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A painting of Mission San Gabriel in 1832

Social Science / Education

August 3, 2026

UCR historian awarded NEH grant to expand Early California Population Project

Research uncovers the intertwined histories of Native peoples and early California settlers

Health

July 31, 2026

Fighting drug-resistant parasites with nature-inspired drugs

NIH funds UCR-led research to develop new treatments for malaria and babesiosis

University

July 29, 2026

UCR sets another admission record

The campus leads in admitting first-year California residents

Science / Technology

July 28, 2026

Gene discovery could shave years off avocado breeding

Finding helps identify flower types long before trees bloom

Dozens of small computer screen all displaying different content.

Science / Technology

July 24, 2026

New tool identifies the sources of fake videos

UC Riverside-developed tool identifies AI systems used to make fakes

A scene from "The Cuts" showing actors Rachel Millar and Miles Anderson.

Arts / Culture

July 22, 2026

Money problems vex theater department in new short film

Dark comedy by UCR filmmakers to premier at LA Shorts International Film Festival

Researchers test out adaptive optics device

Science / Technology

July 21, 2026

New technique enables LIGO to peer farther into the distant universe

Thermal imaging could boost future gravitational-wave detectors

Science / Technology

July 20, 2026

Catalyst discovery could aid drinking water treatment

UCR researchers develop catalyst to destroy perchlorate pollutant linked to thyroid disorders

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Business

Offering Islamic bonds expanded corporate financing access

Study probed Malaysia’s corporate bond strategy over two decades

By David Danelski | August 4, 2026

Social Science / Education

UCR historian awarded NEH grant to expand Early California Population Project

Research uncovers the intertwined histories of Native peoples and early California settlers

By Sarah Nightingale | August 3, 2026

Health

Fighting drug-resistant parasites with nature-inspired drugs

NIH funds UCR-led research to develop new treatments for malaria and babesiosis

By Iqbal Pittalwala | July 31, 2026

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Skyline Drive: Joymaxxing

Skyline Drive | August 4, 2026

UCR philosopher John Martin Fischer featured on the Skyline Drive podcast hosted by Mangesh Hattikudur.

UCR in the News

New study finds weakening Atlantic Ocean current could increase atmospheric rivers in California

ABC7 Los Angeles | July 29, 2026

Wei Liu in Earth and Planetary Sciences, and his doctoral student Mohima Mimi, find the slowdown of the AMOC in the Atlantic has disturbing implications for California, and the world's climate.

UCR in the News

California proposal would build 8 data centers in Bay Area. Here’s where

The San Francisco Chronicle | July 8, 2026

Shaolei Ren, an associate professor the Bourns College of Engineering, discussed how data center developers are hungry for land.

UCR in the News

Deadly screwworm threatens U.S. cattle herd as cases climb

The Los Angeles Times | July 7, 2026

UCR entomology professor Alec Gerry speculates on ways the New World screwworm may have reentered the U.S., imperiling American dairy farms.

UCR in the News

Aliens may not even have bodies, new theory says

Vice | July 4, 2026

According to a new paper by philosophers Eric Schwitzgebel of the University of California, Riverside, and Jeremy Pober of the University of Lisbon, if consciousness exists beyond Earth, it could take forms we can’t even imagine, and it might not even inhabit anything we’d recognize as a body.

UCR in the News

Researchers took moss from the Californian desert – and found something very weird (and tiny) in it

BBC Wildlife Magazine | July 4, 2026

For a long time, scientists have taken one fact for granted: fungi and moss don’t establish symbiotic relationships with each other (moss would be the only major lineage of land plants with that trait). Kian Kelly and Jason Stajich from UCR's Microbiology and Plant Pathology Department authored a new study showing that in fact, they do form relationships.

UCR in the News

How lifelong learning helps older adults stay sharp and connected

Mercury News | June 20, 2026

Rachel Wu studies how people learn across the lifespan.

UCR in the News

Scientists are on the lookout for the New World screwworm fly in California

CBS News | June 18, 2026

Entomologist Amy Murillo shared a rare, up-close look at the flesh-eating fly now terrorizing cattle and dairy farmers.

UCR historian awarded NEH grant to expand Early California Population Project

Fighting drug-resistant parasites with nature-inspired drugs

UCR sets another admission record

Gene discovery could shave years off avocado breeding

New tool identifies the sources of fake videos

Money problems vex theater department in new short film

New technique enables LIGO to peer farther into the distant universe

Catalyst discovery could aid drinking water treatment

Latest News

Offering Islamic bonds expanded corporate financing access

UCR historian awarded NEH grant to expand Early California Population Project

Fighting drug-resistant parasites with nature-inspired drugs

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UCR sets another admission record

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Skyline Drive: Joymaxxing

New study finds weakening Atlantic Ocean current could increase atmospheric rivers in California

California proposal would build 8 data centers in Bay Area. Here’s where

Deadly screwworm threatens U.S. cattle herd as cases climb

Aliens may not even have bodies, new theory says

Researchers took moss from the Californian desert – and found something very weird (and tiny) in it

How lifelong learning helps older adults stay sharp and connected

Scientists are on the lookout for the New World screwworm fly in California