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Elñora Tena Webb grew up in the foster care system; UCR gave her a clean canvas and after becoming a college president, she is now a success coach .

The shape and architecture of collagen and elastin fibers can improve our understanding of lung diseases, including the one associated with vaping

UC Riverside-led team overcomes a stumbling block in this relatively new technology

UCR staffers, students are ramping up efforts to ensure a complete count in the Inland Empire and beyond

UC Riverside’s Wet Lab Incubator, the first of its kind in the region, has officially opened its doors

Work by international research team could have wide-ranging impact on information technology applications

‘Regions Rise Together’ comparison to coastal regions may distort policy direction

A UC Riverside-led team has created a chemical to help plants hold onto water, which could stem the tide of massive annual crop losses from drought and help farmers grow food despite a changing climate. “Drought is the No. 1 cause, closely tied with flooding, of annual crop failures worldwide,”...

UC Riverside-led research on fruit fly could lead to better understanding of how taste information is coded in the brain

UC Riverside-led research could aid regenerative stem cell therapies

The American Institute of Physics Journal, Chaos chose electrical and computer engineering assistant research professor Hossein Taheri’s paper as the Editor’s Pick. His publication “Synchronization behavior in a ternary phase model” was cited as a source for the “Nonlinear dynamics used to examine the ternary model of laser phase mode...

UCR Dining Services employee donates $52,000 to the Graduate School of Education, and an additional $10,000 to the R'Pantry.

The Center for Ideas and Society celebrates 30 years of bridging interdisciplinary gaps with Oct. 29 anniversary event

Last summer, Katherine Maldonado, a first-generation graduate student at the University of California, Riverside, became one of 133 recipients nationally of a 2019 Ford Foundation Fellowship. Maldonado, a UCLA graduate, is now working toward her doctorate in sociology, and her $72,000 Ford Foundation award will support her studies over three...

Running Nov. 6 through April 2020, the series’ five programs will highlight music composed over the past 40 years.

In his new book, Loren Collingwood traces the history of — and attitudes toward — contemporary U.S. sanctuary policies

If you’re eating fruits, nuts, grains, or vegetables in a few years, you’ll likely owe a debt of gratitude to UC Riverside. The university has created a program to transition today’s undergraduates into professional scientists solving tomorrow’s farming challenges. The program, called Plants-3D, will train students to discover, design, and...

For fast access to experts, email news@ucr.edu Aging Ilana Bennett: Assistant professor of psychology. Effects of healthy aging and dementia on the brain and cognition; learning and memory in aging; neuroimaging markers of aging. Ilana.bennett@ucr.edu Brandon Brown: Associate professor, Center for Healthy Communities: HIV and aging. brandon.brown@medsch.ucr.edu Richard M. Carpiano...

A felony conviction gave Ramón Leija the determination to turn his life around.

UC Riverside and the Organization of American States partner to grow entrepreneurship and technology commercialization in 34 countries