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For fast access to experts, TEXT or call the 24-hour-experts hotline at 951-312-3049, or email news@ucr.edu Huanglongbing/citrus greening Jim Adaskaveg: Professor of plant pathology. Disease of tree crops grown in California; biology; epidemiology; ecology of plant pathogenic fungi; mycology; ultra-structure of host-pathogen relationships; biology of wood decay fungi; biological and...

For fast access to experts, TEXT or call the 24-hour-experts hotline at 951-312-3049, or email news@ucr.edu Trade Jana Grittersova: Associate professor of political science. Sources of government reputation in international markets, international banking, the effects of interest groups on the credibility of international monetary and financial commitments, the role of...

For fast access to experts, TEXT or call the 24-hour-experts hotline at 951-312-3049, or email news@ucr.edu The environment and climate change Robert J. Allen, associate professor of earth sciences Professor Allen can speak to climate change modeling and the impact of climate change on precipitation. Allen’s expertise includes forecasting precipitation...

For fast access to experts, TEXT or call the 24-hour-experts hotline at 951-312-3049, or email news@ucr.edu Gun violence and gun policy Steven Clark, Emeritus professor of psychology Clark has done extensive research on eyewitness memory and identification and has consulted with law enforcement and defense and prosecuting attorneys. Serves on...

For fast access to experts, TEXT or call the 24-hour-experts hotline at 951-312-3049, or email news@ucr.edu Black culture, Black diaspora Keith M. Harris: Associate professor of English and media and cultural studies. Black cinema, Black actors, Black filmmakers. Race and gender in popular culture, Black masculinity in film and culture...

For fast access to experts, TEXT or call the 24-hour-experts hotline at 951-312-3049, or email news@ucr.edu Gender and sexuality Jennifer Doyle: Professor of English. Paranoia and harassment in the workplace. Curator of “The Tip of Her Tongue,” a feminist performance art series presented by The Broad Museum in Los Angeles...

The University of California, Riverside announced today a $3.5 million donation from Givaudan to support UCR’s Citrus Variety Collection. The gift will help protect one of world’s most extensive citrus diversity collections from the impending threat of citrus greening disease, also known as Huanglongbing, or HLB. The gift will pay...

TOPICS CLIMATE CHANGE, AIR QUALITY, GREEN ENERGY, SUSTAINABILITY NATURAL DISASTERS HEALTH PHYSICS LGBT, GENDER AND SEXUALITY MIDDLE EAST AND MUSLIMS IMMIGRATION TERRORISM INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS/ INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS MEDIA AND CULTURE CLIMATE CHANGE, AIR QUALITY, GREEN ENERGY, SUSTAINABILITY Kawai Tam: Lecturer with security of employment, chemical and environmental engineering. Undergraduate education; mentoring...

How does climate change affect California’s mountain lakes? A team of researchers, including UCR’s James O. Sickman, a professor of hydrology, and Kevin Skeen, a research technician, has published a study in Limnology and Oceanography Letters showing that spring snowpack best predicts summer warming in small Sierra Nevada lakes. Examining...

Partnership addresses long-term healthcare needs of Coachella Valley

Slow earthquake deep in Southern California's San Jacinto Fault is expected to increase stress closer to the earth’s surface

Preparation and good timing related to 2014 South Napa earthquake help researchers understand relationship between geology and fault behavior

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UC Riverside criminologist finds that decline in alcohol consumption is most responsible for decreasing crime rate