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flooded rice

New strategies to save the world’s most indispensable grain 

A UC Riverside-led team has learned what happens to the roots of rice plants when they’re confronted with two types of stressful scenarios: too much water, or too little. These observations form the basis of new protective strategies.

By Jules Bernstein | May 19, 2022 | Science / Technology
A person pours water from a pitcher into a glass with a lemon slice in it

PFAS chemicals do not last forever

The use of sulfite and iodide under ultraviolet light can destroy PFAS in water in a few hours

By Holly Ober | May 19, 2022 | Science / Technology

Money magazine ranks UCR No. 40 among 623 colleges

UC Riverside was ranked No. 40 on Money magazine’s latest “Best Values” college ranking, released May 16. It represents an increase of eight places over Money's last best value list, on which UCR ranked No. 48. Among public universities, UCR ranked No. 31 on the list, up from No. 32...

By John Warren | May 18, 2022 | University
"Forbidden City" cover

‘Forbidden City’ shines light on Mao Zedong’s dancing girls

Vanessa Hua’s latest novel "Forbidden City" explores the little-known history and influence of the teenage revolutionaries in Chairman Mao’s inner circle

By Jessica Weber | May 18, 2022 | Arts / Culture
A view of the bell tower lawn on campus

Fundraising head at HBCU Morehouse to lead Advancement

UC Riverside has named Monique Michelle Dozier as its vice chancellor for University Advancement. Dozier is currently vice president for Advancement and chief advancement officer at Morehouse College in Atlanta, which is the nation’s only historically Black liberal arts college dedicated to educating and developing men of color, specifically Black...

By John Warren | May 18, 2022 | University
Black and white photo of the "Club Filarmónico Mexicano-Pueblo Colo." band. This photo is courtesy of the “Soundscapes of the People: A Musical Ethnography of Pueblo, Colorado” research.

NEH grant helps research Pueblo, Colorado’s music history 

Xóchitl C. Chávez, assistant professor of music at UCR, is a co-principal investigator.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | May 18, 2022 | Arts / Culture
Marilyn Fogel

Remembering ‘isotope queen’ Marilyn Fogel, pioneering scientist, beloved mentor 

Marilyn Fogel, endowed geoecology professor at UC Riverside, died on May 11 in Mariposa, Calif. She was 69. She pioneered the use of isotopes to understand the life history of organisms, both modern and ancient. In so doing, she helped develop biogeochemistry as a new field of science and earned...

By Jules Bernstein | May 17, 2022 | University
Norm T. Navel

In search of UC Riverside's missing not-mascot

He is a UC Riverside icon, beloved even, and yet discouraged from attending official university events. Before his refresh, at least, he had the appearance of having been through it. Sun-bleached, sort of grubby, like he was on the losing side of a fight at the juice bar. He is...

By John Warren | May 12, 2022 | University
The Anxiety of Laughing- poster

‘The Anxiety of Laughing’ will be screened at Dances With Films festival in June

The film was directed by UCR Professor Robin Uriel Russin and written by UCR alum Andrew Justvig.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | May 12, 2022 | Arts / Culture
UCR undergraduates sampling chaparral post-fire recovery in the Angeles National Forest Powerhouse Fire burn scar in the summer of 2019.

UCR ecologists work toward post-fire rebirth of healthy landscapes   

The worst fire impacts this year are predicted to hit Northern California’s higher elevation forests and Southern California’s chaparral-clad mountainous National Forest lands. To aid recovery, UC Riverside ecologists are collaborating with the US Forest Service to target these spots with new post-fire ecological restoration strategies.

By David Danelski | May 10, 2022 | Science / Technology
Green algae growing in flasks in a laboratory.

Insights from algae genes unlock mysteries of plant growth and health

The discovery will improve biofuel production from algae and help develop heat-tolerant crops.

By Holly Ober | May 9, 2022 | Science / Technology
An aerial view of a dairy farm in Southern California

How drones can help dairy farms manage methane emissions

Accurate atmospheric measurements directly over their farm can help farmers fight climate change

By Holly Ober | May 6, 2022 | Science / Technology
Chocolate drops covered with colorful candy nonpareils alongside pharmaceutical capsules also coated with the candy

Candy-coated pills could prevent pharmaceutical fraud

Colorful nonpareils can uniquely identify drug capsules and counterfeit fashions

By Holly Ober | May 6, 2022 | Science / Technology
Student wearing KN95 mask.

Is there still a benefit to masking?

UC Riverside epidemiologist weighs in on how protective your mask is when nobody around you is masked

By Iqbal Pittalwala | May 4, 2022 | Health
A young woman smokes a cigarette

Different parental messages about race and ethnicity have different effects on teens’ drug use

Study finds promoting appreciation of ethnic-racial heritage has the potential to bolster youth’s internal resources against substance use

By Holly Ober | May 4, 2022 | Social Science / Education
A figure from a scientific paper showing an automated approach to detecting manipulated facial expressions in videos

New method detects deepfake videos with up to 99% accuracy

Two-pronged technique detects manipulated facial expressions and identity swaps

By Holly Ober | May 3, 2022 | Science / Technology
sharpshooter

New technology offers fighting chance against grapevine killer

Scientists at UC Riverside have a shot at eradicating a deadly threat to vineyards posed by the glassy-winged sharpshooter, just as its resistance to insecticide has been growing.

By Jules Bernstein | May 3, 2022 | Science / Technology
Sea anemones form a symbiotic relationship with algae

Discovery about coral-algal symbiosis could help coral reefs recover after bleaching events

Algae’s ability to establish symbiosis in coral without photosynthesis could help fight coral bleaching

By Holly Ober | May 2, 2022 | Science / Technology

How genome organization influences cell fate

UC Riverside-led study identifies how blood stem cells maintain their fate

By Iqbal Pittalwala | April 29, 2022 | Science / Technology
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Late UCR professor honored through endowed award

Tom Morton, a professor emeritus of chemistry at the University of California, Riverside, died March 3, 2020. He is remembered as a global citizen and scientist who embraced foreign languages and cultures, demonstrated a cross-disciplinary passion for scientific research, and who showed concern for the environment.

By Sarah Nightingale | April 27, 2022 | University, Science / Technology, Beyond Brilliant
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