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‘She Kills Monsters’ will feature ‘old school theatre magic’
COVID-19 has forced the theater team to be more resourceful while producing a virtual show from home.
Writers Week to honor three U.S. poet laureates
Rita Dove, Joy Harjo, and Juan Felipe Herrera will each receive lifetime achievement awards during a special event Feb. 19.
Scientists solve long-standing mystery by a whisker
UC Riverside mouse study shows where in the brain sensory input is transformed to movement
UC Riverside’s 44th-annual Writers Week goes virtual
California’s longest-running free literary festival is now accessible to audiences worldwide
Virtual program links students around the globe
UC Riverside’s International Affairs shifted into a nearly 24/7 operation earlier this year, especially in its efforts to recruit new international students. The team spent thousands of hours redesigning programs for virtual platforms — all made accessible to students in the United States and around the world. One such new...
‘Marvel’s 616’ Disney+ TV show features UCR graphic novelist John Jennings
Jennings discusses the importance of representation in comics in the new documentary series debuting Nov. 20
“I just don’t think shelters work”
Institutions, not only family rejection, underlie LGBTQ youth homelessness
Too much hype, too soon?
The news arrived Monday that the world has been awaiting since spring: a vaccine has been developed that shows a high degree of efficacy in late-stage trials: 90%. That puts it in the company of effective vaccines such as for measles, and well beyond what the medical community hoped for...
‘The Cost of Free Shipping’ lifts curtain on Amazon
A new book alleges worker exploitation at Amazon, and shows how communities are resisting it
Gender insecurity prompts women MMA fighters to date hypermasculine men
Challenging gender norms in sport can lead to overdoing them in intimate relationships
Experiencing police violence worsens mental health in distinct ways
Unique effects of police violence create a public health crisis for communities most affected
Grant facilitates research on behavioral development and cognitive aging over lifespan
UC Riverside psychologist Chandra Reynolds will lead the five-year research project
Can ethics classes actually influence students’ moral behavior?
Philosophers and ethicists have never had scientific proof that university ethics classes affect student moral behavior — until now. A research team led by a philosopher at the University of California, Riverside, has conducted the first controlled study aiming to discover whether such a correlation exists using direct observational data...
Queer lessons for straight couples
Book shows how heterosexuals can learn from LGBT people to have better relationships
Pandemic gun-buying binge crosses party lines
A fear for health and safety has driven a record number of American gun sales
Diversifying the sciences
UC Riverside’s Khaleel Razak and Frances Sladek receive grants from the University of California-Hispanic Serving Institutions Doctoral Diversity Initiative
Want to save shelter animals? Fight for social justice
Humane communities would endorse animal-friendly affordable housing, living wages, and recognize the importance of human-animal bonds
Faculty member pens book to help researchers work ‘Online, Offline, and In Between’
Work includes field notes and observations of in-person and virtual research.
Genetic background may affect adaptions to aging
UC Riverside-led study evaluated individual differences in DNA methylation across 10 years in two Scandinavian samples of same‐sex aging twins
Good fence libraries make good neighbors
UCR author Susan Straight’s fence library continues to serve a Riverside community disproportionately affected by the coronavirus