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Movement for census awareness swells in Inland Empire

In a two-county region at risk of an undercount, grassroots momentum has grown to ensure participation in the 2020 census

By Tess Eyrich | April 20, 2020 | Social Science / Education, Students
A shop with a closed sign.

New economic outlook optimistic but warns of ‘wild cards’ that could send things spiraling

A second outbreak will have even worse damage

By | April 20, 2020 | Business
book covers

Quarantine Reads

Nineteen UCR authors offer their top picks for books to read while sheltering in place

By Jessica Weber | April 20, 2020 | Arts / Culture
 video games

How can you beat the COVID-19 blues? Find your flow

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.

By John Warren | April 17, 2020 | Social Science / Education

Satellite galaxies of the Milky Way help test dark matter theory

UC Riverside physicists demonstrate “self-interacting dark matter” model can be tested using astronomical observations of Draco and Fornax

By Iqbal Pittalwala | April 15, 2020 | Science / Technology
Garvin Patel, right, and Calvin Patel

University lends a hand by lending doctors a bed

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...

By John Warren | April 15, 2020 | University
basketball court

How UCR student-athletes, coaches, and athletics staff have responded to a shortened spring season

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...

By | April 13, 2020 | Athletics
covid-19 virus

UC Riverside bioengineer seeks to calm influenza’s cytokine storms

Work on selective immune system suppression in influenza could transfer directly to COVID-19

By Holly Ober | April 10, 2020 | Science / Technology
UC Riverside costume- and scene- shop employees have been sewing face masks for their colleagues. (UCR/Alif Emil Marchi)

Six theater employees sew face masks for their colleagues 

The goal is to make at least 750 masks, which are free for essential UCR employees.

By | April 10, 2020 | University

First sighting of mysterious Majorana fermion on a common metal

Physicists’ discovery could lead to a new family of materials for robust qubits in quantum computing

By UCR News | April 10, 2020 | Science / Technology
Graduate students remain connected via Zoom. (UCR)

1 (p.m.) is not the loneliest number 

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...

By | April 9, 2020 | Students

Tantrums, ‘Toy Story’ marathons, and Zoom mishaps

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...

By | April 9, 2020 | University
COVID-19

Epidemiologist answers questions on COVID-19 ranging from grocery store visits to wearing masks and gloves

Brandon Brown is an associate professor in the Center for Healthy Communities in the School of Medicine

By Iqbal Pittalwala | April 6, 2020 | Health

To curb sexual assault, help people better understand consent

Research suggests more effort is needed to help college men apply the concept of sexual consent to their everyday lives

By Tess Eyrich | April 6, 2020 | Social Science / Education
From left, MFA students Eric Herbst, Adam Sullivan, Charli Englehorn, Wendy Maxon, and assistant adjunct professor Mark Haskell Smith at the Omni Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa in Rancho Mirage.

How UCR’s Low-Residency MFA program uses remote teaching to its advantage

The program’s faculty members and students offer advice for transitioning to online classes due to coronavirus

By Jessica Weber | April 6, 2020 | University
grass in the shade

Study identifies new temperature sensing mechanism in plants

Phytochrome foci have different behaviors at different temperatures and types of light

By Holly Ober | April 3, 2020 | Science / Technology
Water running from a kitchen tap

Removing the novel coronavirus from the water cycle

Scientists call for more research to understand whether water treatment methods kill the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic

By Holly Ober | April 2, 2020 | Science / Technology
Highlander Day Flyer

Highlander Day — virtual style

Undergraduate Admissions has shifted to an online, weeklong program for prospective, admitted, and transfer students.

By | April 2, 2020 | University
Grad student Saswat Nayak, 24, receives a bag of groceries from  R'Pantry coordinator Daniel Lopez Salas on March 26, 2020 at UC Riverside.  Staff with R'Pantry handed out bags of groceries to students after the campus was closed to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. (UCR/Stan Lim)

Economic Crisis Response Team ensures students receive food and shelter

The interdepartmental group has received dozens of requests for support since campus closure.

By | April 1, 2020 | University

How might the coronavirus change the world around us?

Sociologist Richard M. Carpiano weighs in on some of the less obvious ways COVID-19 could restructure life as we know it

By Tess Eyrich | April 1, 2020 | Social Science / Education
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