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UC Riverside basketball teams gearing up for season

The UC Riverside women’s basketball team will open its season on Nov. 4 with a matchup against Santa Clara, under the direction of its new coach, Brad Langston. Standout returners include Makayla Jackson, who averaged 9.2 points per game this past season with 2.7 rebounds and 1.2 assists, and Esther...

By Jordan Cornet | October 15, 2024 | Athletics
Graduate students

UC Riverside receives seven grants totaling $7M for graduate education

GAANN fellowships from the Department of Education will support students pursuing research in areas of national need

By Iqbal Pittalwala | October 15, 2024 | Science / Technology
Illustration: Library of America- books that remind Americans of a shared experience. (UCR/Rick Donato))

ELECTIONS: What Americans still have in common

Author Susan Straight identifies 1,001 novels that highlight the American experience across generations and cultures.

By | October 15, 2024 | Social Science / Education
Tropical cream

How your skin tone could affect your meds

Perspective paper offers insights into impact of skin pigmentation on drug efficacy and safety

By Iqbal Pittalwala | October 10, 2024 | Science / Technology, Health
Oaxacan Philharmonic Bands Audition in 2018 at UC Riverside. (UCR)

Mexican philharmonic music comes to UC Riverside

The two-day event is free and invites local musicians and families to join Oaxacan composers to participate in a recording session and evening performance.

By | October 9, 2024 | Arts / Culture
School of Business exterior

School of Business opens new building

UC Riverside’s School of Business opened its new building in late September, launching a new era at a state-of-the-art facility with increased space to meet fast-growing enrollment. The four-story, 63,400-square-foot building was already bustling with activity, with students filling its auditorium, classrooms, and the lounge area near its café following...

By Imran Ghori | October 9, 2024 | University, Business
hydrogen truck

UCR scientists cut harmful pollution from hydrogen engines

UC Riverside scientists have discovered a low-cost method to significantly reduce nitrogen oxides pollution from hydrogen engines by improving the efficiency of their catalytic converters. As reported in the journal Nature Communications

By David Danelski | October 9, 2024 | Science / Technology
startups

Inland SoCal Accelerate Hub gives IE startups a boost

UC Riverside is leading the Inland SoCal Accelerate Hub, which connects local startup companies with the resources they need to be successful.

By David Danelski | October 4, 2024 | Business, University
Portrait of Juan Felipe Herrera, emeritus professor of creative writing at UC Riverside. (Photo courtesy of MacArthur Foundation)

Juan Felipe Herrera receives MacArthur Fellowship

The poet, educator, and writer is a UC Riverside emeritus professor of creative writing.

By | October 4, 2024 | Arts / Culture
conceptual drawing of UTLF

UCR to celebrate construction start of major instructional building

UC Riverside will celebrate the start of construction for a major student instructional building with a groundbreaking ceremony for the Undergraduate Teaching and Learning Facility on Friday, Oct. 4. The project continues UCR’s efforts to provide much-needed classroom, laboratory, and studio space, particularly for high-demand undergraduate courses. The four-story, 100,700-square-foot...

By Imran Ghori | October 2, 2024 | University
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UCR is recertified as top Latino-serving institution

Excelencia in Education, the nation’s premier authority on efforts accelerating Latino student success in higher education, announced this week UC Riverside has been recertified with the Seal of Excelencia for 2024-27. UCR received its first three-year recognition in 2021. This year, eight institutions earned the Seal of Excelencia and nine...

By UCR News | October 2, 2024 | University
plastic bottles

Airborne plastic chemical levels shock researchers

Southern Californians are chronically being exposed to toxic airborne chemicals called plasticizers, including one that’s been banned from children’s items and beauty products.

By Jules Bernstein | October 1, 2024 | Science / Technology
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UCR experts demystified voter props in online forum

Once again California voters are facing a plethora of state initiatives to decide on issues ranging from increasing penalties for theft and drug offenses to borrowing money to build schools. To help voters better understand the myriad of propositions on the Nov. 5 ballot, the UC Riverside Office of Alumni...

By David Danelski | September 30, 2024 | Social Science / Education, University
Vehicle charging

UCR experts call for comprehensive electrical grid upgrades 

Significant growth in electricity use in California in the coming decades calls for systemic, well-coordinated, proactive, collaborative, and equitable upgrades to state’s electrical grid

By David Danelski | September 27, 2024 | Science / Technology
Sahara Desert

Sahara Desert dust is helping oceans thrive

Iron is a micronutrient indispensable for life, enabling processes such as respiration, photosynthesis, and DNA synthesis. Iron availability is often a limiting resource in today’s oceans, which means that increasing the flow of iron into them can increase the amount of carbon fixed by phytoplankton, with consequences for the global...

By UCR News | September 26, 2024 | Science / Technology
Karine Le Roch and her research team

Scientists design new drug to fight malaria

In 2022, nearly 619,000 global deaths due to malaria were caused by Plasmodium falciparum, the most virulent, prevalent, and deadly human malaria parasite. For decades, the parasite’s resistance to all antimalarial drugs has posed a big challenge for researchers working to stop the spread of the disease. A team led...

By Iqbal Pittalwala | September 26, 2024 | Science / Technology, Health
golf

Highlanders begin golf and cross-country seasons

The UC Riverside women’s and men’s golf teams start their seasons with a full schedule of tournaments. The women’s golf team has welcomed two Riverside natives, the first on the team in a decade. Freshmen Sofia Vargas and Sophia Luna competed at the opener in Utah on Sept. 8 in...

By Jordan Cornet | September 25, 2024 | Athletics
Digital Capture exhibition

UCR Arts' 'Digital Capture' spans space race to AI

Over five years in the making, the “ Digital Capture: Southern California and the Pixel-Based Image World” exhibition at UCR Arts California Museum of Photography, or CMP, is part of the Getty Foundation’s massive art event, PST Art (previously known as Pacific Standard Time). PST is a five-month long event...

By J.D. Mathes | September 24, 2024 | Arts / Culture
A beach

New data science tool greatly speeds up molecular analysis of our environment

UC Riverside-led team developed the tool through an international virtual research group

By Iqbal Pittalwala | September 20, 2024 | Science / Technology
Bell tower and Rivera arches

Back on Top: U.S. News names UCR No. 1 for social mobility

UC Riverside has again been named the No. 1 university in the nation for social mobility by U.S. News & World Report. This is the sixth year that U.S. News has featured a breakout category for social mobility, which considers the degree to which a university elevates its low-income graduates...

By John Warren | September 20, 2024 | University
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