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UC Riverside plans limited in-person graduation — without guests

The Press Enterprise | April 21, 2021
Both students who graduated in 2020 and those graduating with the Class of 2021 have been invited by Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox to participate in commencement events scheduled to run Saturday, June 12, through Monday, June 14.
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Researchers find gene to help crops survive warming

Capital Journal | April 20, 2021
Botany and plant sciences professor Meng Chen led research into the mechanisms that allow plants to sense changes in temperature.
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Study Sheds Light on How Earth Regulates Earthquakes

Interesting Engineering | April 20, 2021
A new study co-authored by geologist Nicolas Barth finds a naturally occurring “earthquake gate” that decides which earthquakes are allowed to grow into magnitude 8 or greater.  
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Shattered Ancient Alliance: New Mysterious Maya Pyramid Could Shed Light on Birth of an Empire

Sputnik News | April 20, 2021
A team led by archaeologist Nawa Sugiyama discovered an elite Maya compound with smashed and buried murals in Teotihuacan. The luxurious nature of the finds suggests that the residents may have been nobility or diplomats. 
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Primordial black holes could explain dark matter, galaxy growth and more

PBS News Hour | April 19, 2021
Cosmologist Simeon Bird co-authored a paper proposing that strange, massive objects sending signals from space were formed at the dawn of time, before stars existed.
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New study shows that these 2 childhood habits make you a happier adult

Aletia | April 19, 2021
Research from physiologists Marcell Cadney and Theodore Garland show the lasting importance of good diet and exercise in childhood.
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Is California suffering a decades-long megadrought?

The Los Angeles Times | April 18, 2021
Some researchers believe California is actually more than two decades into an emerging “megadrought," and Hoori Ajami, assistant professor of groundwater hydrology, says stream flow and groundwater could take at least a decade to recover.
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How some SoCal cities work to curtail the environmental impact of COVID-19

Spectrum News' In Focus | April 18, 2021
Cesunica Ivey, assistant professor of chemical and environmental engineering, talks about atmospheric chemistry behind air quality changes during the pandemic, and how people can work to improve air quality.
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