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Men's Soccer Visits Chancellor Wilcox to Commemorate the 2018 Season

Thursday morning, the UC Riverside Men's Soccer Team took a walk across campus to the office of University's Chancellor, Kim Wilcox, to be honored for a successful and historical 2018 season. The Highlanders piled into Wilcox's conference room with their Big West Tournament trophy in hand as each coach and student-athlete met with the Chancellor...

By Daniel Moebus-Bowles | January 14, 2019 | Athletics

Scientists identify how plants sense temperature

When it gets hot outside, humans and animals have the luxury of seeking shelter in the shade or cool, air-conditioned buildings. But plants are stuck. While not immune to changing climate, plants respond to the rising mercury in different ways. Temperature affects the distribution of plants around the planet. It also affects the flowering time,...

By Stacy Kish | January 11, 2019 | Science / Technology

Inland Empire economic gains will continue in 2019

Worker scarcity driving wage increases; Inland Empire affordability advantage will help buffer region from slowdown in Southern California home sales

By Holly Ober | January 10, 2019 | Business

Awards help faculty commercialize inventions

Proof of concept grants advance new technologies to fight cancer and improve agriculture

By Holly Ober | January 10, 2019 | Science / Technology

$1 million grant advances study of California’s missions

Funding will connect UC scholars across campuses to launch an entirely new field: Critical Mission Studies

By Tess Eyrich | January 10, 2019 | Arts / Culture

Bee mite arrival in Hawaii causes pathogen changes in honeybee predators

UC Riverside-led research, done on the Big Island, shows effects of mite introduction have cascaded through entire pathogen communities

By Iqbal Pittalwala | January 8, 2019 | Science / Technology

UC Riverside Research in Brief

How does climate change affect California’s mountain lakes? A team of researchers, including UCR’s James O. Sickman, a professor of hydrology, and Kevin Skeen, a research technician, has published a study in Limnology and Oceanography Letters showing that spring snowpack best predicts summer warming in small Sierra Nevada lakes. Examining more than...

By UCR News | January 8, 2019 | Science / Technology, Social Science / Education

Four Engineering Professors Named as Fellows

This year, four UCR Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering professors were named Fellows in recognition to their contributions and extraordinary achievements to advancing science. Electrical and computer engineering professor Albert Wang has been named Fellow of the National Academy for Inventors (NAI), computer science and engineering...

By Katharine Hall | January 7, 2019 | Science / Technology

How to block eavesdropping on wireless communications

Confusing channel state information offers a first line of defense in full-duplex wireless

By Holly Ober | January 7, 2019 | Science / Technology

Villa-Lobos: An evening of cello and piano in Riverside

The festival was born from a partnership between Paulo C. Chagas, professor with the University of California, Riverside’ Department of Music, and internationally renowned cellist Lars Hoefs.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | January 4, 2019 | Arts / Culture

Here are some of the biggest things that happened at UCR this year

Two Nobel Laureates and historic college ratings are among the institution’s accolades in 2018

By Madeline Adamo | December 20, 2018 | University

ARL-West and UCR engineering partnership a win-win for the future warfighters and students alike

Today’s soldiers face a battlefield unlike any before them. With the rapid advancement of high performance technology, warfighters can quickly be left vulnerable if they lack the latest capabilities. The Army Research Laboratory West’s (ARL-West) latest partnership with UC Riverside’s Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering (BCOE), the...

By Katharine Hall | December 20, 2018 | Science / Technology

Brandy Renee Taylor (UCR/Sandra Baltazar Martínez)

From foster care to a free MBA

“I have been through a few challenges in my life, but with the support of this school and Guardian Scholars, I have achieved more than I ever thought I would.” - Brandy Renee Taylor

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | December 19, 2018 | Students

She ran the race — and won

UC Riverside’s Denise Davis has a new title: city council member

By Tess Eyrich | December 19, 2018 | University

Payless stunt shows how expectation guides experience

Sometimes quality is in the eye of the beholder

By Holly Ober | December 14, 2018 | Business

New property revealed in graphene could lead to better performing solar panels

International research team, co-led by UC Riverside physicist, shows how pure graphene efficiently converts light into electricity

By Iqbal Pittalwala | December 14, 2018 | Science / Technology

New! Engineering Transfer Student Center to Open

New school. New classes. New study groups. The transition from a community college to a four-year institution can be difficult but the opening of a new transfer student center at UCR’s Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering will help prepare transfer students as they begin the next step in their academic careers. The center, located in...

By Katharine Hall | December 14, 2018 | Science / Technology