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Elizabeth Watkins is UC Riverside's new provost and executive vice chancellor. The provost is eager to help raise the profile and funding support for UCR's research enterprise, and to work with its high-achieving students — this past year, UCR set a new six-year graduation rate record — many of whom...
Explore six exhibitions at the California Museum of Photography and Culver Center of the Arts with new measures ensuring guest safety
Juvenile Incarceration is a double-edged sword and rehabilitation programs may improve welfare of convicted juveniles
US Army grant to UC Riverside will support the study of the science of light and its interaction with matter
UC Riverside ecologists are leading a $1 million plant protection project that will help Southern California’s tribal nations adapt to climate change.
Vaccine rollout, easing of public health mandates boosts local economic outlook
A history assignment gave UCR students an opportunity to capture their lives during the pandemic.
UC Riverside-led work could lead to better computer technologies
The book ‘Pachappa Camp: The First Koreatown in the United States’ was published this week by Professor Edward T. Chang.
Activated carbon made from corn stover filters 98% of a pollutant from water
Loralee Larios, an assistant professor and plant ecologist, is one of only 10 researchers nationwide to receive the Ecological Society of America’s prestigious 2021 Early Career Fellowship. According to the society’s webpage, Larios was selected for “innovative research in plant community ecology, emerging leadership in restoration ecology, exceptional outreach and...
Alejandra Dubcovsky, an associate professor of history at UC Riverside, has received a $231,000 award from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support a fellowship during which she will work to become one of the few historians working with the Indigenous language Timucua. The fellowship, called a New Directions Fellowship...
As many gather for Earth Day 2021, A UC Riverside ecologist urges caution toward solar geoengineering, an increasingly popular solution to the climate crisis.
New method measures and predicts air quality in areas with insufficient monitoring
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s announcement about a full California reopening on June 15 didn’t scramble UC Riverside’s plans for fall 2021, but it threw in some hot sauce. “It made us more progressive in our planning,” UCR Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox said. “If COVID-19 vaccinations continue to trend as they are...
UC Riverside-led national survey of MS specialists finds nearly 10% had been redeployed to the front lines of COVID-19 patient care
A new UC Riverside study finds a naturally occurring “earthquake gate” that decides which earthquakes are allowed to grow into magnitude 8 or greater.
Diversity and the Oscars The 93rd Academy Awards are scheduled for Sunday, April 25, 2021. Experts from the University of California, Riverside are available to discuss various Academy Awards topics, including diversity, acting, gender, culture, and more. For fast access to experts, email news@ucr.edu Courtney R. Baker, associate professor, Department...
Even as vaccinations across the U.S. were ramping up due to the popularity and availability of the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, the CDC called a timeout due to reports of serious blood clots
UC Riverside-led team developed simple, rapid method to assess contaminants in household fabrics
