Inside UCR

UCR awarded $800,000 Keck Foundation grant to support high-impact research

Sarah Nightingale — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0800

UC Riverside has received an $800,000 grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to bolster essential scientific research in agricultural science, quantum mechanics, and regenerative medicine.

Giulia Palermo selected as 2024 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar

Jordan Cornet — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0700

Giulia Palermo, a computational biophysicist and associate professor in UCR’s Department of Bioengineering, has received a 2024 Camille & Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award.

Graduate students recognized for academic excellence and research achievements

Iqbal Pittalwala — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0700

Stipends will support their ongoing research

Undergraduate wins UC Graduate Deans’ Leadership and Research Award

Iqbal Pittalwala — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0700

Budding neuroscientist Erik Hakopian provided academic mentorship to UCR students

UCR bioengineering professor recognized by the National Academy of Inventors

David Danelski — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0800

UCR bioengineering professor Bahman Anvari, whose innovations have improved treatments for debilitating skin disorders, has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, or NAI.

Graduate student wins award at local stem cell symposium

Iqbal Pittalwala — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0800

Natasha Brinkley conducts research in UCR’s Tissue Regenerative Engineering and Mechanotransduction lab

Three Highlanders receive 2023 Barry Goldwater Scholarship

Malinn Loeung — Wed, 05 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0700

Five thousand U.S. higher-education students applied, 1,267 applicants moved on to be nominated, and 413 of those nominees were awarded the 2023 Barry Goldwater Scholarship — three of them being UC Riverside Highlanders.  Since 2013, Goldwater Scholarships have been awarded to 18 Highlanders. 

Bioengineer wins award for infant disorder detection

Jules Bernstein — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0700

Technology could enable earlier, more effective treatments 

UCR professor wins Sloan fellowship

David Danelski — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0800

Fellowship comes with $75,000 that Professor Giulia Palermo can use to advance her research

Four UC Riverside professors named AAAS Fellows

Holly Ober — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0800

The honor is considered one of the highlights of a recipient’s career

Robotic assistive device will lend a helping hand to infants with movement difficulties

Holly Ober — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0800

Infants and young children with motor delays may soon be able to wear robotic helpers

Fourteen UC Riverside professors receive NSF CAREER Awards

Holly Ober — Mon, 23 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0700

The number shatters UCR’s record for CAREER Awards set only last year

Giulia Palermo Wins the 2020 Corwin Hansch Award

Holly Ober — Mon, 02 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0700

The award honors a scholar under the age of 40 for significant contributions to the field of computational drug design

Ultrasound mind reading machine could improve assistive robotics

Holly Ober — Fri, 25 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0700

Less invasive interface maps brain activity to predict movements

Bioengineering professor receives award for student mentoring

Imran Ghori — Wed, 12 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0700

Huinan Liu, an associate professor of bioengineering, is the 2019-20 recipient of the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement. The award is presented at the end of each academic year to faculty members with a distinguished record of fostering undergraduate research or creative activity. The selection is ratified by the Academic Senate.

Morikis Memorial Symposium draws a large crowd

Holly Ober — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0800

Dimitrios Morikis was a founding member of the Department of Bioengineering

A dual imaging modality to improve ovarian cancer treatment

Holly Ober — Wed, 18 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0800

The nanosized liposome contains both a fluorescent dye and magnetic resonance agent