gould, Los Angeles Times - July 2, 2025, Poll: Harris Has Hypothetical Edge In Calif. Governor's Race
School of Social Ecology, Newsmax - July 2, 2025, Poll: Kamala Harris Top Choice Among Potential Candidates in California Gubernatorial Election
School of Social Ecology, Breitbart - July 2, 2025, Newsom's approval rating surges after clash with Trump, UC Irvine poll finds
Jon Gould, KABC - July 2, 2025, Could Kamala Harris Lose California Gubernatorial Race? What New Poll Says
Jon Gould, Newsweek - July 2, 2025, California Republicans still love Donald Trump
School of Social Ecology, Politico - July 2, 2025, California voters want more action on housing, poll finds
Jon Gould, Politico - July 2, 2025, Kamala Harris leads as California's choice for governor. But many voters are unsure.
School of Social Ecology, Politico - July 2, 2025, Fresh polling on Harris, Newsom after LA
School of Social Ecology, Politico (California Playbook newsletter) - July 2, 2025, Immigration fight with Trump boosts Newsom’s ratings, UCI statewide poll finds
Jon Gould, The Orange County Register - July 2, 2025, Kamala Harris Manages To Bore California Voters Into GOP Curiosity, New Poll Shows
Jon Gould, Independent Journal Review - July 2, 2025, Even some Orange County Republicans question Trump sweeps targeting immigrant workers
School of Social Ecology, Los Angeles Times - July 2, 2025, In its rush to shutter oil and gas refineries, California risks abandoning workers and local communities
Virginia Parks, San Francisco Chronicle
June
- June 30, 2025, Controversies Around Children and Digital Technology
Candice Odgers, The Good Men Project - June 30, 2025, Identifying New Affordable Housing Locations
George Tita, Los Angeles Business Journal - June 26, 2025, Scene and Seen: The Drake Gives Annual Dinner
School of Social Ecology and Alec Glasser Center for the Power of Music & Social Change, Orange Coast Magazine - June 26, 2025, Preparing for the next heat wave
Michael Mendez, NPR - June 25, 2025, The DIY Retreat: Plan a Low-Cost Getaway to Recharge
Sarah Pressman, Next Avenue - June 25, 2025, Episode 338: The psychology of wealth, empathy, and entitlement, with Paul Piff, PhD
Paul Piff, Speaking of Psychology - June 24, 2025, CALPIA graduates recognized at HDSP
Susan F. Turner and James Hess, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation - June 24, 2025, How to Talk to Kids About Deportations
Jessie Borelli, Psychology Today - June 24, 2025, How to Talk to Aging Adults About Deportations
Jessie Borelli, Psychology Today - June 24, 2025, Opinion: Proposed I-5 express lanes would help Southern California’s drivers and economy
School of Social Ecology, The Orange County Register - June 23, 2025, Alabama vs. Science: Confronted with DNA, Alabama offers theory that ‘defies logic’ to keep man on death row
National Registry of Exonerations, AL.com (Alabama Media Group) - June 23, 2025, Best Extended Car Warranties
Sarah L. Catz, WalletHub - June 21, 2025, Rewriting Futures: Incarcerated students graduate from UC Irvine program
Keramet Reiter, Fox 5, also ran in Yahoo News and MSN - June 18, 2025, 15 graduates receive their bachelor’s degrees in sociology at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility
Keramet Reiter, Telemundo 20 San Diego - June 18, 2025, One of the Menendez brothers gets college degree inside prison
LIFTED, KNBC - June 18, 2025, Inmates at Richard Donovan state prison graduate with UC degrees
LIFTED, NBC 7 San Diego - June 18, 2025, 15 incarcerated students graduate from historic partnership with University of California
Keramet Reiter, California Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation - June 18, 2025, RJD sees 15 earn Bachelor of Arts from UCI
Keramet Reiter, California Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation - June 18, 2025, Commencement inside prison walls: Prisoners, including a Menendez brother, get college degree
LIFTED, KNBC - June 18, 2025, When the smoke came, federal experts were gone
Michael Méndez, Politico E&E News - June 18, 2025, Real Risk to Youth Mental Health Is ‘Addictive Use,’ Not Screen Time Alone, Study Finds
Candice L. Odgers, The New York Times - June 16, 2025, California AG Rob Bonta urges UCI grads to stand for justice in commencement address
School of Social Ecology, The Orange County Register - June 13, 2025, AI Is Still an Unknown Country — and Teens Are Its Pioneers
Candice L. Odgers, EdSurge - June 10, 2025, Opinion: Political corruption: Run-of-the-mill greed? Or moral rot and relativism eating us alive?
Shawn Rosenberg, The Orange County Register - June 6, 2025, Loved ones honor officer killed in Baldwin Park shooting
Samuel Riveros, KTLA 5 - June 5, 2025, Probing the power struggle over affordable housing
Alejandra Reyes, Phys.org - June 4, 2025, OC Sports Awards honor county sports stars
Will Bermudez, The Orange County Register - June 2, 2025, “A night of tragedy”: A young officer who loved Dodgers, snowboarding killed in Baldwin Park shootout
Samuel Riveros, The Los Angeles Times, also ran in Yahoo News - June 2, 2025, Baldwin Park shootings leave police officer and another victim dead, 2nd officer wounded
Samuel Riveros, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, also ran in Los Angeles Daily News and Orange County Register - June 2, 2025, 2 Baldwin Park police officers involved in fatal shootout with murder suspect identified
Samuel Riveros, KABC-7 News - June 2, 2025, Suspect in custody after police officer, 2nd man killed in Baldwin Park shooting
Samuel Riveros, Hey Socal - June 2, 2025 Opinion: Lonely? You Don’t Need an AI Friend, You Need a Book
Stephen Schueller, Inc. - June 1, 2025, Authorities identify Baldwin Park officer shot and killed, call him "amazing guy"
Samuel Riveros, KCBS News
May
- May 27, 2025, Opinion: California’s top educator should be an appointed expert, not an elected politician
Josh Newman, Los Angeles Times, also ran in Yahoo News and MSN - May 25, 2025, U.S. attorney in L.A. moves to ‘neutralize’ California’s sanctuary rules
Charis Kubrin, Los Angeles Times, also ran in Yahoo News - May 22, 2025, Congratulations to the Political Science Scholars Elected to the 2025 Class of the Andrew Carnegie Fellowship Program
Urban Planning and Public Policy, Political Science Now - May 21, 2025, Project Kinship expands to larger space in Santa Ana
Steve Kim, Daily Pilot - May 19, 2025, CalHOPE Courage Award winners Bermudez, Wang overcame physical and mental health challenges
Will Bermudez, The Associated Press, also ran in Yahoo Sports, MSN and The Washington Post - May 15, 2025, Court Should Reject Drake’s ‘Dangerous’ Assumption That Rap Lyrics Are Factual In Case Against UMG, Scholars Argue
Charis Kubrin, Music Business Worldwide - May 15, 2025, Drake’s Lawsuit Over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ Is ‘Dangerous,’ Legal Scholars Warn
Charis E. Kubrin, Billboard - May 14, 2025, ‘Motivated and inspired’: California inmates are improving mental health behind bars
Keramet Reiter, The Christian Science Monitor - May 12, 2025, Igniting Solutions
School of Social Ecology, Climate & Urban Sustainability Program, UNE News Express - May 12, 2025, After Trump immigration order, ICE ‘force multiplier’ agreements with Texas police surge
Charis Kubrin, KXAN - May 8, 2025 (Podcast), Tech News Briefing
Stephen Schueller, The Wall Street Journal - May 7, 2025, Zuckerberg’s Grand Vision: Most of Your Friends Will Be AI
Stephen Schueller, The Wall Street Journal, also ran in MSN - May 6, 2025, States push to combat human trafficking amid federal funding cuts
Blum Center for Poverty Alleviation, New Jersey Monitor - May 6, 2025, Why Is Everybody Hating on Richie Rich?
Paul Piff, Mother Jones - May 5, 2025, Cheapest Car Insurance in California
Jessica Borelli, Wallet Hub - May 2, 2025, Wildfire Resilience – Science, Community & Policy
Michael Méndez, PBS News – 2025 Reframe Festival - May 2, 2025, Trump gutted two landmark environmental reports — can researchers save them?
Nícola Ulibarrí, Nature - May 2, 2025, Judge Hannah Dugan's arrest raises questions about jurisdiction, preserving judicial integrity
Jon Gould, UPI
April
- April 30, 2025, What makes you happy?
Susan Charles, The New York Times Magazine - April 29, 2025, Evaluating Forensic Science: How Good are Forensic Feature Comparison Methods?
Nicholas Scurich, The Forensic Mind - April 28, 2025, How spin and falsehoods propelled Trump's immigration crackdown in his first 100 days
Charis Kubrin, PolitiFact - April 28, 2025, Dana Point Rocks: Breaking Into Music
Richard Matthew, Dana Point Times - April 28, 2025, The Best Advice I’ve Ever Heard for How to Be Happy
Sarah Pressman, The New York Times - April 27, 2025, Savor The Good Stuff & Rewire Your Brain For Connection With This Journaling Approach
Jessica Borelli, MindBodyGreen - April 27, 2025, Louisiana could make it harder for wrongfully convicted people to get compensation
National Registry of Exonerations, The Times-Picayune & New Orleans Advocate Online/NOLA.com - April 23, 2025, Uncertainty is on the rise. Here’s how people can cope
Paul Piff, Science News - April 19, 2025, The Trump Billionaires Who Run the Economy and the Things They Say
Paul K. Piff, The New York Times - April 17, 2025, Judge questions ‘propriety’ of Kansas death penalty law in KC-area murder case
Mona Lynch, The Kansas City Star - April 14, 2025, Millions of Americans don’t speak English. Now they won’t be warned before weather disasters.
Michael Méndez, Grist, also ran in Yahoo News - April 14, 2025, Opinion | Crime fighting efforts should start with Trump's buddies
Charis Kubrin, The Capital Times - April 11, 2025, Former Sen. Josh Newman is now running for California’s schools chief
Josh Newman and Jon Gould, The Orange County Register - April 9, 2025, Teens are embracing AI — but largely not for cheating, survey finds
Candice Odgers, K-12 Dive, also ran in Yahoo Finance - April 8, 2025, National Weather Service halts automated translation for alerts
Michael Méndez, The Washington Post, also ran in MSN Weather - April 8, 2025, Dealing with psychological weight of economic uncertainty
Alison Holman, KTVU - April 7, 2025, This Simple Therapy Technique Can Strengthen All Your Relationships
Jessica Borelli, Oprah Daily - April 6, 2025, 30 years behind bars: How Erik and Lyle Menendez have spent their lives in prison
Gabe Rosales, CNN - April 2, 2025, Do smartphones and social media really harm teens’ mental health?
Candice Odgers, Nature
March
- March 28, 2025, The Self-Help Guru Rivaling Joe Rogan’s Podcast Reign
Stephen Schueller, The Wall Street Journal - March 28, 2025, The Self-Help Guru Rivaling Joe Rogan’s Podcast Reign
Stephen Schueller, The Wall Street Journal - March 28, 2025, Valley State Prison hosts CALPIA graduation
Susan Turner, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation - March 27, 2025, Study Reveals Democrats and Republicans' Views on Kavanaugh Hearings
Roxane Cohen Silver, Life Technology - March 27, 2025, Partisan divide in perceptions of Ford-Kavanaugh hearings revealed
Roxane Cohen Silver, Phys.org - March 27, 2025, Barriers to affordable housing found—research recommends establishing regional authority
Ajay Garde, Phys.org - March 26, 2025, Groundbreaking criminal justice starts in Santa Ana courtroom
Elizabeth Cauffman, The Orange County Register - March 25, 2025, Kids having smartphones is likely fine and may even be beneficial (Opinion)
Candice Odgers, Tampa Bay Times - March 23, 2025, San Diego County police departments largely abandoned a controversial gang database — but not these two
Ana Muñiz, The San Diego Union Tribune, also ran in MSN - March 22, 2025, Inside the hours of terror among surviving roommates the night of the Idaho student murders
Elizabeth Cauffman, CNN, also ran in Yahoo News and AOL.com - March 21, 2025, SoCal couple weigh their options as housing costs rise in Orange County
Jon Gould, KNBC - March 21, 2025, USAID suspension will strengthen China and exacerbate suffering, former official says during UCI talk
School of Social Ecology, The Orange County Register - March 19, 2025, How will ‘Little Scandinavia’ experiment play out in U.S. prisons?
Keramet Reiter, Science - March 14, 2025, Shielding immigrants may be at the top of public safety issues in Sacramento this year
Charis Kubrin, Los Angeles Times - March 11, 2025, How Did COVID Shape a Generation of Kids? What the Data Show
Candice Odgers, Scientific American - March 10, 2025, The Growing Challenge of Urban Wildfires
Michael Méndez, National Academies - March 10, 2025, How the science of savoring can help you nurture your relationships
Jessica Borelli, NPR - March 5, 2025, What Collective Trauma Feels Like
Roxane Cohen Silver, Psychology Today - March 3, 2025, A sanctuary law aimed to ‘Trump-proof’ California on immigration. What has it accomplished?
Charis Kubrin, Los Angeles Times
February
- Feb. 28, 2025, Trump has reduced US safeguards against corruption and white-collar crime
Henry Pontell, The Christian Science Monitor - Feb. 28, 2025, Dana Point Rocks: The Power of Music
Richard Matthew and Anna Kamanzi, DP Times - Feb. 27, 2025, Is rap on trial? How lyrics can be used against rappers in courtrooms
Charis Kubrin, Miami Herald - Feb. 26, 2025, UTA study finds potential link between parental divorce and stroke later in life
E. Alison Holman, The Dallas Morning News - Feb. 21, 2025, Will Construction Jams on the 55 Freeway Payoff for Commuters?
Alejandra Reyes, Voice of OC Feb. 20, 2025, Why Trump’s water releases were dangerous for California’s levees
Michael Méndez, The Guardian- Feb. 17, 2025, New Mexico DA Says Deportation Fears Are Making Domestic Violence Victims Stay Silent, Letting More Abusers Walk Free
Charis Kubrin, The Latin Times, also ran in MSN Feb. 15, 2025,New psychology research uncovers an unexpected benefit of smiling
Jazlyn H. Luu (2022, BA psychological science), PsyPost- Feb. 13, 2025, Democrats Favor Kamala Harris in California's Governor Race: Poll
School of Social Ecology, Newsweek - Feb. 12, 2025, Your Love Life on Ozempic
Jessica Borelli, Wired - Feb. 12, 2025, Why communities only seem to come together during a crisis, according to science
Alison Holman, Fast Company - Feb. 11, 2025 Opinion: Firearm Forensics Is Still Troubled by Systemic Failure
Nicholas Scurich, Scientific American - Feb. 10, 2025, 2025 Excellence in Entrepreneurship Award Nominees
Richard Matthew, School of Social Ecology, Center for The Power of Musicand Social Change, Orange County Business Journal - Feb. 7, 2025, New O.C. Equity Report reveals challenges, a path forward
Walter Nicholls, Carolina Valdivia, Daily Pilot - Feb. 6, 2025, Trump Orders and Atmospheric Rivers: How Prepared Are California's Levees?
Michael Méndez, KQED, also ran in LAis - Feb. 6, 2025, Kamala Harris Comeback? California Governor Talk Grows
School of Social Ecolog, Newsweek - Feb. 5, 2025, What We Recall, What We Rewrite: Memory and Communication with Elizabeth Loftus
Elizabeth Loftus, Truth Be Told - Feb. 4, 2025, Brian Williams’ Career-Changing 2015 Controversy, Revisited
Elizabeth Loftus, MSN – TV Insider - Feb. 4, 2025, Struggling with your mental health after surviving a disaster? Here’s how to look after yourself
Roxane Cohen Silver, Associated Press - Feb. 3, 2025 (Audio), Farmworkers in the L.A. area have little to no protection from wildfire smoke
Michael Méndez, NPR - Feb. 3, 2024, New policy briefs offer strategies to tackle prison violence
Nancy Rodriguez, Phys.org - Feb. 3, 2025, Glasser Gift Helps UCI Surpass $2B Fundraising Goal
School of Social Ecology, Alec Glasser Center for the Power of Music and Social Change, Orange County Business Journal - Feb. 2, 2025, Trump's New Order Takes Aim at California's Sanctuary Law
Charis Kubrin, Los Angeles Magazine - Feb. 1, 2025 Column: Kill right turns on red; they’re dangerous, study finds
Sarah L. Catz, The Orange County Register
January
- Jan. 31, 2025, Heightened deportation fears could lead to underreporting crimes, less cooperation with police, scholars say
Charis Kubrin, The Orange County Register - Jan. 30, 2025, These Are The Best FL Colleges For Online Degrees: US News
MAS, Patch - Jan. 30, 2025, Column: Orange County once was an anti-immigrant hotbed. What changed?
School of Social Ecology, Los Angeles Times, also ran in Yahoo News - Jan. 29, 2025 (Audio), Collective trauma: the psychological fallout of the LA fires
E. Alison Holman, LAist - AirTalk - Jan. 29, 2025, Eight Tips For Talking With Your Kids About Death
Jessica Borelli, Kaitlin Lord, Greater Good Magazine - Jan. 28, 2025, Trump wants to break California’s sanctuary state law: 5 things to know
Charis Kubrin, LAist, also ran in KQED, ABC10 - Jan. 28, 2025, Trump wants to break California’s sanctuary state law: 5 things to know
Charis Kubrin, CalMatters, also ran in MSN - Jan. 27, 2025, Newsletter
Michael Mendez, Politico - Jan. 26, 2025, FEMA disbands membership of Katrina-era advisory committee
Michael Méndez, Politico Pro - Jan. 24, 2025, Drake Gives founder gives major gift to UC Irvine
Alec Glasser Center of the Power of Music and Social Change, Laguna Beach Independent - Jan. 23, 2025, These Are The Best MA Colleges For Online Degrees: US News
MAS, Patch - Jan. 23, 2025 (Video), Coping with traumatic events like wildfires
E. Alison Holman, KTVU - Jan. 23, 2025 Opinion: After the Los Angeles fires stop burning, another grave risk to lives and property looms
Brett Sanders, Doug Houston, Los Angeles Times - Jan. 22, 2025, False posts claim California governor rezoning Pacific Palisades
Nicholas Marantz, AFP, also ran in Yahoo News and MSN - Jan. 22, 2025, Drake Gives Founder Provides Major Gift to Endow Center for the Power of Music
Alec Glasser Center of the Power of Music and Social Change, Newport Beach Independent - Jan. 21, 2025 (Podcast), Wildfire Impact on Latino Communities
Michael Méndez, Capital Pacific Radio - Insight with Vicki Gonzalez - Jan. 21, 2025, O.C. Registrar of Voters debunks viral election fraud claim
Jon Gould, Daily Pilot - Jan. 21, 2025, Best Online Master's in Criminal Justice Programs
Master of Advance Study in criminology, U.S. News & World Report - Jan. 17, 2025 (Newsletter), California Playbook
Josh Newman, Politico - Jan. 17, 2025, Trump promised mass deportations. Here’s one way they could quietly happen
Charis E. Kubrin, The Texas Tribune, also ran in Yahoo News - Jan. 16, 2025, Former Sen. Josh Newman joins UC Irvine to teach a class on California’s future
Josh Newman, Jon Gould, The Orange County Register - Jan. 14, 2025, Drake Gives founder provides major gift to fully endow the UC Irvine Alec Glasser Center for the Power of Music and Social Change
Jon Gould, Stu News Laguna - Jan. 14, 2025, Laguna Beach developer, restaurateur makes largest gift to date to UCI’s School of Social Ecology
Jon Gould, Richard Matthew, Daily Pilot - Jan. 13, 2025, No, California lawmakers did not decriminalize looting
Charis Kubrin, Verify This - Jan. 13, 2025, For Laguna Beach philanthropist Alec Glasser, endowing new UCI center on the ‘power of music’ is personal
Jon Gould, Richard Matthew, The Orange County Register - Jan. 11, 2025, Kids Turn to a Mental-Health Chatbot to Share Their Anxieties
Stephen Schueller, The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 10, 2025, There’s a reason you can’t stop doomscrolling through L.A.’s fire disaster
Roxane Cohen Silver, Los Angeles Times - Jan. 8, 2025, Is Wyandotte County the beginning of the end of Kansas’ death penalty? Judge to decide
Mona Lynch, The Kansas City Star - Jan. 8, 2025, ‘Highest level of integrity’: Grand jury report affirms credibility of O.C. elections
Jon Gould, Daily Pilot - Jan. 6, 2025, Will Huntington Beach’s Legal Argument of Limited Independence Hold up in Court?
Nicholas Marantz, Voice of OC - Jan. 4, 2025, Why the American dream of owning property is dying
Jon Gould, Yahoo News (The Telegraph), also ran in MSN - Jan. 1, 2025, Doing Dry January? 9 tips to get you across the finish line
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