UC Riverside has been recognized as a “leading research university” by the prestigious Association of American Universities, which has invited UCR to become a member.
Jasmine Lucero López, an undergraduate honors student in UCR's Department of Psychology, led a team of researchers who designed a groundbreaking solution for older people living with HIV who are experiencing heightened isolation. The team created a virtual village, an online space that helps alleviate negative effects of social isolation.
UC Riverside researchers Yulie Me and Josen Jin have identified soil bacteria able to break down some PFAS chemicals, known as “forever chemicals” because they take decades to degrade naturally.
Jalondra Davis, assistant professor of English at UCR, says that although mermaids are mythological creatures, their African origins are real. Part of Davis’ research situates the origin of Black mermaids during a time period when Africans were violently transported across the ocean to North America and the Caribbean.
Claire Thomas Federici, a University of California, Riverside botanist, says the "worms" seen falling from trees in India recently are actually the catkins, or flower spikes, from a species of poplar tree that grows in the region.
UCR astrophysicist Stephen Kane helped find an Earth-sized planet about 90 light-years away. Half this planet is locked in permanent daytime, the other half in permanent night, and it is likely covered in active volcanoes. Although volcanoes sound like an impediment to water and potential life, it may actually help the planet maintain an atmosphere.
Jalondra Davis, an assistant professor of English at UCR and "mermaid expert," says the upcoming remake of The Little Mermaid starring Halle Bailey "matters for little black girls who can see themselves on the screen."
When it comes to driving and other daily tasks that involve physical activity, older adults are more likely to get distracted than younger people, according to a new study led by UCR's Lilian Azer, a psychology graduate student.
From pinyon pines to ocotillos, plants in the Sonoran Desert are shifting where they grow in response to climate change, and many of the plants aren’t thriving in their new ranges, according to a new study led by UCR doctoral candidate in evolution and ecology, Tesa Madsen-Hepp.
Deysi Mojica overcame her high school’s lack of resources to help undocumented students like herself apply to college, and UCR offered her a financial aid package that would make her college dream possible. But her aid package was held up because a signature was missing from one of her application forms.
While co-owning a real estate company, UCR's Mike Magpayo had little thought he would one day break barriers and become the first Asian-American D-1 Men's Basketball Coach. Now, he's got a winning record & a new contract extension as he looks to pave the way for others.
Researchers have, for the first time, decoded the genome of the tick-borne disease babesiosis disease in high quality. This should lead to enormous developments in drug therapy, prophylaxis, but also in diagnosis. The research was led by Karine Le Roch, a professor of molecular, cell and systems biology at UCR, and Choukri Ben Mamoun, a professor of medicine at Yale University.
Deer ticks are commonly infected with both of the pathogens that cause Lyme disease and babesiosis, which means co-infection in humans is also common, according to Karine Le Roch, the director of the Center for Infectious Disease and Vector Research at UCR.
UCR geology professor Mary Droser's pioneering work in the Australian Outback has helped establish a new national park there, where visitors can see fossilized remains of Earth's oldest animals.