UC Riverside cancer, coronavirus researcher gets endowed chair, thanks to $1 million gift

Physicist Adam Godzik, newly named the Bruce D. and Nancy B. Varner Presidential Endowed Chair in Cancer Research, will use his award to fund his research into genetic methods of fighting cancer and COVID-19.
The Press Enterprise | August 27, 2020

The surprising upsides of worrying

Health psychologist Kate Sweeny on the benefits of certain kinds of worrying. 
BBC | August 26, 2020

Rolling blackouts: Does Southern California's renewable energy use make the region a victim of its own success?

Sadrul Ula, director of UC Riverside's Winston Chung Global Energy Center, discusses the challenges of filling California's energy needs during a heat wave. 
ABC7 Eyewitness News | August 22, 2020

Make Room! Worlds May Crowd Some Habitable Zones

Astrobiologist Stephen Kane talks about his new research, showing there's room for as many as 6 habitable zone planets around some stars, and explains why, then, Earth is on its own.
Planetary Society | August 19, 2020

Can Anything Cure the Pandemic of Waiting and Worrying?

UC Riverside psychologist Kate Sweeny writes on the benefits of "flow" in alleviating the worry associated with periods of uncertain waiting, highlighted by the current pandemic.
ZoCalo Public Square | August 17, 2020

The New Pandemic Hobby: Gazing at the Stars

UC Riverside's Department of Physics and Astronomy offers a way to peek at distant galaxies from home, one of several ways to take a virtual look into the night sky. 
The Wall Street Journal | August 15, 2020

Harris' Indian Heritage Could Boost Biden With Asian-American Voters

Political science professor Karthick Ramakrishnan weighs in on whether Kamala Harris might sway a crucial group of voters in the presidential election. 
The New York Times | August 13, 2020

Trump is threatening to ban another Chinese app — one used, partly, by his base

Karthick Ramakrishnan, public policy professor, weighs in on how an American ban on WeChat might affect national politics. 
Yahoo News | August 10, 2020

Everyone Deserves a Safe Option for Fall

Interim Provost Tom Smith makes the argument to the higher education community for allowing safety to lead the discussion on returning to campus in the midst of the pandemic. 
Inside Higher Ed | August 7, 2020

US schools reopen in virus hotspots

UC Riverside epidemiologist Brandon Brown comments on the need for students to speak up if they feel practices at their school are not safe. 
Yahoo News | August 7, 2020

Cutting-Edge Research Shows How Hair Dulls Razor Blades

UC Riverside materials scientist Suveen Mathaudhu offers his reaction to new research about how hair wears down shaving blades. 
Wisconsin Public Radio | August 6, 2020

Cutting-Edge Research Shows How Hair Dulls Razor Blades

Materials scientist Suveen Mathaudhu weighs in on the cumulative effect of hair on shaving blades. 
National Public Radio | August 6, 2020

Solar Systems Without Gas Giants Likely To Harbor Multiple Earths

Solar systems without Jupiter-like planets may be rife with multiple habitable planets, according to UC Riverside astrobiologist Stephen Kane, in a new Astronomical Journal paper.
Forbes | August 1, 2020

How the Australian Finger Lime Could Save American Citrus

UC Riverside geneticist Hailing Jin's discovery of a peptide in an obscure Australian fruit has the potential to prevent and treat a disease that destroys citrus trees. 
Smithsonian Magazine | July 31, 2020

Other solar systems could cram in as many as seven Earth-like planets

We might want to blame Jupiter for the lack of other habitable planets around our own sun, according to a new study led by UC Riverside astrobiologist Stephen Kane. 
CNET | July 31, 2020

How California’s COVID-19 Surge Widens Health Inequalities for Black, Latino and Low-income Residents

Andrea Polonijo, medical sociologist, discusses how low-income, Black and Latino Californians are dying from COVID-19 at higher rates than high-income and non-Latino whites – and how analyses suggest these gaps are widening.
US News and World Report | July 31, 2020

Solar systems could have a large number of planets that are home to alien life, study finds

Surprising findings about life in outer space from a study led by UC Riverside astrobiologist Stephen Kane.
Yahoo News | July 31, 2020

Children May Carry Coronavirus at High Levels, Study Finds

UC Riverside virologist Juliet Morrison helps make sense out of testing data concerning kids and COVID-19.
New York Times | July 30, 2020

Ag officials in multiple states issues warning about unsolicited shipments of foreign seeds

People around the country have been receiving mysterious packets of seeds in the mail. Plant physiologist Milt McGiffen explains why it's a bad idea to put these seeds in the ground. 
Fox 11 Los Angeles | July 29, 2020

One world, one people: Study finds we’re all much more alike than different

In the most far-reaching study of its kind, UC Riverside's Daniel Lee discusses teaming with researchers from 62 countries to prove that people experience everyday situations more similarly than previously thought. 
Ladders News | July 29, 2020