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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...
On the morning of March 12, head men’s basketball coach David Patrick was at an Anaheim hotel preparing his team to take on UC Santa Barbara in the first round of the Big West Tournament. But he didn’t really expect the game, which was scheduled to take place in only...
Work on selective immune system suppression in influenza could transfer directly to COVID-19
The goal is to make at least 750 masks, which are free for essential UCR employees.
Physicists’ discovery could lead to a new family of materials for robust qubits in quantum computing
The daily 1 p.m. Zoom call has become a lifeline for a team of UC Riverside students and their project scientist. Sometimes the call focuses on data, driven by the greenhouse emissions research they are conducting for Francesca Hopkins, assistant professor of climate change and sustainability. Other times, they talk...
Last week, UCR’s Healthy Campus group released tips for staying physically and mentally healthy while social distancing and working from home. But for many faculty and staff members with young children, a number of these recommendations might seem difficult — if not impossible — to follow. Being forced indoors with...
Brandon Brown is an associate professor in the Center for Healthy Communities in the School of Medicine
Research suggests more effort is needed to help college men apply the concept of sexual consent to their everyday lives
The program’s faculty members and students offer advice for transitioning to online classes due to coronavirus
Phytochrome foci have different behaviors at different temperatures and types of light
Scientists call for more research to understand whether water treatment methods kill the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic
Undergraduate Admissions has shifted to an online, weeklong program for prospective, admitted, and transfer students.
The interdepartmental group has received dozens of requests for support since campus closure.
Sociologist Richard M. Carpiano weighs in on some of the less obvious ways COVID-19 could restructure life as we know it
Air quality improvements lead to unique atmospheric chemical behavior
People around the world are wondering how long COVID-restrictions have to last in order to curtail the pandemic. A research study on 36 countries and 50 U.S. states has found that aggressive intervention to contain COVID-19 must be maintained for at least 44 days. The study is co-authored by Professor...
Annie Ditta’s graduate school training was in fixation. As she says, “I got fixated on fixation.” Her familiarity with fixation is useful as instructors at the University of California, Riverside, must reinvent how they teach within the space of two weeks. On March 14, UCR announced instruction for spring quarter...
UC Riverside researchers’ mouse studies also show how a common nutrient can help babies of alcoholic moms
The University of California, Riverside, today, March 30, 2020, announced that Nicole Powell, head coach at Grand Canyon University, has been named head women’s basketball coach for the Highlanders. Powell, a WNBA All-Star and Championship winning player, three-time All-American and two-time Pac-10 Player of the Year, and stellar recruiter, joins...
