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Scientists dropped gophers on Mount St. Helens for 24 hours. Four decades later, the impact is astonishing

IFL Science | June 11, 2025
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. 
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Inland Empire will get new medical center and teaching hospital

Cal Matters | June 11, 2025
CalMatters writes about UCR Health’s planned new medical center at the Riverside/Moreno Valley border.
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Reforestation can’t undo global warming, but it could help, study says

Washington Post | June 8, 2025
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.
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The Mexican Flag Becomes a Potent L.A. Protest Symbol

The New York Times | June 8, 2025
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.
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S. Jack Hu, University of Georgia provost, named UC Riverside chancellor amid steep challenges

The Los Angeles Times | May 28, 2025
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.
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Erasing history: California’s digital news archive is at risk of going dark

The Sacramento Bee | May 27, 2025
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.
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How to get the most juice from your lemons (without a fancy gadget)

Martha Stewart | May 11, 2025
Tracy Kahn, curator of the Citrus Variety Collection at UCR, serves as an expert in this piece on getting the most value out of lemons in the kitchen.
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'Overkill' injuries on Bronze Age skeletons reveal fierce feuding in ancient China

Live Science | May 1, 2025
LiveScience covers a presentation by UCR bioarchaeologist Elizabeth Berger in which she discusses extreme trauma found in an ancient Chinese cemetery.
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