UCR Magazine: Fall 2024

Fall 2024

Taking a Bite out of Wildlife Crime

How a UCR degree in biochemistry set Ken Goddard ’68 on the path to becoming director of the world’s only full-service lab dedicated to solving crimes against animals

Read Article

Illustration of a brain with colorful paint splashes and neural network patterns

Memory Matters

Advancements in research across UCR offer new hope for Alzheimer’s disease and other causes of dementia

Read Article

Mind Over Market

Consumer psychology scholar Thomas Kramer shares how understanding human behavior can be used in marketing — for good

Read Article

Open for Business

A look at UCR’s brand new School of Business building

Read Article

‘A large, fine, famous, school’

Seventy years ago, Riverside’s UC campus opened to students

Read Article

BY THE NUMBERS

Rankings on the Rise

UCR saw a significant rise in several notable rankings for 2024-25

Read Article

OFFICE HOURS

A Spanish Knight’s Tale

A love of Spanish guitar led musicology professor Walter Clark to the honor of a lifetime

Read Article

HIGHLANDER HIGHLIGHT

In the Long Run

Ashraf Abdelmagid has made a name for himself as one of UCR’s top runners

Read Article

ALUMNI PROFILE

Love and Service

Josefina Canchola ’88 is dedicated to helping first-generation students succeed

Read Article

BOOKS

Page Turners

A look at recently published works by UCR faculty, staff, and alumni

Read Article

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

Ezekiel “Zeke” Kumar-Lau

Zeke Kumar-Lau is bringing STEM lessons to local schools with Stemivate

Read Article

Class Notes

News and notes from our Highlander family

We Remember

Remembrances from the fall 2024 issue

Recently moved? Feeling green? Update your mailing address or opt out of receiving the print version of UCR Magazine here: magazine.ucr.edu/subscriptions