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Jalondra Davis, UC Riverside’s mermaid expert. (UCR/Stan Lim)

Black mermaids, history, and spirituality

Jalondra Davis, UC Riverside’s mermaid expert, speaks on the upcoming film “The Little Mermaid,” Black mermaid lore, and the historical components of this sea goddess.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | May 8, 2023 | Arts / Culture
"Raft" cover.

Stu Krieger publishes new book, ‘Raft’

It’s a laugh-out-loud fictional novel about a family with a patriarch that suddenly woke up in the body of a penguin.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | April 25, 2023 | Arts / Culture
LA Times Festival of Books logo 2023

UC Riverside faculty and alumni at this year’s LA Times Festival of Books

This year’s Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, the annual literary event in Los Angeles, includes a stellar lineup of UC Riverside authors. UCR faculty and alumni will be participating in this literary festival, which takes place at the University of Southern California April 22-23. More than 500 authors, poets...

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | April 21, 2023 | Arts / Culture
Drinking alcohol while breastfeeding

Boozing while breastfeeding impacts health of newborns

Studies have shown that consuming alcohol during pregnancy can alter the brain and behavioral development of gestating offspring. Currently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises against maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy and state that there is no known safe level of consumption. What are the consequences, however, of...

By Iqbal Pittalwala | April 19, 2023 | Health
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Older adults may achieve same cognition as undergrads

A set of recent studies demonstrates for the first time that learning multiple new tasks carries benefits for cognition long after the learning has been completed. The finding affirms a long-held assertion of the lead researcher, Rachel Wu, who is an associate professor of psychology at UC Riverside. That is...

By John Warren | April 18, 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 Martínez | April 17, 2023 | University
Simon Tam- group photo of The Slants band. (Photo courtesy of Simon Tam)

Free concert launches Dean’s Speaker Series at UC Riverside 

Among other events, the series features Simon Tam, an author, musician, and activist who won a landmark Supreme Court case in 2017.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | April 13, 2023 | University
Ethan Castro, co-founder and CTE of EDGE Sound Research, works in his Riverside lab on Thursday, February 2, 2023. (UCR/Stan Lim)

Why the NBA is seeking technology built by UCR students and alumni

EDGE Sound Research, co-founded by a student and an alum, was one of seven companies from around the world selected for the NBA Launchpad program.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | March 21, 2023 | Arts / Culture
Kathryn Poindexter-Akers looks at the wall layout at the California Museum of Photography on March 7, 2023. (UCR/Sandra Baltazar Martínez)

California Museum of Photography turns 50

The California Museum of Photography has been documenting history, art, and community for 50 years. Its collection of cameras, photographs, and art will be on display at “ CMP at 50,” a five-month celebration that kicks off Saturday, March 18, 2023. The anniversary reception is set for April 15, 6...

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | March 13, 2023 | Arts / Culture
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 Martínez | March 9, 2023 | Social Science / Education
The US Capitol building

A Highlander DREAMer's dilemma

Gabriela Martinez is nervous about her trip to Washington D.C. Not because she’s going to be in the same building as the President of the United States. Nah, it isn't that. She’s nervous because this trip to the 2023 State of the Union, or SOTU, is the same week as...

By Malinn Loeung | March 8, 2023 | Students, University, Social Science / Education
Brandon Andrew Robinson, an associate professor with UC Riverside’s Gender and Sexuality Department analyzed over 200 online Reddit discussion posts during a three-month period that revealed the complexities surrounding relationships: love, sexuality, attraction, and gender norms. (UCR/Photo illustration by Victor Perry)

Study examines straight men and their sexual attraction to transgender women

An analysis of online Reddit conversations also revealed a paradox: the same men devalue both trans and cisgender women.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | March 8, 2023 | Social Science / Education
Celebrity and fans

Celebrity sightings have a built-in contradiction

UC Riverside research helps explain a tradeoff in human behavior

By Iqbal Pittalwala | March 8, 2023 | Social Science / Education
UCR Orchestra (UCR/Delmy Castillo)

UCR Orchestra honors Black History Month with concerts this weekend 

Performances also include Pedro Rubio, a Spanish virtuoso clarinetist conducting research at UCR.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | February 23, 2023 | Arts / Culture
KD Ganaway, Untitled self-portrait, 1929. Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, William Harmon boxes 

KD Ganaway exhibition coming to the California Museum of Photography

UCR’s California Museum of Photography will showcase the work of King Daniel (KD) Ganaway, one of the earliest Black photographers in the U.S. The exhibition runs Feb. 25 - Aug. 6.

By UCR News | February 21, 2023 | Arts / Culture
Primera Generación Dance Collective performing "Nepantla" at The Odyssey. (Photo by Bobby Gordon)

Primera Generación Dance Collective to perform on Saturday 

The group, founded by UCR alumni, also brings in UCR, RCC, and A.B. Miller High School dancers. The event is free and open to the public.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | February 16, 2023 | Arts / Culture
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 Martínez | February 13, 2023 | Social Science / Education
Silver Surfer: Ghost Light 1-Dr. Solomon (Marvel)

Ghost Light, Marvel’s new cosmic hero, is Black

The once human character is now a superhero, envisioned by UCR professor John Jennings.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | February 2, 2023 | Arts / Culture
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 Martínez | January 25, 2023 | Social Science / Education
Robot hand on keyboard

Is ChatGPT a threat to education?

UC Riverside experts share thoughts on the AI-powered language model that understands and responds to natural language

By Iqbal Pittalwala | January 24, 2023 | Science / Technology
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