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Turning light into usable energy

A grant from the U.S. Department of Defense will allow UCR researchers to address one of physics' most complex mysteries - the process by which light transfers energy through materials.

By Jules Bernstein | May 8, 2025 | Science / Technology

Mathematizing keloid scars gets UCR 3rd at UC Grad Slam

On April 29, UC Riverside doctoral candidate Angeliz Vargas Casillas placed third in the 2025 UC Grad Slam, an annual competition challenging graduate students from the 10 UC campuses to effectively pitch their years-long Ph.D. research ... within three minutes ... using one single presentation slide. Gulp. The competition took...

By Malinn Loeung | May 8, 2025 | Students, University, Science / Technology
Uma Jayakumar

Framework offered for higher ed to defend racial equity

As the nation’s colleges and universities respond to the U.S. Supreme Court’s “race-neutral” admissions mandates and the Trump administration’s efforts to cut funding to campuses with DEI programs, a UC Riverside education professor has offered a framework for institutions to defend racial equity and student well-being. Rather than eliminating race-conscious...

By David Danelski | May 8, 2025 | Social Science / Education
Gus Argenal introduced as new UC Riverside men's basketball coach

Gus Argenal introduced as men's basketball coach

Heralding his ties to the Inland Empire and his commitment to winning through hard-work principles, UC Riverside on May 6 introduced its new men’s basketball head coach, Gus Argenal. Argenal comes to UCR following its most successful run since it joined NCAA’s Division I 24 years ago. In the past...

By John Warren | May 7, 2025 | Athletics, University
Woman holds hand of child

A culturally adapted obesity prevention for Latino families

UC Riverside-led study offers a framework for involving non-maternal caregivers in public health initiatives

By Iqbal Pittalwala | May 7, 2025 | Health
A scene from the play A Doll's House.

UCR Theatre presents ‘A Doll’s House’

Thursday, May 8, at 8 p.m. is opening night for UCR’s Department of Theatre, Film, and Digital Production’s interpretation of Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House."

By J.D. Mathes | May 7, 2025 | Arts / Culture
drywood termite colony

Discovery: a better, more targeted termite terminator

UC Riverside researchers find a chemical able to kill about 95 percent of a drywood termite colony without off-target effects on mammals.

By Jules Bernstein | May 6, 2025 | Science / Technology
Riverside City council member Clarissa Cervantes se getting into a hydrogen engine car

UC Riverside joins launch of hydrogen carshare program

UC Riverside, in partnership with city and state agencies, has helped launch the nation's only hydrogen-powered carshare program—offering a clean, affordable transportation alternative to Riverside residents. The Riverside Clean Air Carshare, or RCAC , program offers 13 Toyota Mirai sedans equipped with hydrogen fuel cell technology. Participants can reserve a...

By David Danelski | May 6, 2025 | Science / Technology, University
New University of California President James B. Milliken

James B. Milliken named 22nd president of the University of California

UC Riverside Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox made the following statement about the appointment of James B. Milliken as University of California President: “On behalf of UC Riverside, I welcome James Milliken to the University of California and congratulate him on his selection as president. We are fortunate to have someone...

By UCR News | May 2, 2025 | University
Gus Argenal, UC Riverside's new men's basketball coach

UCR names Gus Argenal head men's basketball coach

Gus Argenal has been named head coach of UC Riverside's men's basketball team. He comes to UCR from Cal State San Bernardino, where he won 50 games in two years, and delivered two NCAA Division II Tournament appearances, including a trip to the Division II final four. Argenal replaces Mike...

By UCR News | May 2, 2025 | Athletics
burning couch

Toxic comeback looms for upholstered furniture

UC Riverside professor of environmental toxicology, David Volz argues that California lawmakers should prevent furniture manufacturers from going back to using toxic, ineffective chemical flame retardants.

By Jules Bernstein | May 2, 2025 | Science / Technology
Hailing Jin and Mary Droser

National Academy of Sciences welcomes two UCR faculty members

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) welcomes two UC Riverside professors as new members: Mary Droser, distinguished professor of earth and planetary sciences, and Hailing Jin, Cy Mouradick Endowed Chair of microbiology and plant pathology.

By Jules Bernstein | May 2, 2025 | Science / Technology, University
Narcan

Opiod-overdose 'miracle drug' faces $56M in cuts

The Trump administration has proposed terminating a $56 million annual grant program that distributes naloxone, also known by the brand name Narcan, and trains emergency responders to administer the drug in the case of opioid overdoses. It's believed to have saved hundreds of thousands of lives. We asked two UCR...

By Iqbal Pittalwala and John Warren | May 1, 2025 | Health
Nataly Ceniceros ‘24

Honoring their theatre roots

Seniors in the Department of Theatre, Film, and Digital Production are recognized for their hard work and leadership with a scholarship created to acknowledge an influential UC Riverside staff member Marc Longlosis.

By Devlin Smith | May 1, 2025 | University
Parable of the Talents cover

Graphic novelist’s new work is a parable for the times

Graphic novelist John Jennings has become well-versed with novelist Octavia Butler’s dystopian worlds with two previous award-winning adaptations. The latest project by the illustrator and his creative partners hits close to the current state of the world. The hardcover graphic novel “Parable of the Talents,” adapting Butler’s Nebula Award-winning 1998...

By Imran Ghori | April 30, 2025 | Arts / Culture
video conference screen

Platform developed at UCR reinvents the webinar

Online webinar platforms like Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams have enabled public discourse at an unprecedented scale. But when hundreds of people join a meeting, the flow of feedback—often reduced to rapid-fire chat messages—becomes chaotic and overwhelming. Kevin Esterling, a public policy and political science professor at UC Riverside...

By David Danelski | April 28, 2025 | Science / Technology, Social Science / Education
Barry Lam and his book "Fewer Rules; Better People"

Antidote to criminal system? 'Fewer rules, better people'

In his first book, UC Riverside Professor of Philosophy Barry Lam broaches widespread criminalization and argues to return decision-making power to “the street level.” “The proliferation of rules and mandates is making us dumber, less moral, more deceptive, and less able to govern important institutions,” Lam argues in “ Fewer...

By J.D. Mathes | April 25, 2025 | Social Science / Education
Desert flowers

Invasive weed threatens Southern California’s deserts 

Once thought resistant to invasion, regional deserts are losing native plants to aggressive weedy species like Saharan mustard. UC Riverside research shows its spread is disrupting biodiversity and reducing the desert’s ability to recover from extreme climate swings.

By Jules Bernstein | April 23, 2025 | Science / Technology
Writers Week

Writers Week returns to in-person-only format

Join The University of California, Riverside’s Department of Creative Writing for the 48th UCR Writers Week Festival May 5-8. The free and open-to-the-public festival is the longest-running free literary festival in California. All events will be held in Interdisciplinary South (INTS) 1113. Featured writers this year include: Geoffrey Dyer, a...

By J.D. Mathes | April 22, 2025 | Arts / Culture
Vitamin B1

 Scientists finally confirm vitamin B1 hypothesis from 1958

Chemists have confirmed a 67-year-old theory about vitamin B1 by stabilizing a reactive molecule in water — a feat long thought impossible.

By Jules Bernstein | April 21, 2025 | Science / Technology
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