UC Riverside program for high school students aims to diversify STEM workforce

Underrepresented students will participate in carefully designed summer research and educational activities at UC Riverside

By Holly Ober | | Science / Technology

Science communication competition — it’s on!

Graduate and undergraduate students in STEM fields are encouraged to participate in this inaugural multimedia event.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | | Students

COVID-19: Some faculty-student teams figured out how to continue their research

In the midst of the pandemic, faculty mentored research projects are being supported through CAMP.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | | Students

Publishing company Wiley acquires zyBooks

The web-based, interactive textbook replacements were invented by a UC Riverside computer scientist and commercialized by the startup he co-founded, Zyante Inc

By Holly Ober | | Science / Technology

New NASA-funded program to train K-12 students in STEM fields

Outreach components include public lectures, parent nights, and telescope viewing opportunities

By Iqbal Pittalwala | | Science / Technology

Navy grant will increase community college STEM transfers to UC Riverside engineering

The TUNE program will help the college of engineering to recruit and educate transfers to fulfill Navy needs

By Holly Ober | | Science / Technology

$4 million grant will study factors that lead to success for UC minority students in STEM disciplines

The National Science Foundation has awarded a five-year, $4 million grant to fund a program for minority students across nine University of California campuses. This NSF grant allows the Louis Stokes STEM Pathways and Research Alliance: California Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation, or CAMP, to continue supporting underrepresented students...

National Magazine Honors Program focused on diversifying STEM fields

UC Riverside Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program receives 2018 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine

By Iqbal Pittalwala | | Science / Technology

Acclaimed industry designer Scott Saltsman presents summer youth workshop in video game design

Gear-up for a future in technology at UCR Extension and UCR Palm Desert

By J.D. Warren | | Science / Technology

Pioneering a pathway to success for STEM teachers

Collaboration between UCR and Riverside Unified School District yields scholarship fund, job placements for newly minted STEM teachers

By Tess Eyrich | | Social Science / Education

Mysteries of nickel oxide – a promising spintronic material – are revealed

UC Riverside team determines how electron spins interact with crystal lattice in nickel oxide

By Richard Chang | | Science / Technology

UCR Extension offers new series of STEM workshops based on the makerspace ideology

Join the 'Maker Movement' for hands-on learning the Makerspace way

By J.D. Warren | | University