Expert answers questions pertinent to the possible exposure to pneumonic plague

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science has selected a geothermal energy project led by engineers at the University of California, Irvine to move forward to a second phase that will span three years. The multi-agent AI expert for subsurface reasoning and optimization initiative brings together researchers from a...

UCR Magazine Presents: Summer 2026 The Wild History of UCR’s Infamous Burros: UCR ecologists are launching a study of the Inland Empire’s wild burros to trace their origins, estimate their population, and help humans and animals safely coexist.

UC Riverside-led study suggests possible link between vaping and difficulty conceiving in women

UCR Magazine: Spring 2026 The spring 2026 issue of UCR Magazine features stories about current research, recent Highlander accomplishments, future projects, and more. Student Spotlight, Bhawana Acharya: Doctoral student Bhawana Acharya is planting seeds for her family’s future Taming the Self-Eating Dragon: Researchers Mahsa Khayat-Khoei and Seema Tiwari-Woodruff are working...

A top development executive at University of Minnesota has been named UC Riverside’s next vice chancellor for Development and Alumni Engagement (DAE). Travis Smith will also assume the role of president of the UC Riverside Foundation following confirmation by the foundation board of trustees. Smith is currently senior vice president...

International study used data from the James Webb Space Telescope

Dark matter decays could be the missing ingredient explaining how giant black holes formed before the first stars

Findings allow scientists to learn more about dark matter’s influence on stars, galaxies, and planets

UCR Health pediatrician explains symptoms, transmission, and what parents should watch for as outbreaks spread

As the warehousing and logistics industry becomes increasingly entrenched in Southern California’s Inland Empire, a bold public history and art project called Live From the Frontline seeks to document — and illuminate — supply-chain communities in flux.

S. Jack Hu was named chancellor of UC Riverside on May 28. Several days later, he traveled to UCR for some faculty, staff, and student visits. The University Relations news & content team spoke with him during his visit; following is a transcript of that conversation. UCR News: You have...

University of California President Michael V. Drake, M.D. announced on Wednesday, May 28 the selection of S. Jack Hu, senior vice president for academic affairs and provost at the University of Georgia, as UC Riverside’s next chancellor. The UC Board of Regents approved the appointment during a special meeting held...

Study shows how turf algae undermine kelp forest recovery

UC Riverside Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox made the following statement about the appointment of James B. Milliken as University of California President: “On behalf of UC Riverside, I welcome James Milliken to the University of California and congratulate him on his selection as president. We are fortunate to have someone...

Gus Argenal has been named head coach of UC Riverside's men's basketball team. He comes to UCR from Cal State San Bernardino, where he won 50 games in two years, and delivered two NCAA Division II Tournament appearances, including a trip to the Division II final four. Argenal replaces Mike...

Ari Shapiro, host of NPR’s All Things Considered, will be the speaker at the 56th Annual Hays Press-Enterprise Lecture. The event is free and open to the public, and will be Monday, April 21, at 6 p.m. in the University Theatre. Those planning to attend are asked to register in...

As the Trump administration reimagines the United States' posture in the three-year-old Russia-Ukraine war, the scholarship of leading imperial Russia scholar and UCR Professor Georg Michels takes on renewed relevance. Michels, a Harvard-trained scholar in Early Modern Russian and Ukrainian History, is currently working on a new book project about...

A sampling of 10 UCR research stories published on our news pages in 2024.

UCR expert Andy Crosby says the polls show swing states divided between Harris and Trump, but within the margin of error.