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A greener, more effective way to kill termites

UC Riverside scientists have discovered a highly effective, nontoxic, and less expensive way to lure hungry termites to their doom.

By Jules Bernstein | May 31, 2024 | Science / Technology
ion exchange tanks

‘Forever chemical’ discovery can aid drinking water cleanups

A UC Riverside team discovered a chemical process that allows high levels of salt normally found in wastewater from water treatment plants to act as a catalyst that facilitates the breakup of "forever chemical" pollutants. Normally, salt in wastewater impedes the cleanup of chemical pollutants.

By David Danelski | May 30, 2024 | Science / Technology
forest fire

Improving air quality increases forest fires 

If we want cleaner air, fewer forest fires, and less severe climate change, a new UC Riverside study shows we must reduce aerosol pollution and greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide at the same time.

By Jules Bernstein | May 29, 2024 | Science / Technology
UC Riverside's orchestra performing a concert.

UCR Chorale, Chamber Singers, and Orchestra to perform Fauré’s 'Requiem'

The UCR Chorale, Chamber Singers and Orchestra with guest soloists soprano Lindsay Feldmeth Westra and baritone Philip Meyer, conducted by Ruth Charloff, will feature Gabriel Fauré’s luminous and innovative “Requiem.”

By J.D. Mathes | May 29, 2024 | Arts / Culture
NASA TESS-Keck exoplanet catalog

International planet hunters unveil massive catalog of strange worlds

A NASA catalog featuring 126 exotic, newly discovered worlds includes detailed measurements that allow for comparisons with our own solar system.

By Jules Bernstein | May 23, 2024 | Science / Technology
Polling expert Andy Crosby

Til November, he's the world's most interesting man

Andy Crosby is the guy you want at your dinner party in the next few months. With about six months until "Decision 2024," he's elbows deep in presidential polls, scouring their methodology, debunking them when necessary. Crosby, who is an assistant professor in the School of Public Policy, became immersed...

By John Warren | May 22, 2024 | Social Science / Education
Middle School Initiative

Middle School Initiative expects to boost college access

To boost college access, UCR’s School of Education is reaching out to Inland Empire middle school students and their families through a Middle School Initiative aimed at helping them get on the right academic track for college. The school is sponsoring an essay contest, sending representatives to eighth-grade promotion ceremony...

By David Danelski | May 22, 2024 | Social Science / Education
A new study led by Chioun Lee, a University of California, Riverside associate professor of sociology, found that Black Americans trail white Americans when it comes to financial stability in midlife, which may impact brain health in old age. (Photo: Getty Images)

Black Americans: A link between cognitive health and financial instability

Racial minorities develop cognitive impairments, such as Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias at younger ages.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | May 22, 2024 | Social Science / Education
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Fruit fly wing research offers window into birth defects

If fruit fly wings do not develop into the right shape, the flies will die. UC Riverside researchers have learned how fly embryo cells develop as they need to, opening a window into human development and possible treatments for birth defects.

By Jules Bernstein | May 17, 2024 | Science / Technology

UCR’s ‘Dragalicious Drag Ball XX’ features iconic gender-bending celebrities

Student drag royalty sass the runway w/ Shakina Nayfack and Mayhem Miller

By Malinn Loeung | May 14, 2024 | Students
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UCR in top 1.3% of world universities

UC Riverside ranked in the top 1.3% of universities worldwide in the 2024 Center for World University Rankings, released Monday, May 13. The campus ranked No. 263 out of 20,966. Nationally, UCR landed at No. 82, and for the U.S. and Canada it was No. 95. The rankings are published...

By Imran Ghori | May 14, 2024 | University
Bird flu

With H5N1 detected in dairy cows, is it safe to drink milk?

Scott Pegan at UC Riverside shares his thoughts on how safe our milk supply is

By Iqbal Pittalwala | May 10, 2024 | Health
Molten planet near star

Squeezed by neighbors, planet glows with molten lava

UC Riverside astrophysicist Stephen Kane had to double check his calculations. He wasn’t sure the planet he was studying could be as extreme as it seemed. He saw a planet in this faraway star system covered with so many active volcanoes that seen from a distance it would take on...

By Jules Bernstein | May 9, 2024 | Science / Technology
Cast members rehearse a scene of the play “Three Sisters” at the UCR ARTS Studio Theatre.

UCR Theatre presents ‘Three Sisters’

UCR’s Department of Theatre, Film, and Digital Production will present Anton Chekhov’s “ Three Sisters” May 9-18 at the ARTS Studio Theatre. The story unfolds in a provincial Russian town during three-and-a-half years in the lives of three sisters: the schoolteacher Olga (28), the unhappily married Masha (23), and idealistic...

By J.D. Mathes | May 8, 2024 | Arts / Culture

New ‘forever chemical’ cleanup strategy discovered

As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency cracks down on insidious “forever chemical” pollution in the environment, military and commercial aviation officials are seeking ways to clean up such pollution from decades of use of fire suppressant foams at military air bases and commercial airports. Fire-suppression foams contain hundreds unhealthful forever...

By David Danelski | May 8, 2024 | Science / Technology
dehydrated sunflower

Free-forming organelles help plants adapt to climate change

Plants’ ability to sense light and temperature, and their ability to adapt to climate change, hinges on free-forming structures in their cells whose function was, until now, a mystery.

By Jules Bernstein | May 7, 2024 | Science / Technology

Countdown to Commencement 2024

The University of California, Riverside’s class of 2024 will once again commence at one of two locations. Graduating seniors obtaining their M.D., Ph.D., and M.F.A. degrees will celebrate on campus at UC Riverside’s Student Recreation Center, or SRC. All other degrees and credentials will be celebrated off-campus at Toyota Arena...

By Malinn Loeung | May 6, 2024 | Students, University

John Martin Fischer elected to AAAS

The induction will occur in September.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | May 2, 2024 | University
Hycean world view

Webb telescope probably didn’t find life on an exoplanet — yet

Recent reports of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope finding signs of life on a distant planet understandably sparked excitement. A new study challenges this finding, but also outlines how the telescope might verify the presence of the life-produced gas.

By Jules Bernstein | May 2, 2024 | Science / Technology
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Positive climate boosts high school grades, study finds

A study led by a UC Riverside graduate student has found that Latino high school students achieve higher grades when they perceive a more positive school climate and when they have a stronger sense of self-esteem. Published in the Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, the study also found that a...

By David Danelski | May 2, 2024 | Social Science / Education
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