Article highlights the work of Megan Robbins, UCR associate psychology professor, who has demonstrated that women discuss social topics more than men, and that the gossip is often more positive than one might assume.
University of California Riverside microbiologist Michael Allen did an experiment with gophers after Mt. St. Helens blew in 1980. The creatures spent one day on ground destroyed by the eruption, and 40 years later, the recovery they initiated was still detectable.
Alfonso Gonzales Toribio, an ethnic studies professor at UCR, who has written about Latino immigrant rights movements, said that right now, immigrants are motivated by pride to wave flags from their homeland at protests.
Bob Allen, UCR climatology professor, is lead author on a study showing replanting lost trees can cool the planet more than scientists previously realized. However, it can't totally offset warming from human emissions.
S. Jack Hu, a senior vice president for academic affairs and provost at the University of Georgia, takes the helm at UC Riverside in July. He has deep experience in leading research enterprises and guiding outreach to students from rural and low-income communities.
The California Digital Newspaper Collection may go dark due to budget cuts. Housed at the Center for Bibliographical Studies and Research on UCR's campus, the digital archive provides access to more than 16 million newspaper pages, covering over 100 years of California history. It is the single most comprehensive digital archive of the state’s press since 1846.
