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Straight joined writer and critic Heather Scott Partington for a live chat about writing, teaching, and calling Riverside home

One of the most visible impacts of the coronavirus pandemic has been the strain on the global supply chain, with consumers noticing certain goods are harder to find at their local store. Danko Turcic, an associate professor of operations and supply chain management at UC Riverside’s School of Business, said...

Two optical cavitation bubbles penetrate soft materials better than one

One of humanity’s oldest creations is the most powerful weapon against the coronavirus

UC Riverside biomedical scientist Marcus Kaul explains

Telehealth visits can be conducted on a cell phone, tablet, or pad device, allowing even individuals without a computer or internet to be seen by a UCR Health physician

UC Riverside engineers are developing low-temperature plasma technology to sterilize masks

The disposable, low-cost tool will improve the speed and accuracy of investigations

As debate and protests about lockdowns and opening up flare up across the nation, experts are considering why governors decided to lockdown states in the first place. A team of researchers from the USC Marshall School of Business , Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University and University of California...

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