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UCR commencement, archive photo. (UCR/Stan Lim)

Commencement now allows two guests; ceremonies listed

2020 and 2021 grads may join the in-person recognition; all events will be live-streamed for families to enjoy at home.

By | May 12, 2021 | University
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'Love thy neighbor, mask up'

Both religious and patriotic messages helped persuade white evangelicals to wear masks to protect against COVID-19. The lessons may carry over to vaccine messaging.

By John Warren | May 12, 2021 | Social Science / Education, Health
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UCR remembers philanthropist, former regent Bruce Varner

Bruce Doyle Varner, 84, UC regent, philanthropist, and prominent Riverside attorney, has died. A lifelong advocate for higher education, Varner was nominated to serve on the UC Board of Regents by Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2006, becoming one of the few Inland Empire-based regents in the board’s history. As a regent...

By UCR News | May 11, 2021 | University
Image of metal nanoparticles formed while in the gas phase and directed by a electromagnetic field

Electromagnetic levitation whips nanomaterials into shape

Electromagnetic field directs shape formed by gas phase metal molecules

By Holly Ober | May 10, 2021 | Science / Technology
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Ramadan in the time of COVID-19

The pandemic has forced smaller gatherings, but students have still found an opportunity for reflection and family time.

By | May 8, 2021 | Students
Deidre Reyes, 46, holds a family photo with her mother, Sally Reyes, 71, during a visit to her home in Los Angeles on March 24, 2021. (UCR/Stan Lim)

Her mother grew up with no shoes. She's about to become a master’s scholar

Growing up in South Central L.A. meant ditching school, becoming a teen mom, and wrestling with her identity as an Afro-Latina — experiences that made this UCR student want to major in public policy.

By | May 8, 2021 | Students

$3 million award to create a new field of research in one-dimensional quantum materials

Alexander Balandin’s Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship will help advance quantum materials for electronics and energy conversion

By Holly Ober | May 7, 2021 | Science / Technology
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Experts address anxiety about returning to work during pandemic

UC Riverside is set to reopen in fall 2021

By Iqbal Pittalwala and Holly Ober | May 5, 2021 | University, Health
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Chemical ‘nose’ sniffs critical differences in DNA structures

Small changes in the structure of DNA have been implicated in breast cancer and other diseases, but they’ve been extremely difficult to detect — until now. Using what they describe as a “chemical nose,” UC Riverside chemists are able to “smell” when bits of DNA are folded in unusual ways.

By Jules Bernstein | May 4, 2021 | Science / Technology
Provost Watkins

The new provost is ready to get started

Elizabeth Watkins is UC Riverside's new provost and executive vice chancellor. The provost is eager to help raise the profile and funding support for UCR's research enterprise, and to work with its high-achieving students — this past year, UCR set a new six-year graduation rate record — many of whom...

By John Warren | May 3, 2021 | University
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UCR ARTS reopens May 13 — now with free admission

Explore six exhibitions at the California Museum of Photography and Culver Center of the Arts with new measures ensuring guest safety

By Jessica Weber | May 3, 2021 | Arts / Culture
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Juvenile incarceration has mixed effects on future convictions

Juvenile Incarceration is a double-edged sword and rehabilitation programs may improve welfare of convicted juveniles

By Holly Ober | May 3, 2021 | Social Science / Education
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UCR among top 1% of world universities

UC Riverside retains its place among the top 1% of universities, according to the World University Rankings. The campus ranked No. 242 in the 2021-22 list of the top 2,000 out of 19,788 institutions worldwide. UCR was named No. 82 nationally and in the top 50 public institutions in the...

By Imran Ghori | May 3, 2021 | University
Vivek Aji and Nathaniel Gabor

‘Twisting’ atomic materials may convert light into electricity

US Army grant to UC Riverside will support the study of the science of light and its interaction with matter

By Iqbal Pittalwala | April 30, 2021 | Science / Technology
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$1 million project helps tribal nations adapt to climate change

UC Riverside ecologists are leading a $1 million plant protection project that will help Southern California’s tribal nations adapt to climate change.

By Jules Bernstein | April 29, 2021 | Science / Technology
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Pent up consumer demand to drive rapid economic recovery in Inland Empire

Vaccine rollout, easing of public health mandates boosts local economic outlook

By | April 29, 2021 | Business
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COVID-19 expressions in video, art, poetry

A history assignment gave UCR students an opportunity to capture their lives during the pandemic.

By | April 28, 2021 | Students

Researchers use a nanoscale synthetic antiferromagnet to toggle nonlinear spin dynamics

UC Riverside-led work could lead to better computer technologies

By Iqbal Pittalwala | April 28, 2021 | Science / Technology
Pachappa Camp residents in front of Riverside citrus groves. Photo courtesy of the Korean American digital archive at USC.

‘Uncovering the buried past of early Korean American history’ in Riverside

The book ‘Pachappa Camp: The First Koreatown in the United States’ was published this week by Professor Edward T. Chang.

By | April 27, 2021 | Social Science / Education
Corn growing in a field

Cleaner water through corn

Activated carbon made from corn stover filters 98% of a pollutant from water

By Holly Ober | April 26, 2021 | Science / Technology
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