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Report urges public schools to do more to address racism

Educators and policymakers urged to positively address racism and its impact on learning and opportunity

By UCR News | September 27, 2023 | Social Science / Education
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Grant will fund study of link between LGBTQ youth homelessness and extended family support

A National Science Foundation grant helps researchers track 83 participants in the Inland Empire and South Texas.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | September 14, 2023 | Social Science / Education
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Elite university admissions for athletes benefit white students

Special admissions for athletes, legacy students, and the children of faculty and dean’s choices greatly benefits white applicants, a UCR-led analysis shows.

By David Danelski | September 11, 2023 | Athletics, Social Science / Education
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Civil War provision applies to Trump candidacy, expert agrees

A journal article forthcoming from the University of Pennsylvania Law Review from two conservative constitutional law experts asserts that Donald Trump's attempts to subvert the outcome of the 2020 presidential election disqualify him from running for president. They cite the 14th Amendment, section three, which was adopted post-Civil War following...

By J.D. Warren | August 23, 2023 | Social Science / Education
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UCR professor’s work cited in Justice Sotomayor’s dissent

In this summer's landmark affirmative action case, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor used UCR education professor Uma Jayakumar's research in her dissent.

By David Danelski | August 23, 2023 | Social Science / Education, University
“QTR: A Journal of Queer and Transgender Studies in Religion.”

New journal on religion, gender, and sexuality

UCR professor to co-edit “QTR,” is a fee-free, open access journal supported by the Henry Luce Foundation and Duke University Press.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | August 21, 2023 | Social Science / Education

UCR scientists take quick trip to the state Capitol

On July 6 at 6 a.m., nine UCR doctoral candidates across STEM disciplines and three staff organizers boarded a plane headed to Sacramento, hopped on a Yolobus from the airport to the state Capitol, met with legislators and executive branch officials, and arrived back in the Inland Empire at 10...

By Malinn Loeung | August 16, 2023 | Students, Science / Technology, Social Science / Education

University Writing Program Director retires after four decades at UCR

The founding director of the Undergraduate Education University Writing Program, or UWP, John Briggs retired at the end of this past academic year. Briggs joined UC Riverside's English Department faculty in 1980, teaching over 20 different courses. He won the Academic Senate Award for Distinguished Teaching in 1996 and also...

By Malinn Loeung | August 4, 2023 | University, Social Science / Education
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Google & ChatGPT have mixed results in medical info queries

A study led by University of California, Riverside, computer scientists found that queries for medical information on ChatGPT produced more objective information than Google, but the ChatGPT results can be outdated and lack the sources of its information.

By David Danelski | July 28, 2023 | Business, Science / Technology, Social Science / Education
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UCR remains staunchly committed to educating a diverse student body

University of California, Riverside, leaders and scholars have made the following statements in response to the 6-3 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down the use of race, or affirmative action, in college and university admissions: Kim A. Wilcox, UCR chancellor: “We can be certain that diversity is and will...

By UCR News | June 29, 2023 | Social Science / Education, University
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California schools weak on civic education, report finds

UCR study finds that California public schools remain weak on civic education that is needed for an informed democracy

By David Danelski | June 28, 2023 | Social Science / Education
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Consumers tend to overuse shared products

As consumers, we are becoming more communal. Among other products we now share with strangers are shampoo and body wash in containers affixed to hotel suite showers as well as hand sanitizers in public dispensers at gyms, campuses, libraries, and other facilities. The benefits are several: hotels save on toiletry...

By David Danelski | June 28, 2023 | Business, Social Science / Education
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Bringing the debt ceiling down to our level

Much ado about the debt ceiling the past couple months. As the issue plays on (and on and on) in the news cycle, a reset is in order. Let's get to the nuts and bolts of an issue that — believe it or don't — can be understood even by...

By J.D. Warren | May 17, 2023 | Social Science / Education
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Older adults are more easily distracted

While engaged in a physical task requiring effort, such as driving a car or carrying grocery bags, older adults are more likely than younger adults to be distracted by items irrelevant to the task at hand, a University of California, Riverside, study reports. The study assessed the interaction between physical...

By Iqbal Pittalwala | May 10, 2023 | Social Science / Education
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Stepped-up U.S. military aid doesn't equal U.S.-Russia war

Images that circulated recently depict drones blowing up over Red Square in Moscow. As part of its response, a Russian official said, “decisions about such actions and such terrorist acts are made not in Kyiv, but in Washington,” leading many to ask what the Russian retaliation will look like. The...

By J.D. Warren | May 8, 2023 | Social Science / Education
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Barbara Fried: Meet The Boys in the Boat and Billy Strings

Sam Bankman-Fried (aka, S.B.F.), is a cryptocurrency CEO accused of duping more than a million investors. John Martin Fischer is a UC Riverside philosophy professor who is a world-leading expert on free will and moral responsibility. Fischer's ruminations on near-death experiences have been consumed by millions in his writings and...

By UCR News | April 21, 2023 | Social Science / Education
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Older adults may achieve same cognition as undergrads

A set of recent studies demonstrates for the first time that learning multiple new tasks carries benefits for cognition long after the learning has been completed. The finding affirms a long-held assertion of the lead researcher, Rachel Wu, who is an associate professor of psychology at UC Riverside. That is...

By J.D. Warren | April 18, 2023 | Social Science / Education
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Poverty is the 4th greatest cause of U.S. deaths

Poverty has long been linked to shorter lives. But just how many deaths in the United States are associated with poverty? The number has been elusive – until now. A University of California, Riverside, (UCR) paper published Monday, April 17, in the Journal of the American Medical Association associated poverty...

By David Danelski | April 17, 2023 | Social Science / Education, Science / Technology
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One year later: Surprises, disappointments in Ukraine war

This is a partial reprint from a UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, or IGCC, retrospective on Russia's war in Ukraine. The retrospective featured UC Riverside faculty members Paul D'Anieri and Jana Grittersova, among other experts from the UC system. D’Anieri, a political scientist, is author of "Ukraine and...

By UCR News | April 3, 2023 | Social Science / Education
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One of every six autistic children are expelled from daycare

University of California, Riverside, study found that 16% of autistic children of surveyed parents were expelled from daycares resulting in more problems for them in elementary school.

By David Danelski | March 31, 2023 | Social Science / Education, Health
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