Benjamin Newman, an associate professor of public policy and political science, explains that wealthy people justify their class status and assuage their guilt over it by rationalizing that other people could attain what they have, too, if others were to work hard enough.
Daria Pidhorodetska, a doctoral student in UC Riverside’s Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, led research that shows the soon-to-launch James Webb Space Telescope will be able to show scientists whether Earth-sized planets in our ‘solar neighbourhood’ have the necessary atmosphere to support life.
Juan Pablo Giraldo, an associate professor of Botany and Plant Sciences, is leading a project attempting to grow protection against viruses like COVID-19 by creating edible forms of the shot.
Entomologist Erin Wilson-Rankin helped discover that hummingbirds, contrary to previously held belief, have an active sense of smell that helps them avoid harm.
Anthropological archaeologist Nawa Sugiyama led a team that used LIDAR ("light" and "radar") scanning to reveal the contours of the ancient city Teotihuacan – much of it now built over and hidden from view.
A team of researchers led by anthropologist Nawa Sugiyama are using aerial scanning technology to study Teotihuacán, the sprawling ancient city built over a thousand years before the Aztecs’s arrival in Mexico whose construction remains a mystery.
Ellen Reese, chair of the labor studies program, has co-edited books about Amazon culture. After interviewing 82 of their warehouse workers, she found many were very concerned with the work rates and felt they often had to corners around safety.
In an article about women in their 40s and beyond mastering new skills, UCR psychology researcher Rachel Wu is quoted related to her studies on adult cognitive growth.
Ellen Reese, sociology professor and chair of labor studies, discusses AB 701, which would require companies operating warehouses in California to disclose productivity quotas and tracking information to employees and government agencies.
Karthick Ramakrishnan, a professor of political science, said Asian Americans saw big turnouts in 2018 and 2020, especially among the younger voters. That could continue and be a good sign for Newsom since the population as a whole traditionally leans Democrat.
Karthick Ramakrishnan, a professor of public policy, said an emerging pattern of writing off elections as fraudulent is not a healthy sign for democracy.
Ellen Reese, chair of labor studies, discusses the potential impact of a state law that would require Amazon to disclose any quotas it applies to workers, which would allow regulators to assess whether its employees have sufficient time for breaks, or if performance goals are affecting the health and safety of workers in other ways.
On the 20th anniversary of 9/11, novelist and UCR Creative Writing professor Laila Lalami urges us to not only remember 9/11, but also the long-lasting effects of the government's response.
Entomologist Erin Wilson Rankin finds, contrary to previously held scientific belief, that hummingbirds have a sense of smell, and they use it to stay away from potentially dangerous insects.