Sociology Content / Sociology Content for swagÍâÁ÷ en How Can We Avoid Conflict and Division When Talking about Public Tragedies? /curiosity/blog/how-can-we-avoid-conflict-and-division-when-talking-about-public-tragedies <p><span>The 2018 mass shooting at Marshall High School in Kentucky claimed the lives of two students and injured 14 others. Three weeks later, another shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida claimed the lives of 17 and injured another 17.</span></p> June 04, 2024 - 1:47pm Jamie Sara Gelfond /curiosity/blog/how-can-we-avoid-conflict-and-division-when-talking-about-public-tragedies swagÍâÁ÷ Sociologist Co-Leads $2.2M Racism Study /news/uc-davis-sociologist-co-leads-22m-racism-study A National Institutes of Health-funded study that revealed new insights into teen bullying, dating violence and substance use is getting a sequel — this time looking at long-term impacts of racism. May 12, 2022 - 10:32am Karen Michele Nikos /news/uc-davis-sociologist-co-leads-22m-racism-study Redefining the Role of Public Monuments /curiosity/news/redefining-role-public-monuments <p>A few years ago, the nation stood watch as Confederate statues started tumbling down at the hands of protestors or at the direction of city officials, seeking peace and reckoning — mainly throughout the South — after the deaths of Black men at the hands of police and other racial injustices. A few weeks ago, the destruction of these monuments went national, inspired in part by George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis police custody in May. California became a large part of the conversation.</p> July 02, 2020 - 12:30pm Karen Michele Nikos /curiosity/news/redefining-role-public-monuments swagÍâÁ÷ Experts: Poverty and Economics /news/poverty-and-economics <p>University of California, Davis, experts are available for comment on a variety of aspects related to poverty and its affects. swagÍâÁ÷ facilities can accommodate live or recorded television and ISDN radio interviews for a nominal fee.</p> September 02, 2016 - 10:59am Kimberly L Hale /news/poverty-and-economics swagÍâÁ÷ Sociologist to Study How K-12 Schools Adapt to Increases in Immigrants /news/uc-davis-sociologist-study-how-k-12-schools-adapt-increases-immigrants <p>A University of California, Davis, sociologist will study how schools adapt to a sharp increase in the number of immigrant families, and he plans to develop interventions to help low-income kids who may have trouble catching up to their peers.</p> April 19, 2016 - 11:43am Lindsey Alexandra OTousa /news/uc-davis-sociologist-study-how-k-12-schools-adapt-increases-immigrants