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UC Riverside research can improve car cabin air quality and help you choose your next car

New research from UC Riverside identifies a protein that controls plant growth — good news for an era in which crops can get crushed by climate change.

Additional ongoing funding would help the medical school expand enrollment

In the past six years, UC Riverside's six-year graduation rate has improved by 10 percentage points

An L.A. Times feature by higher education writer Teresa Watanabe describes UCR as a "living laboratory" in which to study how well students with high grades but low SAT scores fare in college. UCR has the second-lowest SAT scores in the UC system for its entering freshmen. But Times research...

UC Riverside research is supported by a four-year grant worth more than $1.2 million

UC Riverside scientists have developed a new method for detecting oxygen in exoplanet atmospheres that may accelerate the search for life.

UC Riverside research used internet data mining to monitor health effects reported by electronic cigarette users over time

Marie Schultz will oversee the university's development program

The 2002 film that placed a middle-class Latino family on the big screen is now officially part of United States cinematic history. “Real Women Have Curves,” directed by University of California, Riverside professor Patricia Cardoso, is now part of the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry. Cardoso is the first...

The region has a higher share of job growth than the nation, California as a whole, and neighboring Southern California metros

It’s likely the phrase “coming of age” has been used to frame previous decades in UC Riverside’s history. But it’s hard to imagine UCR has experienced greater forward momentum than during the 2010s. It’s a decade during which UCR has become acknowledged as a national leader for innovation in student...

UC Riverside drives the fast pace of entrepreneurship

Nitrogen pollution, largely from automobile exhaust, can reduce drinking water quality and make air difficult to breathe. Thanks to a $1.1 million grant, UC Riverside scientists will soon understand how much nitrogen dry ecosystems in Southern California can absorb before they produce negative effects. “Levels of nitrogen pollution in Riverside’s...

Democrats and Republicans will share one important aspect of the 2020 presidential election in common, a UCR psychologist asserts, based on her recently published research. They will experience similar levels of anxiety. A recent Associated Press poll found 53% of voters described themselves as anxious about the 2020 election. In...

For fast access to experts, TEXT or call the 24-hour-experts hotline at 951-312-3049, or email news@ucr.edu SATs/standardized tests Stephen Brint: Distinguished professor of Sociology. Brint has written articles and books on standardized testing and its role in higher education. He is especially interested in solving education inequalities associated with racial...

The licensed technology is a tipping point for emerging lifesaving therapies

Health Queers is now one of more than 450 campus student organizations.

History doctoral student Alyse Yeargan studies photographs of the deceased to understand how and why we grieve

UC Riverside physics students design a table-top experiment for the classroom