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Artist rendering of a red dwarf or M star, with three exoplanets orbiting. About 75 percent of all stars in the sky are the cooler, smaller red dwarfs. IMAGE CREDIT: NASA.

Investigating the potential for life around the galaxy’s smallest stars

When the world’s most powerful telescope launches into space this year, scientists will learn whether Earth-sized planets in our ‘solar neighborhood’ have a key prerequisite for life — an atmosphere.

By Jules Bernstein | September 29, 2021 | Science / Technology
UCR at night

Wall Street Journal rankings put UCR in top 50 publics

UCR Riverside moved into the top 50 public universities in a college rankings system from The Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education. With the 2022 WSJ/THE report, UCR has climbed 184 positions in the overall rankings in the past five years. Even as other college rankings afford greater weight...

By John Warren | September 29, 2021 | University
Students

UC Riverside surpasses ambitious vaccination goal

Almost 95% of the students who have returned to campus this fall are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. UCR earlier this month passed its campus-wide goal of 90% vaccination, representing a journey that gathered significant momentum in the past few weeks. The path to a fully vaccinated campus started with a...

By John Warren | September 29, 2021 | University, Students, Health

How sepsis need not be fatal

UC Riverside-led team identifies molecular driver and protector of this life-threatening medical emergency

By Iqbal Pittalwala | September 29, 2021 | Health
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