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Asian Americans, tell us how you talk about mental health with your family and friends

The Los Angeles Times | September 28, 2022
Andrew Subica, a health disparities researcher and an associate professor at the School of Medicine, explains that Asian Americans often understand the relationship between mind, body and spirit, offering another way to talk about mental health.
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UC Riverside gets $201 million in bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom

The Press Enterprise | September 28, 2022
UC Riverside will get $201 million in new state funding after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an Inland lawmaker’s bill. AB 2046 includes money to “increase enrollment, tackle climate change and create health equity in the Central Valley and Inland Empire,” according to a news release from Assembly Member Jose Medina, D-Riverside.
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Inside the Race to Recycle Millions of Dead Electric-Vehicle Batteries

Slate | September 28, 2022
It would be ideal if the U.S could reduce the need for mining by extracting lithium from recycled electric vehicle batteries.  However, Michael McKibben, UCR geologist, explained that the recycling process is a complicated proposition in the short run.
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25 Reasons to Get Excited About Teaching

Education Week | September 27, 2022
Louie F. Rodriguez, Bank of America Chair of Education Leadership, Policy, and Practice in the School of Education, points out the opportunities that teaching brings every single day to the classroom
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Jupiter Could Make Earth A Paradise Or A Frozen Wasteland, Say Scientists

Forbes | September 27, 2022
Our planet contains an estimated 8.7 million species, but vast swathes of its polar regions are lightly inhabited. “If Jupiter’s position remained the same, but the shape of its orbit changed, it could actually increase this planet’s habitability,” said Pam Vervoort, UCR Earth and planetary scientist and lead author of a new study on Jupiter's movements.
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Major earthquakes in Mexico normally have little impact on California-UC seismologist

Fox 26 Fresno | September 26, 2022
UCR seismologist Abhijit Ghosh explains why massive Mexican earthquakes do not necessarily translate into increased danger for California.
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Robot clothes could help children with cerebral palsy move

Engineering & Technology News | September 26, 2022
UCR mechanical engineer Jonathan Realmuto is working on robotic sleeves to help kids with movement disorders. 
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Scent of a Human: What Draws Mosquitoes to People's Skin

US News and World Report | September 26, 2022
UCR entomologist Ring Cardé and Jan Bello, formerly of UCR and now with pest control company Provivi, have identified the exact chemicals in human skin that allows mosquitoes to locate and land on their victims.
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