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.

Grads and jobs: It pays to stay local
A UCR report finds more than 80% of graduates start their careers in California.

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...

The mantis shrimp’s perfect shield
How it’s inspiring a new class of lightweight, impact-resistant materials

Fiber-optic probe can see molecular bonds
Pointing the new nanoscopy tool like a Harry Potter wand reveals a high-resolution image of molecules

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

‘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

A ‘pivotal time in their lives’
Nearly 6,000 students are eligible to graduate this year, with ceremonies running from May 31- June 17.

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

Astronauts might soon grow SPACE tomatoes
Grant to UC Riverside could help put tiny tomato plants on the International Space Station

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

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...

Seeing through food and drug fakes and frauds
“Chronoprints” can identify a sample from a video taken as it reacts to disturbance

Magnonic devices can replace electronics without much noise
Magnonic devices of the future could use low power to avoid performance losses

Machines whisper our secrets
Spies can learn what a machine is making from the sounds it makes