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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

Calculations by UC Riverside’s Allen Mills predict metastable positronium bubbles in liquid helium

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

UC Riverside-led study is the first to show how tofacitinib affects epithelial cells lining the gut

The gift from Jim and Georgia Steinhart marks the art center’s inaugural born-digital collection and first-ever endowment

Researchers use nontoxic silicon nanocrystals to convert low-energy photons into high-energy ones, bringing scientists closer to developing photodynamic treatments for cancer

New big data algorithms improve earthquake detection; monitor livestock health and agricultural pests

UC Riverside-led study tested the effects of microgravity on intestinal epithelial cells

New research suggests our relationships with pit bulls shed light on the ways we reproduce social inequality

The world’s most influential scientific researchers in 2019 include 10 current UCR scholars. In its annual list, Clarivate Analytics names the most highly cited researchers — those whose work was most often referenced by other scientific research papers for the preceding decade in 21 fields across the sciences and social...

Limited-edition snow globes commemorate the world’s oldest tree while supporting UCR ARTS

If people are educated on recycled water, they may come to agree it’s perfectly safe and tastes as good — or better — than their drinking water. They may even agree it’s an answer to the critical water imbalance in California, where the northern third of the state holds 75%...