Dividing the future into “semesters” — traditionally 15 to 17 weeks long at American colleges — can help people plan incremental objectives in service of a larger goal, according to Rachel Wu, an associate UCR professor of psychology. It can also help older people feel younger by remembering their college years.
Story features UCR botanists Mary Lu Arpaia and Eric Focht’s newly released Luna UCR avocado breed, which boasts a “sweet, sort of floral characteristic.”
While past studies have linked fracking to earthquakes, UCR seismologist Abhi Ghosh and his colleagues now say the drilling method is also a source of even small seismic tremors.
Richard Rodríguez, a UCR professor of English, writes about post-punk music and why despite some thoughts to the contrary, the music does not erase but enhances Latinx fans' identities.
Lynn Sweet, UCR research ecologist, joins the Air Talk show to discuss how wildfires increasing in frequency and severity are threatening native plants, including Joshua trees.
The Luna, a new avocado breed developed by UCR agricultural scientists Mary Lu Arpaia and Eric Focht, features a rind that turns a tell-tale black when ripe.
Karthick Ramakrishnan, founder and director of AAPI Data, a policy research center at UCR, says that people coming from more authoritarian regimes left for a reason, and that it is therefore not surprising they may hold negative views of their countries of origin.
The model with which large employers like Amazon subcontract work to other companies is becoming increasingly common, said Ellen Reese, chair of the labor studies program at UCR Riverside. Under this structure, Reese said, it becomes more difficult for workers to exercise their rights and bargain collectively with their employers.
After a half-century of breeding and development, UCR has released the Luna avocado. Mary Lu Arpaia, a UC Cooperative Extension horticulturist based at UC Riverside and a co-inventor of the Luna UCR said the fruit has very good storage quality, and it ripens very well.
Susan Straight, a novelist and distinguished professor of creative writing at UCR, reflects on the ways botanical garden intertwine with her family’s memories.
The environmental impact of large, power-hungry AIs could be reduced by better distributing the demands to different locations, according to Shaolei Ren, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering.
Alfonso Gonzales Toribio, ethnic studies professor and director of UCR's Latino and Latin American Studies Research Center, comments on the Avocado Heights activists who are mobilizing their equestrian community to fight expansion and preserve their rural way of life.
UCR psychology professor Sonja Lyubomirsky outlines the three buckets that tend to be linked to happiness in this article about making the most of your time off.
UCR professors Erin Wilson Rankin, Quinn McFrederick, Nicole Rafferty, and Hollis Woodard helped establish the Entomology Teaching Garden, which students will use for training and research.
Uma Mazyck Jayakumar, an associate professor in the UCR School of Education, writes about the future of college admissions in light of the Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action.