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This computer scientist beats hackers at their own game

Fatemah Alharbi discovered a serious security flaw, earning thanks from Apple

By Holly Ober | April 3, 2019 | Students, Science / Technology

Why don’t veterans share their stories?

What makes veterans feel they can't connect with society? That’s a question David Lane is trying to answer through interdisciplinary research. Lane, 34, is a U.S. Army veteran and current graduate student with the School of Public Policy at the University of California, Riverside. His initial work and personal conversations...

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | April 3, 2019 | Students

Breast cancer study by UCR medical student could help patients live longer

Surgery is associated with increased survival for patients with HER2-positive stage 4 breast cancer

By Iqbal Pittalwala | April 2, 2019 | Students, Health

Being ‘Other’ in America

When Nora Guerraoui receives word her father has been killed in an apparent hit-and-run, she is forced to return to the small California desert town she left behind and contend with the many memories she’s tried to forget. So sets the stage of “ The Other Americans ,” the latest...

By Jessica Weber | April 1, 2019 | Arts / Culture

Plant pathologist leads research to stop spread of citrus-destroying disease

UC Riverside’s Hailing Jin is principal investigator of USDA grant that also supports vaccine development to fight huanglongbing, or citrus greening disease

By Iqbal Pittalwala | April 1, 2019 | Science / Technology

Inland Empire wage growth continues in tight labor market

The regions's home affordability helps local labor force expand

By Holly Ober | March 28, 2019 | Business

High-speed videos capture how kangaroo rat escapes rattlesnake attack

Bipedalism may have been favored in kangaroo rats to avoid ambush predators like vipers and owls, says UC Riverside biologist

By Iqbal Pittalwala | March 27, 2019 | Science / Technology

UCR student housing part of major expansion

On a sunny morning at the north end of UC Riverside, bulldozers and dump trucks are busily grading dirt while construction crews put together a frame foundation for the campus’ newest housing and dining complex. The Dundee Residence Hall and Glasgow Dining Project, which began construction in December on Linden...

By Imran Ghori | March 27, 2019 | University

Small slice of the American pie, big impact

An oral history project archives the experiences and contributions of more than 50 notable Korean Americans and counting

By Tess Eyrich | March 26, 2019 | Arts / Culture

An interview with a UCR Engineering parent, Bert Poole

Jacob Poole, computer science and engineering student with his father, Bert Poole Bert Poole served as a guest judge for Citrus Hack at the Bourns College of Engineering. Citrus Hack is a 36-hour, student organized hackathon in which student participants create an entire computer science and engineering project from scratch...

By Katharine Hall | March 25, 2019 | Science / Technology

What’s in your drinking water?

Carl Cranor wants you to know — and to empower you to do something about it

By Tess Eyrich | March 20, 2019 | Social Science / Education

Study finds natural selection favors cheaters

UC Riverside research focused on interaction between nitrogen-fixing bacteria and their hosts

By Iqbal Pittalwala | March 19, 2019 | Science / Technology

Veterans history project receives VA funding through 2020

Federal funding will enable thousands more Inland Empire K-12 students to join in documenting the histories of those interred at Riverside National Cemetery

By Tess Eyrich | March 19, 2019 | Arts / Culture

Seeing through food and drug fakes and frauds

“Chronoprints” can identify a sample from a video taken as it reacts to disturbance

By Holly Ober | March 18, 2019 | Science / Technology

proxima centauri seen from the hubble telescope

Carbon monoxide detectors could warn of extraterrestrial life

For some distant worlds, carbon monoxide may actually be compatible with a robust microbial biosphere

By Sarah Simpson | March 18, 2019 | Science / Technology

UCR brings back Pow Wow Princess tradition

After a 22-year hiatus, Katianna Warren is the second princess since the competition was reinstated in 2017.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | March 17, 2019 | Students

Leaving it all to chance

Douglas McCulloh is not a man ruled by fate, but rather, chance. In fact, McCulloh, who joined UCR ARTS as the new senior curator for the California Museum of Photography , or CMP, in July has made chance his primary modus operandi. He traces his preoccupation with chance back to...

By Jessica Weber | March 15, 2019 | Arts / Culture

After four years of hard work, Match Day arrives for UC Riverside medical students

38 students in Class of 2019 were matched for a residency program of their choice

By Iqbal Pittalwala | March 15, 2019 | Health

Superbloom? If you say so

Superbloom is a term concocted by the media, but this year’s wildflowers are still spectacular, especially for the creatures that depend on them

By Holly Ober | March 15, 2019 | Science / Technology

$3.5 million Givaudan gift will protect citrus collection

The University of California, Riverside announced today a $3.5 million donation from Givaudan to support UCR’s Citrus Variety Collection. The gift will help protect one of world’s most extensive citrus diversity collections from the impending threat of citrus greening disease, also known as Huanglongbing, or HLB. The gift will pay...

By UCR News | March 14, 2019 | University, Science / Technology

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