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A grant recently awarded to the Riverside Unified School District and UC Riverside will provide a high school curriculum that addresses air quality, in a region that is among the worst polluters in the country. The grant is for $1.19 million and is from the National Science Foundation, or NSF...
In his latest book, a scholar of Native American history explores a little-known collaboration that made big impacts
A first-of-its-kind UC Riverside study asserts that women don’t gossip negatively more often than men, lower income people don’t gossip more than more wealthy people, and younger people are more likely to gossip negatively than their older counterparts.
When it comes to the 2020 census, every person counts; here’s why
A breakthrough documentary explores what it’s like to go to college with an autism diagnosis
Carl Cranor wants you to know — and to empower you to do something about it
An analysis of presidential approval ratings reveals truths about gender biases
We’re often told we are responsible for our own happiness. But in challenging situations, a UC Riverside study not only demonstrates the benefits of positive reframing – finding a “silver lining” – but also suggests our partners can be more adept at finding that silver lining than we are. A...
Nutrition education programs for children should incorporate all family members who act as caregivers
A UC Riverside Graduate School of Education program enables students to earn debt-free master’s degrees
A study of 18,000 people shows that fathers experience more well-being from parenthood than mothers. Past studies have considered whether people with children have greater well-being than people without children. They do. But few have considered the relative happiness of fathers and mothers. UCR psychologists and their colleagues analyzed three...
A UC Riverside sociologist’s 35-year survey of American universities offers evidence of surprises and successes
How does climate change affect California’s mountain lakes? A team of researchers, including UCR’s James O. Sickman, a professor of hydrology, and Kevin Skeen, a research technician, has published a study in Limnology and Oceanography Letters showing that spring snowpack best predicts summer warming in small Sierra Nevada lakes. Examining...
The course is named “Seminar in Social Psychology,” but it could be “Wednesdays with Bob.” At 85, Robert Rosenthal is in his last year teaching at UC Riverside. Distinguished Professor David Funder — who first worked with Rosenthal at Harvard University in the early 1980s — urged Rosenthal to host...
A UCR sociologist is part of a $1.5 million effort to better understand skepticism toward childhood vaccines
A UC Riverside professor’s first-of-its-kind study explores the neural underpinnings of cute aggression
The region’s job growth exceeds the statewide average, and efforts are underway to ensure more good jobs that allow families to make ends meet
Jade S. Sasser's new book highlights contemporary population control’s consequences for poor women in the Global South
An environmental historian’s book highlights the roles landscapes play in military conflicts
Raven’s Advanced Progressive Matrices, or APM, is a widely used standardized test to measure reasoning ability, often administered to undergraduate students. One drawback, however, is that the test, which has been in use for about 80 years, takes 40 to 60 minutes to complete. Another is that the test kit...
