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Huntington’s disease causes dementia, has no cure, and is fatal. UC Riverside scientists show they can slow its progression in flies and worms, opening the door to human treatments.
On the second floor of the California Museum of Photography, a catwalk leads to the exhibition, “Jon Henry, Stranger Fruit.” At the end you see a portrait lit on either side by chrome light tubes on a purple wall. Below the shadowy catwalk, light shines up from the first-floor exhibition...
Time accelerates during busy times; ask any short-order chef or – better – UC Riverside Chancellor Kim Wilcox. So for many – including Wilcox – it’s surprising to hear the chancellor is at the 10-year mark. Ten years ago, Wilcox was voted unanimously by the Board of Regents to be...
Answering a great need in the desert region of Riverside County, UC Riverside has started a teacher education program at its campus in Palm Desert.
Those working to establish a sustainable lithium mining industry in Southern California have gotten a surge of support with a new grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration.
The Underground Scholars Program at the University of California, Riverside has been awarded a $300,000 grant from the California Wellness Foundation, or Cal Wellness, to help young people involved with the juvenile justice system enroll and succeed in higher education. “Cal Wellness is delighted to support the UC Riverside Underground...
A mist shrouds the stage, and the angled light creates shadows and mystery. It could be dawn or dusk. At center stage sits a large wooden box with a lock hung on the hasp as if ready for an escape artist to perform his act. Crates, a lamp, and other...
UC Riverside public policy scholars are bringing clarity to a fraught debate over how to use Colorado River water as flows decline with climate change. They have created a hydro-economic model that can illuminate the future impacts of major water use changes by answering prompts and clicking a mouse.
UC Riverside is beginning construction this fall on a new student housing complex that represents a first-of-its-kind partnership with the Riverside Community College District, or RCCD. A groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled for Nov. 8 for the North District Phase 2 project, which will add 1,568 new beds in two apartment-style...
New studies show that in some planetary systems, giant gas planets can kick their Earth-like neighbors out of orbit and wreak havoc on their climates.
On Sunday, Nov. 5 the author of “Gangsters Don’t Die” will be in conversation with authors Lee Goldberg and Susan Straight at UCR ARTS in downtown Riverside.
A UC Riverside-led study offers an answer
UC Riverside is taking over the month of November with an alumni-exclusive concert featuring R&B superstars TLC, volleyball against UC Irvine, a 5K run/walk honoring the Native American spirit and culture, anniversary celebrations, mixers, and an EDM concert that is open to the general public. Here's a list of Homecoming...
Lori Davis became the city’s inaugural Poet Laureate and will help celebrate the city’s 50th anniversary.
Barry Barish received nation’s highest honor for science during a ceremony at the White House
$13.7M grant from National Cancer Institute will support several projects on breast and pancreatic cancers
The Luna UCR avocado is named by TIME as one of the best inventions of the year. Therecognition comes just months after UCR released the variety to commercial growers worldwide.
Use of diversity statements in faculty hiring can come into conflict with academic freedom protections, say the authors of a new paper published by the UC Berkeley Center for Studies in Higher Education.
Charles E. “Chuck” Young, who was for 29 years a UCLA chancellor, began his ascent to a legendary, lifelong career in leadership as class president for UC Riverside’s first cohort of students, “The Pioneer Class,” in the 1950s. Young, recalled as a decisive, impactful leader who helped steer the University...
What if your house plant could tell you your water isn’t safe? Scientists are closer to realizing this vision, having engineered a plant to turn beet red in the presence of a banned, toxic pesticide.
