Fire ecologist Rich Minnich believes California may be doing more harm than good by battling fires. Allowing more vegetation to grow provides fuel for future fires, but if we let vegetation burn naturally, he predicts we will see a future with smaller, less destructive fires.
Public policy professor Rich Carpiano believes Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva is taking a counterproductive stance on requiring vaccinations for deputies.
UCR public-health scientist Richard M. Carpiano studies vaccine hesitancy and believes this year, the holidays are providing an opportunity for people to set parameters around who they'll allow into their home.
Excelencia in Education named UC Riverside as one of 10 institutions nationwide whose mentoring, financial, academic and internship programs are helping Hispanic students succeed.
Entomologists Boris and Barbara Baer, and UCR's Center for Integrated Bee Research, are featured in this special on the importance of bees, and how to save them.
Research from Patrick Adler at the School of Business Center for Economic Forecasting and Development, shows that access to talent, airport connections and metropolitan-area size are the best determinants of where large companies locate their headquarters.
Myisha Cherry, assistant professor of philosophy and author of the forthcoming book The Case for Rage: Why Anger Is Essential to Anti-racist Struggle, explains how anger channeled into action can help fight injustice.
Joseph Kahne, professor of education and co-director of the Civic Engagement Research Group, worries that vitriolic political rhetoric and threatening behavior at school board meetings across the country are posing a serious threat to democracy.
Jennifer Hung, assistant director of counseling and psychological services, talks about helping students manage their anxiety about coming back to campus.
Courtney R. Baker, associate English professor, discusses the role that visual imagery has played in motivating white people to act against injustice toward Black people.
Katayoon Dehesh, a molecular biochemist and coauthor of an overview of plant organelle signaling in the Annual Review of Plant Biology, talks about the importance of chloroplasts and related plastids to most forms of life.
“Workers are exhausted, and they’re working very physical jobs,” said Ellen Reese, chair of labor studies at UCR. “Add in the long hours and quick pace of the holiday season, and that can lead to a lot of additional risks.”
Marko Princevac, interim vice provost of international affairs, and David Lloyd, distinguished professor of English, explain why this campaign is more than a humanitarian effort — it’s about promoting academic freedom.
Nigel Hughes, paleontologist and trilobite expert, talks about the difficulty of trying to learn about the function of ancient animals' body parts through fossils.
Richard Carpiano, a UCR public health scientist and sociologist, believes the "silent majority" of Americans who are pro-vaccine and want the pandemic to end will prevail over the vocal minority who refuse to wear masks or get vaccines.
While sadness can increase feelings of “economic impatience” — the desire for a smaller cash award now over a larger one in the future — gratitude has the opposite effect, helping people to delay gratification, according to a 2014 study including researchers from Northeastern University, Harvard and UCR.
Botany professor Meng Chen lead research that discovered a genetic switch to manipulate plant response to environmental conditions including light and temperature.
Jade Sasser, associate professor of gender & sexuality studies, has a discussion about how personal experiences with climate change has impacted her family planning decisions as well as her research.