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Three UCR students received the 2019 Goldwater Scholarship

Three students receive Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships

Another seven students also received prestigious honors.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | July 3, 2019 | Students

For UC Riverside Bioengineering Professor Immune System Research was Personal

Dimitrios Morikis, UC Riverside Professor of Bioengineering, passed away May 27, 2019. Professor Morikis is well known for his work in immunophysics and immunoengineering, where he used physics and engineering approaches to understand molecular mechanisms of immunology, develop disease models, and design new drugs and molecular sensors for autoimmune and...

By | July 3, 2019 | Science / Technology
Collage of three UCR 2019 graduates heading to the workforce.

Grads and jobs: It pays to stay local

A UCR report finds more than 80% of graduates start their careers in California.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | June 19, 2019 | Students
Student graduation 2019

UC Riverside enrolls second-highest rate of first-generation freshmen in UC system   

A systemwide initiative was launched in 2016 to increase support for these students.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | June 19, 2019 | Students

UCR mechanical engineering professor receives award to quantify roadside pollutants

Near-road air quality continues to be an important issue for transportation agencies. Invisible plumes of dirty air from cars and trucks on roadways spread to surrounding neighborhoods increasing residents’ risk of cancer, asthma, heart disease, and other illnesses. Researchers have found that roadside barriers such as sound walls can provide...

By | June 17, 2019 | Science / Technology
mantis shrimp fighting and using the telson as a shield

The mantis shrimp’s perfect shield

How it’s inspiring a new class of lightweight, impact-resistant materials

By Holly Ober | June 10, 2019 | Science / Technology

Fiber-optic probe can see molecular bonds

Pointing the new nanoscopy tool like a Harry Potter wand reveals a high-resolution image of molecules

By Holly Ober | June 7, 2019 | Science / Technology
Chiamaka Offorjebe

‘A closed mouth doesn’t get fed’

This future PepsiCo associate was raised without her parents since the age of 9. Her resiliency transformed into grit

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | May 28, 2019 | Students
Commencement 2019 group image2

A ‘pivotal time in their lives’

Nearly 6,000 students are eligible to graduate this year, with ceremonies running from May 31- June 17.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | May 28, 2019 | Students
Andrea Cruz Castillo with her children

Engineering her family's future

Andrea Cruz Castillo pushed through self-doubt and maternal guilt to launch a career in data administration and database management

By Holly Ober | May 28, 2019 | Students
Laboratory experiment creating superfog from smoke and cool air

Seeing inside superfog

High humidity and plant moisture combine with cold air and smoke from burning vegetation to form particularly dense fog, but researchers can’t predict when

By Holly Ober | May 22, 2019 | Science / Technology
SOLAIR team wins third prize

Sustainable laundry dryer lands third in design competition

The solar thermal technology directs heated air from the attic into a closet where wet clothes are hanging

By Holly Ober | April 25, 2019 | Students, Science / Technology
International Space Station

Astronauts might soon grow SPACE tomatoes

Grant to UC Riverside could help put tiny tomato plants on the International Space Station

By Holly Ober | April 25, 2019 | Science / Technology
lab-girl

New degree fills a gap in biotechnology labor force

The Professional Science Master’s Degree in Industrial Biotechnology prepares students for the most in-demand, highly skilled jobs

By Holly Ober | April 16, 2019 | Science / Technology
Fatemah Alharbi at work

This computer scientist beats hackers at their own game

Fatemah Alharbi discovered a serious security flaw, earning thanks from Apple

By Holly Ober | April 3, 2019 | Students, Science / Technology

An interview with a UCR Engineering parent, Bert Poole

Bert Poole served as a guest judge for Citrus Hack at the Bourns College of Engineering. Citrus Hack is a 36-hour, student organized hackathon in which student participants create an entire computer science and engineering project from scratch and present it to a panel of judges. Mr. Poole is also...

By | March 25, 2019 | Science / Technology
Chronoprint 75% cough syrup

Seeing through food and drug fakes and frauds

“Chronoprints” can identify a sample from a video taken as it reacts to disturbance

By Holly Ober | March 18, 2019 | Science / Technology
Ferromagnetic magnon Credit: Jens Böning on Wikimedia Commons

Magnonic devices can replace electronics without much noise

Magnonic devices of the future could use low power to avoid performance losses

By Holly Ober | March 4, 2019 | Science / Technology
Base pairs of DNA fold themselves up into a spiral. Credit: Darryl Leja and Ernesto Del Aguila III, NHGRI

Machines whisper our secrets

Spies can learn what a machine is making from the sounds it makes

By Holly Ober | February 22, 2019 | Science / Technology
Houses in a subdivision

Does the presence of colleges and hospitals increase home prices?

The institution’s size and the ZIP code’s population can have positive and negative effects

By Holly Ober | February 7, 2019 | Science / Technology, Business
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