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Asian Giant Hornet specimen

Murder hornets invade headlines, not the U.S.

Though “murder hornets” are dominating recent headlines, there are no Asian Giant Hornets currently known to be living in the U.S. or Canada, according to UC Riverside Entomology Research Museum Senior Scientist Doug Yanega.

By Jules Bernstein | May 6, 2020 | Science / Technology
Gordon Watkins

Gordon Watkins: The man who willed a university into being

Most things, including universities, start with a whisper, a tremor. UC Riverside bolted from the starting gate, founded as the University of California system’s answer to the esteemed private liberal arts colleges of the East. The chief architect was its first provost, Gordon Watkins, who died 50 years ago, on...

By John Warren | May 6, 2020 | University
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