Human Ecology Content / Human Ecology Content for ºÙºÙÊÓƵ en Research Highlights Importance of Support Reciprocity During Early-Stage Dementia Care /news/research-highlights-importance-support-reciprocity-during-early-stage-dementia-care <p><span><span>In cases of Alzheimer’s disease, it’s common for a spouse to take on the role of caregiver. Research led by the University of California, Davis, suggests that patients can also support their caretakers, and that reciprocated care has mutual benefits.</span></span></p> March 22, 2024 - 10:00am Karen Michele Nikos /news/research-highlights-importance-support-reciprocity-during-early-stage-dementia-care Closing the Digital Divide /curiosity/news/closing-digital-divide A new community-engaged learning course offered by ºÙºÙÊÓƵ is teaching ºÙºÙÊÓƵ students about intergenerational learning and helping combat age segregation and digital exclusion among older adults. December 14, 2022 - 12:00pm Karen Michele Nikos /curiosity/news/closing-digital-divide Environmental Justice Movement Gains Momentum in Sacramento /climate/news/environmental-justice-movement-gains-momentum-sacramento-region Despite years of community organizing around racial and social justice issues, Sacramento has not been on the state’s environmental justice map. But that's starting to change in California's capital city. April 14, 2022 - 10:15am Katherine E Kerlin /climate/news/environmental-justice-movement-gains-momentum-sacramento-region Experts: Climate Change and Community Resilience /climate/news/experts-climate-change-and-community-resilience <p>The following sources from the University of California, Davis, are available to talk with media about&nbsp;<a href="https://climatechange.ucdavis.edu/news/">climate change</a>&nbsp;impacts and solutions related to community resilience.&nbsp;</p> September 04, 2021 - 2:17pm Katherine E Kerlin /climate/news/experts-climate-change-and-community-resilience COVID-19 Isolation Linked to Increased Domestic Violence, Researchers Suggest /curiosity/news/covid-19-isolation-linked-increased-domestic-violence-researchers-suggest <p>While COVID-19-related lockdowns may have decreased the spread of a deadly virus, they appear to have created an ideal environment for increased domestic violence. Extra stress in the COVID-19 pandemic caused by income loss, and lack of ability to pay for housing and food has exacerbated the often silent epidemic of intimate partner violence, suggests a new University of California, Davis, study.</p> February 24, 2021 - 9:02am Karen Michele Nikos /curiosity/news/covid-19-isolation-linked-increased-domestic-violence-researchers-suggest Media Advisory: ºÙºÙÊÓƵ LIVE on COVID-19, Stress and Resilience /news/media-advisory-uc-davis-live-covid-19-stress-and-resilience <p><strong>Sept. 10, 11 a.m.</strong> — Six months into lockdowns, job losses, school closures, pandemic illness and lost lives, how are people coping with these long-running stresses? What can we do to help people cope and make communities more resilient?</p> <p>This week we’re talking with two&nbsp;researchers who have been surveying peoples’ mental and emotional health during the pandemic.</p> <p>The guests:</p> September 08, 2020 - 11:49am Andy Fell /news/media-advisory-uc-davis-live-covid-19-stress-and-resilience Ethnic Diversity in Schools May Be Good for Students’ Grades, a ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Study Suggests /news/ethnic-diversity-schools-may-be-good-grade-point-averages-uc-davis-study-suggests <p>Early adolescents’ grades were higher when they socialized with peers from other ethnicities, according to the findings of a University of California, Davis, study that looked at the lunching habits of more than 800 sixth-graders in three states.</p> September 11, 2017 - 10:14am Karen Michele Nikos /news/ethnic-diversity-schools-may-be-good-grade-point-averages-uc-davis-study-suggests