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Narcan

Opiod-overdose 'miracle drug' faces $56M in cuts

The Trump administration has proposed terminating a $56 million annual grant program that distributes naloxone, also known by the brand name Narcan, and trains emergency responders to administer the drug in the case of opioid overdoses. It's believed to have saved hundreds of thousands of lives. We asked two UCR...

By Iqbal Pittalwala and John Warren | May 1, 2025 | Health
The Pyramid of the Moon in Teotihuacán, México on Tuesday, August 29, 2023. (UCR/Stan Lim)

How animals, people, and rituals created Teotihuacán

Discovery of nearly 200 animals remains is among the most abundant mass cases of animal sacrifices found in ancient metropolis.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | January 15, 2025 | Social Science / Education
Substance abuse - alcohol, cigarettes and drugs

UCR medical school develops new curriculum to address substance use crisis

Nearly 6,000 opioid-related overdose deaths occurred in California in 2021, many due to fentanyl, a synthetic opioid. To address the crisis, a team of researchers in the School of Medicine, or SOM, at the University of California, Riverside, plans to develop and implement a curriculum that offers education on substance...

By Iqbal Pittalwala | September 19, 2024 | Health
Complete skeletal remains of a 1,700 year-old spider monkey found in Teotihuacán, Mexico. PHOTO COURTESY OF NAWA SUGIYAMA

1,700-year-old spider monkey remains discovered in Teotihuacán, Mexico

The complete skeletal remains of a spider monkey — seen as an exotic curiosity in pre-Hispanic Mexico — grants researchers new evidence regarding social-political ties between two ancient powerhouses: Teotihuacán and Maya Indigenous rulers. The discovery was made by Nawa Sugiyama, a UC Riverside anthropological archaeologist, and a team of...

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | November 21, 2022 | Social Science / Education
A satellite and lidar image of the Sun Pyramid at Teotihuacan

Modern activities follow the contours of ancient Teotihuacan

Lidar mapping study reveals vast landscape modifications that still influence construction and farming

By Holly Ober | September 20, 2021 | Social Science / Education
An Eastern Cottontail rabbit

Why weren’t New World rabbits domesticated?

Archaeologists find the answer in rabbit social behavior

By Holly Ober | July 21, 2021 | Social Science / Education
Archaeologists sorting artifacts

Monuments that matter

Paper urges archaeologists and historians to work closely with people who are grappling with racism in public monuments

By Holly Ober | April 8, 2021 | Social Science / Education
Polychrome decorations on a Maya ceramic vessel

An ancient Maya ambassador’s bones show a life of privilege and hardship

Ajpach’ Waal forged an alliance between two dynasties but died in obscurity

By Holly Ober | March 15, 2021 | Science / Technology, Social Science / Education

Agreement propels anthropological opportunities for UCR researchers, students in Mexico

Memorandum of understanding strengthens the relationship between UCR’s anthropology department and Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History

By Tess Eyrich | June 6, 2019 | Social Science / Education, Arts / Culture

Anthropologist plots new use for motion-capture technology

UCR bioarchaeologist Sara Becker plans to use the cutting-edge technique to document traditional labors of indigenous Andean people

By Tess Eyrich | May 30, 2018 | Social Science / Education

UCR Ph.D. student curates Riverside Art Museum Exhibition

Running Feb. 3 through Dec. 30, 2018, the show features a selection of Mesoamerican artifacts on public display for the very first time

By Tess Eyrich | January 4, 2018 | Students
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