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Veteran and community college transfer student heads to UCLA for graduate studies

When he joined the U.S. Navy in 2010, Mychal Valle didn’t think he would ever return to school. After all, he got to work on new radar technologies in the navy and got recognized for writing technical manuals. But by the time he left the navy in 2016, Valle’s service...
By Iqbal Pittalwala | | Students

Experts on Cicadas

Cicadas For fast access to experts, email news@ucr.edu. Doug Yanega, senior museum scientist Yanega is an entomologist in the Entomology Research Museum at UCR. His current position in the Department of Entomology involves the curation of approximately 4 million specimens. Yanega’s research specialties include insect taxonomy, classification, natural history, behavior...
By Michaela Miller | | Experts
Miniature tomatoes for growing on the International Space Station

Tiny tomatoes could mean big profits for urban agriculture

Grants support continued development of tomatoes for vertical farming
By Holly Ober | | Science / Technology