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Virtual commencement 2020

Class of 2020: Remembered for ‘their flexibility and resilience’

UC Riverside’s 66th commencement will be a virtual celebration on Sunday, June 14. Meet some of the 2020 graduates.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | June 10, 2020 | University
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Here are the many ways UCR is helping students right now

A list of available resources during this time of uncertainty.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | June 10, 2020 | Students

Resources to better understand race, racism, and policing

Read, watch, and listen to these 60-plus recommendations from UCR faculty and staff members

By UCR News | June 9, 2020 | University
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UC Riverside and Eurosemillas partner to bring the next generation of avocados to market

Eurosemillas will test some of UCR’s avocado scion and advanced rootstock selections on other continents

By Holly Ober | June 9, 2020 | Science / Technology
International Situations Project

The world is much more alike than different

The cornerstone of discrimination is the belief that other people, including people of other races from other countries, are different. They experience life differently; they react differently. What if research could demonstrate that’s not true? A new study from UC Riverside asserts the world population may have much more in...

By John Warren | June 9, 2020 | Social Science / Education
Boxes of surgical masks donated to UC Riverside by the Chinese Americans Donation Center

UC Riverside receives 15,000 surgical masks from Chinese-American philanthropist group

The Chinese Americans Donation Center also donated 1,000 face shields to the School of Medicine

By Holly Ober | June 8, 2020 | Health, Business
herbarium specimen

UCR Herbarium founder donates $900K to preserve its future

UC Riverside’s herbarium, established over 60 years ago, is an irreplaceable library of plant specimens. Now, a $900,000 bequest from its founder Frank Vasek and his wife Maxine will ensure the resource remains available to many generations of future plant scientists, and that it receives needed repairs and reorganization. Vasek...

By Jules Bernstein | June 8, 2020 | University

Researchers offer resource for teachers transitioning to — and from — remote learning

The guide was developed to help teachers build better relationships with students remotely

By Tess Eyrich | June 8, 2020 | Social Science / Education
Rich Cardullo doing experiments on himself in his lab

Professor’s own body becomes physiology lab during pandemic

Just call him Professor Guinea Pig. Adapting to remote learning this quarter, Professor Rich Cardullo is performing all the experiments for his human physiology laboratory course — on himself. Picture a video in which your professor puts electrodes on his thighs and has a teaching assistant hit his knees, so...

By Jules Bernstein | June 4, 2020 | University

Understanding a gene’s role in inflammatory bowel disease

UC Riverside mouse study will identify mechanisms the gene PTPN2 uses to affect gut cells

By Iqbal Pittalwala | June 4, 2020 | Health

UC Riverside-led ExCITE incubator graduates first startups

Meet the three companies that have secured funding and expanded operations

By Holly Ober | June 3, 2020 | Business
CAMP 2020 scholars during their virtual presentation on Thursday, May 28, 2020. (UCR)

COVID-19: Some faculty-student teams figured out how to continue their research

In the midst of the pandemic, faculty mentored research projects are being supported through CAMP.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | June 1, 2020 | Students
Maurizio Pellecchia and Carlo Baggio

How the coronavirus could be prevented from invading a host cell

UC Riverside-led study shows inhibiting two host cell proteases can accomplish the task

By Iqbal Pittalwala | May 29, 2020 | Health
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UCR team develops homegrown solution to online proctoring

Richard Edwards and Nathaniel Wildes of XCITE discuss preparing UCR for remote exams while students continue to shelter in place

By Jessica Weber | May 27, 2020 | University
Jack Adams

UCR 'EARS' students won't let pandemic stop the music

To a voyeur at this May 1 virtual songwriting session, it was straight-up fun; a valve release for pent-up pandemic creativity. But the undercurrent of the music production session among members of the UCR EARS music group was something more intentional. Once upon a musical ambition, hitting it big meant...

By John Warren | May 27, 2020 | Students

Youth who understand mental illness more likely to ask for help later

Research suggests destigmatizing mental illness in schools could increase the likelihood of treatment-seeking for youth who need it

By Tess Eyrich | May 26, 2020 | Social Science / Education
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UCR ARTS goes virtual

Experience 360-degree exhibition tours, artist interviews, hands-on activities, and more from the comfort of home

By Jessica Weber | May 22, 2020 | Arts / Culture

Scientists to study how lungs respond to worm infections

Research supported by five-year NIH grant may have relevance for COVID-19 patients

By Iqbal Pittalwala | May 21, 2020 | Health
bees on a hive

Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about bees

World Bee Day is May 20. To mark the occasion, we gathered some of UC Riverside’s top bee experts to answer questions submitted on our Instagram page. The response created, for lack of a better term, quite a buzz! We got so many questions — hundreds — that we could...

By Jules Bernstein | May 20, 2020 | Science / Technology
empty theater seats

Policymakers are short shrifting the creative economy

COVID-19 health mandates disproportionally affect arts and culture businesses

By Victoria Pike Bond | May 20, 2020 | Business
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