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A fungus devastating frogs and toads on nearly every continent may have an Achilles heel. Scientists have discovered a virus that infects the fungus, and that could be engineered to save the amphibians.
UC Riverside students are able to borrow the technology they need for school thanks to the donor-supported Loan2Learn program.
A new study looks at 110 years of income tax history across the U.S. and notes out-migration by wealthy Americans.
UC Riverside’s first students created a scholarship fund to benefit generations of Highlanders.
The Governor’s California Volunteers Office awarded the grant to UCR’s College Corps program.
A new study greatly reduces uncertainty in climate change predictions, a move economists say could save the world trillions in adaptations for a hotter future.
Researchers at UC Riverside discovered how supergenes control the origin and duplication of petite ant queens.
Christina Fernandez’s monograph “ Christina Fernandez: Multiple Exposures,” produced in conjunction with her 2022-2023 exhibition of the same name at UCR Arts California Museum of Photography, or CMP, has been awarded the Association for Latin American Art, or ALAA, ALAA-Thoma Foundation Exhibition Catalogue Award. The book, co-produced by UCR’s Joanna...
UC Riverside will begin construction this summer on a four-story building with a focus on instructional education, which was approved March 20 by the Regents of the University of California. The vote allows the campus to move forward with the Undergraduate Teaching and Learning Facility, a 100,700-square-foot building that will...
QuVet is funded by a $7.5M grant from the Department of Defense
In a recent column in The Chronicle of Higher Education, which was subsequently referenced in a New York Times column, UCR Professor Steve Brint considered the ramifications for higher education of a second Donald Trump presidency. Brint is a distinguished professor of sociology and public policy, and author of the...
A new UCR laboratory will be formed by merging the existing Nanofabrication Facility with the Central Facility for Advanced Microscopy and Microanalysis, or CFAMM, and bringing in about $3 million for new equipment.
UC Riverside scientists confirm, for the first time, that a potentially fatal dog parasite is present in a portion of the Colorado River that runs through California.
UCR distinguished professor of computer science Eamonn Keogh is awarded the prestigious Science Foundation Ireland St. Patrick’s Day Science Medal by Ireland’s head of state.
With technology developed at UC Riverside, scientists can, for the first time, make high resolution images of the human spinal cord. The advancement could help bring real relief to millions suffering chronic back pain.
UCR Professor Markus Petters and two grad students are spending more than a month with an international research team that’s making bumpy flights from northern Sweden to the Arctic Ocean to collect data needed to better understand climate change.
Scientists have discovered the gene that enables marine algae to make a unique type of chlorophyll. They successfully implanted this gene in a land plant, paving the way for better crop yields on less land.
UC Riverside has set a record for first-year applications for fall 2024, with 57,240, according to numbers released March 6 from the UC Office of the President. The previous UCR record was set this past year, when 56,462 first-year students applied for fall quarter 2023. Overall applications to the University...
For those curious about insects – their behavior, love lives, the threat or lack thereof they pose to humans – there is a new podcast from UC Riverside: Can I Bug You?
UCR’s Concert Band Director Armando Dueñas will present “A Symphony of Service: UCR Concert Band and 300th Army Band Quintet Extravaganza” on Friday, March 8. This winter concert will be the first of this type, featuring the UCR Concert Band along with the 300th Army Band Woodwind and Brass Quintet...
