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Rewind four years ago when most of this graduating class of collegians were seniors in high school and you’ll be reminded of bittersweet Zoom commencement ceremonies where graduates huddled around a screen to not get their diplomas or shake hands with their principals or hug their classmates. Instead, they sat...
The sharks we know today as the open ocean’s top predators evolved from stubby bottom dwellers during a dramatic episode of global warming millions of years ago. A massive outpouring of volcanic lava about 93 million years ago sent carbon dioxide levels soaring, creating a greenhouse climate that pushed ocean...
A NASA catalog featuring 126 exotic, newly discovered worlds includes detailed measurements that allow for comparisons with our own solar system.
To boost college access, UCR’s School of Education is reaching out to Inland Empire middle school students and their families through a Middle School Initiative aimed at helping them get on the right academic track for college. The school is sponsoring an essay contest, sending representatives to eighth-grade promotion ceremony...
If fruit fly wings do not develop into the right shape, the flies will die. UC Riverside researchers have learned how fly embryo cells develop as they need to, opening a window into human development and possible treatments for birth defects.
UC Riverside astrophysicist Stephen Kane had to double check his calculations. He wasn’t sure the planet he was studying could be as extreme as it seemed. He saw a planet in this faraway star system covered with so many active volcanoes that seen from a distance it would take on...
The University of California, Riverside’s class of 2024 will once again commence at one of two locations. Graduating seniors obtaining their M.D., Ph.D., and M.F.A. degrees will celebrate on campus at UC Riverside’s Student Recreation Center, or SRC. All other degrees and credentials will be celebrated off-campus at Toyota Arena...
Funding from San Manuel Band of Mission Indians grants greater medical access to low-income residents
Medium-sized dogs have a higher risk of developing cancer than the very largest or smallest breeds, according to a UC Riverside study.
A UCR professor receives $1.45 million federal grant to further develop a chemical process that takes plant waste from wood processing and farming to make fibers for clothing fabrics and other products.
With three current faculty and one alum, UC Riverside tied for the most fellows among all public universities
In recognition of UC Riverside’s commitment to economic engagement, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, or APLU, has designated UCR as an Innovation & Economic Prosperity, or IEP, university. The national designation acknowledges public research universities that support economic development through innovation and entrepreneurship, technology transfer, talent and workforce...
Scientists at UC Riverside have demonstrated a new, RNA-based vaccine strategy that is effective against any strain of a virus and can be used safely even by babies or the immunocompromised.
UC Riverside study offers an explanation for dark matter distribution in a massive quiescent galaxy
A Highlander’s wish of teaching a R’Course about Disneyland rides comes true
Recent graduates Jacqueline Aguirre De La O and Kathy Chacon are representing UCR, Latina women, and the Inland Empire on their international career journeys.
A fungus devastating frogs and toads on nearly every continent may have an Achilles heel. Scientists have discovered a virus that infects the fungus, and that could be engineered to save the amphibians.
The Governor’s California Volunteers Office awarded the grant to UCR’s College Corps program.
A new study greatly reduces uncertainty in climate change predictions, a move economists say could save the world trillions in adaptations for a hotter future.
UC Riverside will begin construction this summer on a four-story building with a focus on instructional education, which was approved March 20 by the Regents of the University of California. The vote allows the campus to move forward with the Undergraduate Teaching and Learning Facility, a 100,700-square-foot building that will...
