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Though no proven treatment for COVID-19 currently exists, UC Riverside virologist Juliet Morrison feels there’s a good chance one will emerge. Morrison, an assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology & Plant Pathology, investigates the science behind promising avenues for new antiviral therapies. She explains what those are and weighs...
Computer science student helps ensure Covid-19 pandemic won’t hinder academic success in his community
William “Bill” DeWolfe, 84, a prominent Riverside attorney and philanthropist who was one of UC Riverside’s earliest graduates and an ardent advocate of the university for the rest of his life, died April 16, 2020. After graduating from Poly High School, DeWolfe joined UCR’s pioneer class in 1954 and graduated...
Economist Gloria González-Rivera offers insight on how to limit damage
In hard-hit Europe, responses to COVID-19 could be lessons for the global community, says political economist Jana Grittersova
A second outbreak will have even worse damage
Nineteen UCR authors offer their top picks for books to read while sheltering in place
In a two-county region at risk of an undercount, grassroots momentum has grown to ensure participation in the 2020 census
Finding the right activity could mean you experience the same well-being during the long quarantine as you would when not in quarantine, UCR research finds.
The top floor of the UC Riverside Extension building has a new and esteemed set of occupants: doctors and other health care workers on the front lines of the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. About two weeks ago, the university received two requests to provide healthcare workers with alternative housing...
UC Riverside physicists demonstrate “self-interacting dark matter” model can be tested using astronomical observations of Draco and Fornax
On the morning of March 12, head men’s basketball coach David Patrick was at an Anaheim hotel preparing his team to take on UC Santa Barbara in the first round of the Big West Tournament. But he didn’t really expect the game, which was scheduled to take place in only...
The goal is to make at least 750 masks, which are free for essential UCR employees.
Physicists’ discovery could lead to a new family of materials for robust qubits in quantum computing
Work on selective immune system suppression in influenza could transfer directly to COVID-19
Last week, UCR’s Healthy Campus group released tips for staying physically and mentally healthy while social distancing and working from home. But for many faculty and staff members with young children, a number of these recommendations might seem difficult — if not impossible — to follow. Being forced indoors with...
The daily 1 p.m. Zoom call has become a lifeline for a team of UC Riverside students and their project scientist. Sometimes the call focuses on data, driven by the greenhouse emissions research they are conducting for Francesca Hopkins, assistant professor of climate change and sustainability. Other times, they talk...
Research suggests more effort is needed to help college men apply the concept of sexual consent to their everyday lives
The program’s faculty members and students offer advice for transitioning to online classes due to coronavirus
Brandon Brown is an associate professor in the Center for Healthy Communities in the School of Medicine
