UC Merced |

Q&A with Donald Barclay on fake news in the time of COVID-19

UC Merced's Donald Barclay helps you cut through the noise.

UC Irvine |

Overcoming the ‘us vs. them’ mentality

A student-veteran helps at-risk teens overcome the gang culture mindset of hating ‘the other.’

UC San Diego |

An incomplete victory

The 100th anniversary of women's right to vote is coming up — but not all women benefited.

UCLA Anderson Review |

All along the pipeline, men promote men

At one bank, the cumulative effect of male bonding accounts for 39 percent of the gender pay gap.

UC Newsroom |

How two matchmakers won a Nobel Prize

Long before dating sites, a pair of economists hit upon a formula with applications far beyond romance.

UC Newsroom |

Find social media frustrating? Try empathy

Many walls are put between us by social media. But we can start breaking them down by putting ourselves in another's shoes.

UC Davis |

How to successfully pitch your ideas

To successfully pitch ideas to project leaders, base your approach on their identity as an idealist or pragmatist.

UC Davis |

Can you change your personality?

It may be possible, scientists say.

UC Irvine |

Payback or pay back? Children understand revenge before reciprocity, study says

Gratitude is not innate in young children but learned (around the age of 7), researcher says.

UC Santa Barbara |

An expert's view on Iran

Understanding the country's broader context is key to navigating the current political crisis, Kevin B. Anderson says.

UC Riverside |

Divided GOP and Dems stand, united they worry in 2020

There's surprising common ground among the voters of both parties: They're going to worry. A lot, and similarly.

UC Irvine via The Conversation |

Hashtags make you less likely to trust news

When news stories include a catchy hashtag, readers perceived the topic to be less socially important and more partisan.