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Advancing antiferromagnetic spintronics for next-gen memory and computing

UC Riverside receives $4M from UC National Laboratory Fees Research Program

By Iqbal Pittalwala | March 12, 2025 | Science / Technology
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UCR psychology researchers part of $4.7 million grant

UC Riverside psychology researchers Kate Sweeny and Elizabeth Davis are among the recipients of a $4.7 million grant from the Templeton Religion Trust. The grant will be used to advance research on patience, with a focus on what can be learned from parents of adolescents who face unique forms of...

By John Warren | March 10, 2025 | Social Science / Education
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Enhancing mosquito repellent effectiveness

Two NIH grants to UC Riverside support a machine learning approach to identify insect repellents

By Iqbal Pittalwala | March 5, 2025 | Science / Technology
Anopheles mosquito

Uncovering key molecular factors behind malaria’s deadliest strain

NIH grant will allow UC Riverside-led team to focus on long non-coding RNAs in Plasmodium falciparum

By Iqbal Pittalwala | December 20, 2024 | Science / Technology, Health
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UCR awarded $1.5M for sustainable agriculture initiatives

Three interrelated projects have been funded by the California Department of Food and Agriculture

By Iqbal Pittalwala | October 25, 2024 | Science / Technology
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
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How does traumatic brain injury progress to Alzheimer’s disease?

An NIH grant to UC Riverside and Indiana University will explore the question

By Iqbal Pittalwala | August 8, 2024 | Health

Prestigious NIH award will advance brain research at UCR

Viji Santhakumar is the first recipient on campus of the Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award

By Iqbal Pittalwala | July 29, 2024 | Science / Technology
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NIH grant supports new research on neurodevelopmental disorders

Project will focus on understanding mechanisms of hyperexcitability and seizures

By Iqbal Pittalwala | February 29, 2024 | Health
Morris Maduro and Gina Broitman-Maduro

The early bird (or scientist) gets the worm

UC Riverside research on nematodes secures $1.3M NSF funding

By Iqbal Pittalwala | January 12, 2024 | Science / Technology
Cholesterol plaque in arteries

Could exposure to chemicals in plastics predispose you and your children to cardiovascular disease?

Exposure to environmental chemicals, including those in common plastic products, has been linked with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, or CVD, the leading cause of death worldwide. According to the World Health Organization, 17.9 million people died from CVDs in 2019. Changcheng Zhou, a professor of biomedical sciences in...

By Iqbal Pittalwala | August 15, 2023 | Health
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UC Riverside gets $3.8 million grant to support student-parents

UC Riverside’s Early Childhood Services, or ECS, and Women’s Resource Center, or WRC, have received a $3.8 million grant through the Child Care Access Means Parents in School Program, or CCAMPIS. The grant is offered by the U.S. Department of Education to support the participation of low-income student-parents in postsecondary...

By Malinn Loeung | March 29, 2023 | Students, University

Creating a diverse educational pipeline in microelectronics

Scientists at UC Riverside and UC Irvine have received funding of $5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy, or DOE, to team up with Sandia National Laboratory in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in building a diverse educational pipeline in the field of microelectronics — a priority for industry and government...

By Iqbal Pittalwala | November 14, 2022 | Science / Technology
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UCR, Inland Empire receive $18 million grant

UC Riverside and the Inland Empire have received $18 million from a statewide investment of $250 million that will establish K-16 Education Collaboratives to address equity gaps and improve education-to-career pipelines in each region of the state. The Inland Empire award was announced Aug. 25 by California Gov. Gavin Newsom...

By UCR News | September 7, 2022 | University
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New pathway facilitates community college students joining UC Riverside medical school

The School of Medicine at the University of California, Riverside, has received a grant of $1.87 million to establish the Inland Empire Regional Hub for Healthcare Opportunity, or IE RHHO, which will create a pre-med pathway for local community college students. The four-year grant funding is provided by the California...

By Iqbal Pittalwala | June 28, 2022 | Health

UC Riverside receives $5M CIRM grant to train scientists in stem cell research

Training program spans broad range of research areas from basic stem cell biology to translational medicine

By Iqbal Pittalwala | October 5, 2021 | Science / Technology
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Psychologist to lead research on Alzheimer’s in Riverside

UC Riverside study is part of a larger landmark study tracking older adults

By Iqbal Pittalwala | August 31, 2021 | Health, Social Science / Education

Brain injury research to focus on moderate concussion

V iji Santhakumar, an associate professor of molecular, cell and systems biology at the University of California, Riverside, has received funding from the National Institute of Neurological Disaster and Stroke of the National Institutes of Health to further pursue research on moderate concussive brain injury, which results from car accidents...

By Iqbal Pittalwala | May 27, 2021 | Science / Technology

Grant facilitates research on behavioral development and cognitive aging over lifespan

UC Riverside psychologist Chandra Reynolds will lead the five-year research project

By Iqbal Pittalwala | September 24, 2020 | Social Science / Education, Health

Diversifying the sciences

UC Riverside’s Khaleel Razak and Frances Sladek receive grants from the University of California-Hispanic Serving Institutions Doctoral Diversity Initiative

By Iqbal Pittalwala | September 2, 2020 | Science / Technology
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