Dr. Hongwei Dong, professor in the Department of Geography and City and Regional Planning, was quoted on his recently-published research report on trends in home insurance affordability and coverage in California.

This story ran in The Mercury News (Dec. 5) Despite rate hikes, study finds California home insurance costs are middle of the pack nationwide

Dr. Michael Onyebuchi Eze, assistant professor in the Department of Africana Studies, was interviewed on the US-brokered peace deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda.

This story aired on TRT World Now (Dec. 5) Is the US-brokered Rwanda–DRC peace deal a genuine breakthrough?

Dr. Charles Hillyer, director of the Center for Irrigation Technology, was quoted on the critical roles that research and innovation can play in building a more sustainable future in agriculture. The fundamental problem all irrigation technologies aim to solve is delivering water efficiently to support sustainable crop production.

This story ran in Irrigation Today (Nov. 18) Research and Innovation Toward a Sustainable Future

Dr. Thomas Holyoke, professor in the Department of Political Science, was quoted on how increased tariffs on imported goods, particularly from China, are raising consumer prices and driving some shoppers toward locally sold live Christmas trees.

This story ran in Your Central Valley (Dec. 9) ‘We are up’: Valley live tree lots report increase in customers

Dr. Kathleen Rindahl, associate professor in the School of Nursing, was quoted on how reduced federal loan limits could discourage nurses from pursuing the doctorates needed to train future nurses, deepening the nursing shortage.

This story ran in GVWire (Dec. 4) Nurses, Teachers Could Lose 'Professional' Status. What Does That Mean for Fresno?

Dr. Matthew Sharps, professor in the Department of Psychology, was quoted on how confirmation bias, eyewitness memory and psychological contagion led people to misinterpret lights in the sky as drones, fueling widespread but often inaccurate drone-sighting reports.

This story ran in USA Today (Dec. 7) Ominous drone sightings caused panic a year ago. What really happened?