
Professor’s own body becomes physiology lab during pandemic
Just call him Professor Guinea Pig. Adapting to remote learning this quarter, Professor Rich Cardullo is performing all the experiments for his human physiology laboratory course — on himself. Picture a video in which your professor puts electrodes on his thighs and has a teaching assistant hit his knees, so...

How the coronavirus could be prevented from invading a host cell
UC Riverside-led study shows inhibiting two host cell proteases can accomplish the task

UCR ARTS goes virtual
Experience 360-degree exhibition tours, artist interviews, hands-on activities, and more from the comfort of home

Scientists to study how lungs respond to worm infections
Research supported by five-year NIH grant may have relevance for COVID-19 patients

Policymakers are short shrifting the creative economy
COVID-19 health mandates disproportionally affect arts and culture businesses

COVID-19 highlights what we have yet to learn about lung mechanics
UC Riverside engineer is working on ways to pre-screen patients with difficulty breathing for earlier intervention

How does soap kill the coronavirus?
UC Riverside biomedical scientist Marcus Kaul explains

Sterilizing surgical masks for safer reuse
UC Riverside engineers are developing low-temperature plasma technology to sterilize masks

New economic outlook optimistic but warns of ‘wild cards’ that could send things spiraling
A second outbreak will have even worse damage

Quarantine Reads
Nineteen UCR authors offer their top picks for books to read while sheltering in place

University lends a hand by lending doctors a bed
The top floor of the UC Riverside Extension building has a new and esteemed set of occupants: doctors and other health care workers on the front lines of the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. About two weeks ago, the university received two requests to provide healthcare workers with alternative housing...