Visit UC Riverside's COVID-19 site for more information. 

News

Latest Events

UCR in the News

An Ancient ‘Horizon Calendar’ Comes Into View Over Mexico City

The New York Times | December 13, 2022
Exequiel Ezcurra, distinguished professor of ecology at UCR, led a study showing how the Indigenous peoples in the valley where Mexico City would later arise followed a natural solar calendar that was so accurate it accounted for leap years.
More
UCR in the News

Light can destroy cancer-causing ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water, study finds

The Independent UK | December 13, 2022
Researchers at UCR, led by chemical engineer Haizhou Liu, say they have developed a method of breaking up harmful PFAs, which are found in drinking water, into smaller compounds that are essentially harmless.
More
UCR in the News

How 2022 Became the Year of Gossip

Time magazine | December 13, 2022
UC Riverside psychology researcher and gossip expert Megan Robbins weighs in on 2022, a year resplendent with (largely manufactured) celebrity scandal. 
More
UCR in the News

The Aztecs’ solar calendar helped grow food for millions of people

Popular Science | December 12, 2022
Exequiel Ezcurra, UCR ecology professor, led a study showing how the Aztecs, or Mexica people, used the Basin of Mexico as a solar observatory to accurately track the seasons and account for leap years. This in turn enabled them to be highly productive farmers.     
More
UCR in the News

Bay Area air pollution has stayed low while it’s rebounded in L.A. Here’s why

The San Francisco Chronicle | December 6, 2022
Francesca Hopkins, assistant professor of climate change at UCR, co-led a study showing that some areas have continued to benefit from improvements in air quality that began during the pandemic. Those that benefitted are generally wealthier places, while other spots have lost most of the gains, or even gotten slightly worse than they were before. 
More
UCR in the News

Air pollution rising in some communities after quality boost during pandemic

KCBS Radio | December 6, 2022
KCBS Radio news anchor Holly Quan spoke with Francesca Hopkins, assistant professor of climate change and sustainability at UC Riverside, about how the pollution that has come back after COVID lockdowns is hitting some communities harder than others
More
UCR in the News

School principals say culture wars made last year 'rough as hell'

NPR | December 1, 2022
High school principals reported substantial conflict at their schools over issues like the teaching of race and racism, LGBTQ+ rights and the use of social emotional learning strategies in the classroom, according to “Educating for a Diverse Democracy,” coauthored by the Civic Engagement Research Group at UC Riverside.
More
UCR in the News

“Something Needs to Change or Else We Will All Quit”

Mother Jones | November 30, 2022
Researchers John Rogers from UCLA and UCR’s Joseph Kahne found that high school educators are refraining from teaching topics that could be perceived as controversial. They also found that many considered quitting the profession, and that one-quarter of principals reported an increasing number of incidents of students verbally harassing LGBTQ classmates.  
More