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Covid: Could your salad replace the jab?

BBC World News | September 20, 2021
Juan Pablo Giraldo, associate botany professor, is leading an effort to turn edible plants into mRNA vaccine factories. 
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Vaccines in your salad? Scientists growing medicine-filled plants to replace injections

WKRN | September 18, 2021
Juan Pablo Giraldo, associate professor of botany and plant sciences, is leading an effort to turn edible plants into mRNA vaccine factories.
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California Bill Aims to Track Working Conditions At Amazon Warehouses

KQED | September 16, 2021
Ellen Reese, sociology professor and chair of labor studies, discusses AB 701, which would require companies operating warehouses in California to disclose productivity quotas and tracking information to employees and government agencies. 
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Best of Inland Empire 2021 – Editor’s Picks: Local Authors

The Press Enterprise | September 14, 2021
Tod Goldberg and Susan Straight, creative writing professors, were both selected as best authors of the Inland Empire for 2021.
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Michael K. Williams Was a Chronicler of Black Humanity

The Root | September 13, 2021
English Professor Courtney Baker pays tribute to late actor Michael K. Williams.
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Gavin Newsom and Larry Elder want votes from Asian Americans. Are they a recall swing vote?

The Modesto Bee | September 13, 2021
Karthick Ramakrishnan, a professor of political science, said Asian Americans saw big turnouts in 2018 and 2020, especially among the younger voters. That could continue and be a good sign for Newsom since the population as a whole traditionally leans Democrat.
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U.S. News & World Report Unveils the 2022 Best Colleges Rankings

Associated Press | September 13, 2021
For the third consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report has named UC Riverside the top university in the nation for social mobility.
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Right wing media's latest misinformation campaign targets the California recall

CNN | September 12, 2021
Karthick Ramakrishnan, a professor of public policy, said an emerging pattern of writing off elections as fraudulent is not a healthy sign for democracy. 
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