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John Martin Fischer elected to AAAS

The induction will occur in September.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez | May 2, 2024 | University
UC Riverside 2024 Guggenheim fellows.

UCR celebrates 4 Guggenheim fellows

With three current faculty and one alum, UC Riverside tied for the most fellows among all public universities

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez | April 19, 2024 | University
Book cover, Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question by Jade S. Sasser, associate professor at UC Riverside. (Photo Courtesy of Jade S. Sasser)

BOOKS: ‘Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question’

Jade S. Sasser, associate professor at UC Riverside discusses how the climate crisis is affecting Millennials and Gen Zer’s decision to have children.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez | April 9, 2024 | Social Science / Education
After the introduction of the income tax in the United States, there has been a migration of higher income earners toward states with lower or no income tax, a new study reveals. (Photo: GettyImages)

Research shows direct link between state income taxes and migration

A new study looks at 110 years of income tax history across the U.S. and notes out-migration by wealthy Americans.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez | April 3, 2024 | Social Science / Education
“The State of Work: Transportation, Distribution and Logistics in the Inland Empire” is a new report released by UCR Riverside and community partners on Feb. 28, 2024. (GettyImages)

Warehouse and trucking industries in the Inland Empire have provided more jobs, but also health risks and low wages, report finds

A new study offers strategies for improving the regional economy and discusses detrimental impacts on children and adults, most of whom are Black or Latino.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez | February 28, 2024 | Social Science / Education
Latino activism- Getty Images

Conference to explore surge in Latino activism after California’s Prop. 187

Nearly 30 years later, experts will discuss why this short-lived law sparked change within Latino communities. Conference will be March 1-2 in downtown Riverside.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez | February 22, 2024 | Social Science / Education
Aunts and LGBTQ youth- FHAM Project- GettyImages

Aunts, aunties, and ‘tías’ offer protection to their LGBTQ youth relatives

Study on youth from the Inland Empire and South Texas points to how these “othermothers” offer emotional safety, housing stability.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez | December 29, 2023 | Social Science / Education
UC Riverside professor John Martin Fischer coauthors a book that discusses the pros and cons of life and death. (Image: GettyImages)

BOOKS: To live or to die? That is the question

UC Riverside professor John Martin Fischer coauthors a book that discusses the pros and cons of life and death.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez | December 6, 2023 | Social Science / Education
Illustration of future mural at R'Garden, UC Riverside's community garden. Note: this is not a final rendering. Images and design by Ekaterina Orlovie.

Help create UCR’s new mural with ‘smog-eating’ paint

In honor of Clean Air Day, students, staff, faculty, and community members are invited to join the painting festivities on Tuesday, Oct. 3.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez | September 29, 2023 | University
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Grant will fund study of link between LGBTQ youth homelessness and extended family support

A National Science Foundation grant helps researchers track 83 participants in the Inland Empire and South Texas.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez | September 14, 2023 | Social Science / Education
“QTR: A Journal of Queer and Transgender Studies in Religion.”

New journal on religion, gender, and sexuality

UCR professor to co-edit “QTR,” is a fee-free, open access journal supported by the Henry Luce Foundation and Duke University Press.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez | August 21, 2023 | Social Science / Education
UCR's Inland Empire Labor and Community Research Center

New center to study labor issues in the Inland Empire

Inland Empire Labor and Community Research Center at UC Riverside is one of five UC centers meant to advance timely labor research.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez | April 17, 2023 | University
Myisha Cherry, assistant professor of philosophy at UC Riverside.

UCR professor launches Emotion and Society Lab

New lab is a multi-disciplinary effort that involves faculty from around the world.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez | March 9, 2023 | Social Science / Education
Edward T. Chang, professor of ethnic studies and founding director of the Young Oak Kim Center for Korean American Studies at UC Riverside. He stands in front of the statue of Korean independence activists, Dosan Ahn Chang Ho in downtown Riverside on May 26, 2021. (UCR/Stan Lim)

Korean American history to become a traveling exhibition

UCR professor receives $850,000 Mellon Foundation grant to share history of American’s first Koreatown.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez | February 13, 2023 | Social Science / Education
School of Education researcher Linda Ventriglia-Navarrette received The James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award today. (UCR/Stan Lim)

Researcher honored for work in English language learner education

The James Irvine Foundation recognized Linda Navarrette as one of six change-makers in California.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez | February 13, 2023 | Social Science / Education
MONTEREY PARK, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 24: People attend a candlelight vigil for victims of a deadly mass shooting at a ballroom dance studio on January 24, 2023 in Monterey Park, California. Eleven people died and nine more were injured at the studio near a Lunar New Year celebration last Saturday night. Vice President Kamala Harris is scheduled to visit the predominantly Asian American community tomorrow. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Asian American shootings: This is ‘not an exception’ and other issues that need to be discussed

Farm working, mental health, and social and cultural barriers that some Asian American communities face.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez | January 25, 2023 | Social Science / Education
President Joe Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. (Getty Images)

UCR expert: President Biden’s new same-sex marriage law ‘is a reminder that a right won is not a right secured’

The Respect for Marriage Act ‘seems to be an evolution on same-sex marriage support. But I want to caution that we don’t conflate that with LGBTQ support.’

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez | December 15, 2022 | Social Science / Education
Complete skeletal remains of a 1,700 year-old spider monkey found in Teotihuacán, Mexico. PHOTO COURTESY OF NAWA SUGIYAMA

1,700-year-old spider monkey remains discovered in Teotihuacán, Mexico

The complete skeletal remains of a spider monkey — seen as an exotic curiosity in pre-Hispanic Mexico — grants researchers new evidence regarding social-political ties between two ancient powerhouses: Teotihuacán and Maya Indigenous rulers. The discovery was made by Nawa Sugiyama, a UC Riverside anthropological archaeologist, and a team of...

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez | November 21, 2022 | Social Science / Education
Megan Asaka's great-grandparents. Photo taken in early 20th century in Seattle. (Photo courtesy of Megan Asaka)

Unwritten history: Seattle, a city built by immigrants and Indigenous people

‘Seattle from the Margins,’ a new book by assistant professor Megan Asaka points to the overseen contributions of the Duwamish, Japanese, Filipino, Chinese, and other immigrant communities.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez | November 2, 2022 | Social Science / Education
Photo credit: Getty Images

Girly and a fighter. But are MMA women breaking barriers?

Study finds male-dominated MMA is not friendly to gender equality.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez | August 24, 2022 | Social Science / Education
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