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Brandon Andrew Robinson, an associate professor with UC Riverside’s Gender and Sexuality Department analyzed over 200 online Reddit discussion posts during a three-month period that revealed the complexities surrounding relationships: love, sexuality, attraction, and gender norms. (UCR/Photo illustration by Victor Perry)

How a TikToker can influence discrimination against trans people

A new study documents history, white supremacy, gender, sex, and “super straight” ideologies based on conversations found on Reddit.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | August 2, 2024 | Social Science / Education
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UCR has the most California admitted students of any UC campus

UC Riverside admitted the most California first-year students for fall 2024 of any University of California campus, according to numbers released by the UC system on July 31.

By John Warren | July 31, 2024 | University
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Polling expert draws early conclusions from Harris vs. Trump

A couple weeks back, the 2024 presidential race was upended by the decision of President Joe Biden not to seek reelection. Since, political pundits have scrambled to assess the new Harris-Trump dynamic.

By John Warren | July 30, 2024 | Social Science / Education

Prestigious NIH award will advance brain research at UCR

Viji Santhakumar is the first recipient on campus of the Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award

By Iqbal Pittalwala | July 29, 2024 | Science / Technology
Path of the Lyman alpha forest sightline

New astrophysics research supports the existence of an unknown influence

UC Riverside astrophysicists measured distribution of matter in the universe using neutral hydrogen

By Iqbal Pittalwala | July 26, 2024 | Science / Technology
The Gage Canal at UCR's Agricultural Experiment Station

Bold moves needed for California agriculture

California should take urgent and bold measures to adapt its $59 billion agriculture sector to climate change as the amount of water available for crops declines, according to a collaborative report by University of California faculty from four campuses. Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the...

By David Danelski | July 26, 2024 | Science / Technology, Business
irrigation pump

Parched Central Valley farms depend on Sierras for groundwater 

New research shows that California’s Central Valley, known as America’s breadbasket, gets as much as half of its groundwater from the Sierra Nevadas. This is significant for a farming region that, in some parts, relies almost entirely on groundwater for irrigation.

By Jules Bernstein | July 25, 2024 | Science / Technology
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Experts broach nuances of Kamala Harris' sudden ascent

A whirlwind week in which Joe Biden bowed out of the 2024 presidential race and Kamala Harris became the Democrats' heir apparent finds us with little time to assess the new election paradigm. This week, we discussed the dynamics with two UCR experts. First, we speak with Ugo Antonio Troiano...

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez and John Warren | July 24, 2024 | Social Science / Education
Girl experiencing social anxiety

Clinical psychologist’s book addresses largely ignored problem: social anxiety

Only half of individuals with social anxiety ever seek treatment, says author Thomas E. Brown

By Iqbal Pittalwala | July 23, 2024 | Health
Digital gaming on vaping devices

Digital games on vaping devices could lure more youth to nicotine addiction

Like other smart devices, smart vapes have high-definition animated displays

By Iqbal Pittalwala | July 22, 2024 | Health
Overweight man

Brain changes linked to obesity result in low sperm count

UC Riverside-led mouse study finds primary site of obesity’s effects on reproductive function is the brain

By Iqbal Pittalwala | July 18, 2024 | Health

Cage-free chickens are louse-y

Lice have been found feeding on the skin and blood of free-range chickens, which are infected at much higher rates than caged flocks.

By Jules Bernstein | July 17, 2024 | Science / Technology
UCR professor Yujie Men

Microbes found to destroy certain ‘forever chemicals’

A UC Riverside environmental engineering team has discovered that specific bacterial species can cleave the strong fluorine-to-carbon bond certain kinds of “forever chemical" water pollutants, offering promise for low-cost treatments of contaminated drinking water.

By David Danelski | July 17, 2024 | Science / Technology

With spin centers, quantum computing takes a step forward

New devices could help find more efficient ways of storing and transferring information

By Iqbal Pittalwala | July 11, 2024 | Science / Technology
Infected cantaloupe plants

Wild plants and crops don’t make great neighbors

Native plants and non-native crops do not fare well in proximity to one another, attracting pests that spread diseases in both directions, according to two new UC Riverside studies.

By Jules Bernstein | July 11, 2024 | Science / Technology
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Pundits: French, British elections carry lessons for U.S.

Recent elections in France and the United Kingdom held some surprises and — political scientists say — some lessons for the political parties in the U.S. UK voters ousted the Conservative party in favor of center-left Labour, and French voters, apparently spooked by their initial steps toward the right, voted...

By John Warren | July 10, 2024 | Social Science / Education
Spring, played by Sol Marina Crespo. (Photo courtesy of Cambria Matlow)

MFA candidate’s film debuts at the NewFilmmakers Los Angeles festival

Spring is an artist, mother, and wife. She’s trying to be everything, but a family vacation unravels and confirms that it’s a difficult to juggle all the responsibilities successfully. “Why Dig When You Can Pluck,” is a fictional story that mirrors the life of Cambria Matlow, the film’s writer, director...

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | July 10, 2024 | Arts / Culture
data center and power plant

Professor joins UN panel on environmental impacts of AI

UC Riverside professor Shaolei Ren remotely shared his research findings about the the environmental consequences of increasing AI processing demands to a United Nations committee meeting in Nairobi, Kenya.

By David Danelski | July 8, 2024 | Science / Technology
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UCR Foundation Board of Trustees welcomes new members

The UCR Foundation Board of Trustees welcomed Wally Bakare as its new chair and two new ex-officio voting members, Jeff Pack and Josefina Canchola, who began their terms July 1.

By Sarah Nightingale | July 8, 2024 | University
Earth observation from above

Exponentially increasing understanding of early life on Earth

A UC Riverside paper has opened the door to understanding more about early life on Earth, and to framing the search for life beyond this planet.

By Nicole Elyse Feldman | July 8, 2024 | Science / Technology
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