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UC Riverside mouse study shows where in the brain sensory input is transformed to movement

Defying pandemic-influenced predictions and national trends, the University of California, Riverside has posted record freshman applications for fall 2021. A total of 52,263 applications were received for the fall 2021 freshman class. That represents an increase over the previous record of 49,252 for fall 2020. It follows the trend of...

UC Riverside scientists have discovered fermented food waste can boost bacteria that increase crop growth, making plants more resistant to pathogens and reducing carbon emissions from farming.

UC Riverside epidemiologist answers this and other questions in Q&A

More than 66,000 donors made gifts during the Living the Promise campaign, and the total amount raised will be announced at a live virtual event on Feb 20.

California’s longest-running free literary festival is now accessible to audiences worldwide

Dr. David Lo at the UC Riverside School of Medicine is an expert on vaccines

The grant will support programs within UCR’s new Latino and Latin American Studies Research Center, set to launch February 2021.

On Jan. 11, UC President Michael V. Drake announced a fall 2021 systemwide return to in-person instruction.

Jamal J. Myrick, African Student Programs director, discusses his educational journey, parenting, and more.

A UC Riverside-led study, funded by Merck, is set to find out

A hot, rocky “super Earth,” near one of the oldest stars in the galaxy has taken a team of planet-hunting scientists by surprise.

Scientists aren’t usually able to measure the size of gigantic planets, like Jupiter or Saturn, which are far from the stars they orbit. But a UC Riverside-led team has done it.

The University of California, Riverside, is leading a new effort to stop and reverse a worldwide decline in honeybees, which threatens food security and prices.

Experts on Black Lives Matter For fast access to experts, email news@ucr.edu Michelle C. Burroughs: director of community engagement and outreach for the Center for Healthy Communities. Burroughs is involved with the CHC’s engagement with the community focusing on the Black Lives Matter movement as well as social inequities. She...

UC Riverside scientists are betting an ancient solution will solve citrus growers’ biggest problem by breeding new fruits with natural resistance to a deadly tree disease. The hybrid fruits will ideally share the best of their parents’ attributes: the tastiness of the best citrus, and the resistance to Huanglongbing, or...

UC Riverside study examines molecular pathways that may instigate seizures in some multiple sclerosis patients

Resident advisors are creating ways to remain virtually connected while building a sense of community with first-year students in campus housing.

This week, more than 200 leaders from across the United States helped launch Census Legacies, a new community-building effort by the Center for Social Innovation at UC Riverside with partners in philanthropy, government, and community. The initiative aims to build more inclusive and equitable regions, using the same messengers and...

Vaccines to the rescue