University of California Riverside microbiologist Michael Allen did an experiment with gophers after Mt. St. Helens blew in 1980. The creatures spent one day on ground destroyed by the eruption, and 40 years later, the recovery they initiated was still detectable.
Bob Allen, UCR climatology professor, is lead author on a study showing replanting lost trees can cool the planet more than scientists previously realized. However, it can't totally offset warming from human emissions.
Alfonso Gonzales Toribio, an ethnic studies professor at UCR, who has written about Latino immigrant rights movements, said that right now, immigrants are motivated by pride to wave flags from their homeland at protests.
S. Jack Hu, a senior vice president for academic affairs and provost at the University of Georgia, takes the helm at UC Riverside in July. He has deep experience in leading research enterprises and guiding outreach to students from rural and low-income communities.
The California Digital Newspaper Collection may go dark due to budget cuts. Housed at the Center for Bibliographical Studies and Research on UCR's campus, the digital archive provides access to more than 16 million newspaper pages, covering over 100 years of California history. It is the single most comprehensive digital archive of the state’s press since 1846.
Distinguished Professor of Sociology Steven Brint addresses the Trump administration’s attack on Harvard University in this Chronicle of Higher Education essay.
UCR astrophysicist Stephen Kane discusses the likely impact that preliminary budget cuts proposed by the Trump Administration would have on NASA’s twin missions to Venus, as well as on the global influence currently enjoyed by NASA scientists.
UCR astrobiologist Eddie Schwieterman says that although there are hints of life on another planet, people should not rush to conclude the findings are a sure sign. He also thinks it would not be surprising "if the signal went away" when other groups reanalyzed the data.
UCR Chancellor Kim Wilcox shared with Heraldo USA his perspectives on the potential for collaboration between Mexico and the USA to address challenges in the environment, trade, transportation, and education. The interview is in English.
Smithsonian features the work of UCR planetary astrophysicist Stephen Kane, who is using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most definitely don’t.