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Uma Jayakumar

Framework offered for higher ed to defend racial equity

As the nation’s colleges and universities respond to the U.S. Supreme Court’s “race-neutral” admissions mandates and the Trump administration’s efforts to cut funding to campuses with DEI programs, a UC Riverside education professor has offered a framework for institutions to defend racial equity and student well-being. Rather than eliminating race-conscious...

By David Danelski | May 8, 2025 | Social Science / Education
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Platform developed at UCR reinvents the webinar

Online webinar platforms like Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams have enabled public discourse at an unprecedented scale. But when hundreds of people join a meeting, the flow of feedback—often reduced to rapid-fire chat messages—becomes chaotic and overwhelming. Kevin Esterling, a public policy and political science professor at UC Riverside...

By David Danelski | April 28, 2025 | Science / Technology, Social Science / Education
Barry Lam and his book "Fewer Rules; Better People"

Antidote to criminal system? 'Fewer rules, better people'

In his first book, UC Riverside Professor of Philosophy Barry Lam broaches widespread criminalization and argues to return decision-making power to “the street level.” “The proliferation of rules and mandates is making us dumber, less moral, more deceptive, and less able to govern important institutions,” Lam argues in “ Fewer...

By J.D. Mathes | April 25, 2025 | Social Science / Education
University of Michigan campus

New national center supports higher education governance

UC Riverside and the University of Michigan have launched a national center to help the governing boards of higher education institutions stay focused on their missions of student success, equity, and long-term sustainability.

By David Danelski | April 17, 2025 | Social Science / Education
Donald Trump with executive order

Two months into new administration, what the polls say

Much has happened in the two-plus months since Donald Trump reclaimed the presidency, with a start-and-stop trade war, cuts to federal research funding, and uncertainty re. the U.S. role in the Ukraine-Russia war. We asked polling and survey expert Andy Crosby, a UCR School of Public Policy professor, to weigh...

By John Warren | April 9, 2025 | Social Science / Education
cell phone in hands

An app can change how you see yourself at work

In a first-of-its-kind study from UCR, psychologists tested whether workers could reshape their self-image through a digital tool that reinforces positive beliefs. It turns out, they can.

By Jules Bernstein | April 2, 2025 | Social Science / Education
Ronald Neumann with UCR students

Public policy students explore world of diplomacy 

For one whirlwind week in Washington, D.C., a select group of 18 UC Riverside public policy students found themselves in the thick of global affairs—learning firsthand how the gears of diplomacy turn in the nation’s capital. This opportunity came through the launch this academic year of the Robert Heath Global...

By David Danelski | April 1, 2025 | Social Science / Education, Students, University
Map depicting global supply chains

Globalization of production undermines unions, study finds

Organized labor, in the form of unionization, has declined dramatically in wealthy democratic countries (rich democracies) over the past 50 years. The United States is among countries showing the greatest reduction, with union membership decreasing from nearly one in three workers in the 1950s to less than one in ten...

By Susan T. Mashiyama | March 25, 2025 | Social Science / Education
stock market

Economist assesses tariff impacts on stock market, trade

President Donald Trump's implementations and threats of tariffs have created stock market instability, driving talk of a possible recession. We asked Jana Grittersová, a UC Riverside economist and associate professor of political science, to characterize the mindset of investors, and the relevance of various economic indicators. She is a former...

By John Warren | March 24, 2025 | Social Science / Education
U.S. Constitution

Seeking to define a 'constitutional crisis'

The dynamics of the court case involving the deportation of 300 Venezuelan immigrants are fast-moving. U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg is weighing whether the Trump administration violated his instructions when it allowed two planes with the immigrants on board to continue to a detention center in El Salvador. Many...

By John Warren | March 20, 2025 | Social Science / Education
Young woman working with male colleagues in an English PR firm in 1954

Democracies boost women’s participation in the labor market

UCR study finds freer, democratic societies compel more women to pursue careers

By David Danelski | March 13, 2025 | Business, Social Science / Education
campus beauty

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
1720 Ukraine

Imperial Russia scholar: The danger of Ukraine myths

As the Trump administration reimagines the United States' posture in the three-year-old Russia-Ukraine war, the scholarship of leading imperial Russia scholar and UCR Professor Georg Michels takes on renewed relevance. Michels, a Harvard-trained scholar in Early Modern Russian and Ukrainian History, is currently working on a new book project about...

By UCR News | February 20, 2025 | Social Science / Education
UCR campus

UC Riverside sees surge in college applicants

More prospective students sought admission to UC Riverside this school year than ever before. The number of applicants to be first-year students for fall 2025 surged by 23.2%, reaching a record 70,578, according to data released by the UC Office of the President. This increase from the year before follows...

By David Danelski | February 19, 2025 | University, Students, Social Science / Education
Dairy cattle at Cornell

Q&A: The spread of the bird flu virus

In a question and answer format, UC Riverside public policy professor Richard Carpiano and medical school professor Dr. Elizabeth Jacobs to discuss the policy response and medical issues concerning the bird flu threat.

By David Danelski and Iqbal Pittalwala | February 12, 2025 | Experts, Science / Technology, Social Science / Education, Health
New report finds that in-home care for Inland Empire residents is primarily provided by women. (Photo by GettyImages)

In-home care for Inland Empire residents is primarily provided by women

Report highlights challenges such as low worker wages and unpaid labor.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | February 6, 2025 | Social Science / Education
Latina students

Latina college students lost ground after the pandemic

Family obligations contributed to a disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the academic performances of UCR Latina students, a UCR study study has found.

By David Danelski | February 5, 2025 | Social Science / Education, Students, University
Donald Trump with executive order

Sifting substance from 'flash' in executive orders

Immediately after his inauguration, Donald Trump signed dozens of executive orders. Some, such as his pardon of about 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants, took effect immediately. The path forward for many other orders is less certain. We asked Nicholas Napolio, a UC Riverside political scientist and expert on presidential powers, to...

By John Warren | January 22, 2025 | Social Science / Education
ALTADENA, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 09: Khaled Fouad (L) and Mimi Laine (R) embrace as they inspect a family member's property that was destroyed by Eaton Fire on January 09, 2025 in Altadena, California. Fueled by intense Santa Ana Winds, the Eaton Fire has grown to over 10,000 acres and has destroyed many homes and businesses. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

A philosopher’s view on tragedies brought by LA fires

John Martin Fischer, distinguished professor of philosophy, talks about how to empathize.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | January 17, 2025 | Social Science / Education
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
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