News

Marching to the beat of his own drum

Sandra Baltazar Martinez — Thu, 22 May 2025 00:00:00 -0700

UCR graduate student Donald Zárate is a U.S. Army Reservist and a committed community volunteer.

Mathematizing keloid scars gets UCR 3rd at UC Grad Slam

Malinn Loeung — Thu, 08 May 2025 00:00:00 -0700

On April 29, UC Riverside doctoral candidate Angeliz Vargas Casillas placed third in the 2025 UC Grad Slam, an annual competition challenging graduate students from the 10 UC campuses to effectively pitch their years-long Ph.D. research ... within three minutes ... using one single presentation slide. Gulp.

Superbugs, Indigenous video games, and tipping dilemmas

Malinn Loeung — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0700

On April 11, nine UC Riverside graduate students presented their research at the 11th annual UCR Grad Slam Final for a chance at $5,000. The event was hosted by UCR’s Grad Division and was held on campus at the School of Business. Grad Slam is a University of California-wide speaking competition in which graduate students get three minutes to describe their research to judges and an audience of peers, faculty, staff, friends, and family.

School of Business graduate program surges in top rankings

John Warren — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0700

The UC Riverside School of Business increased 20 positions in a U.S. News & World Report 2024 graduate school ranking released this week. UCR’s business school was the benefactor of a methodology change this year that places greater emphasis on post-graduation earnings and how quickly graduates found jobs.

Aunts, aunties, and ‘tías’ offer protection to their LGBTQ youth relatives

Sandra Baltazar Martinez — Fri, 29 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0800

Study on youth from the Inland Empire and South Texas points to how these “othermothers” offer emotional safety, housing stability.

Halloween: Black horror films at UCR ARTS

Fri, 20 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0700

All films are free and open to the public. Screenings run through Oct. 28.

Exhibition on environmental justice is a rally for change

UCR News — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0700

A two-week pop-up exhibition opens on Saturday, Oct. 14. It aims to offer resources to teachers and inform the community at large.

Q&A: What does the end of affirmative action mean for UCR?

UCR News — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0700

Emily D. Engelschall, associate vice chancellor of enrollment services, offers insight.

New center to study labor issues in the Inland Empire

Sandra Baltazar Martinez — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0700

Inland Empire Labor and Community Research Center at UC Riverside is one of five UC centers meant to advance timely labor research.

New Vice Provost & Dean of Graduate Studies named

Sarah Nightingale — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0700

Lidia Kos has been named UC Riverside’s next vice provost & dean of graduate studies, or VPDGS, effective July 15, 2023.

Why the NBA is seeking technology built by UCR students and alumni

Tue, 21 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0700

EDGE Sound Research, co-founded by a student and an alum, was one of seven companies from around the world selected for the NBA Launchpad program.

Asian American shootings: This is ‘not an exception’ and other issues that need to be discussed

Sandra Baltazar Martinez — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0800

Farm working, mental health, and social and cultural barriers that some Asian American communities face.

Music and ayahuasca’s role in treating substance use disorders in men

Thu, 22 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0800

UC Riverside researcher finds the crucial role icaros, traditional Peruvian songs, play during ayahuasca healing ceremonies.

New program aims to increase Latinx students conducting environmental research

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0700

A $342,000 grant has allowed the expansion of a UC Berkeley program to UCR.

Fruit fungus for the win at Grad Slam

Sandra Baltazar Martinez — Fri, 11 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0800

UC Riverside’s winner, Claire Whitaker, moves onto the UC-level competition in May.

50 years of Black and Chicano/Latino histories at UCR

Annie Cao — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0800

African Student Programs, Chicano Student Programs celebrate a milestone on campus. At the center of it is student success.

UCR offers new research internship for community college transfers

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0800

Grant-funded program includes a $5,000 stipend for participants.

Science communication competition — it’s on!

Wed, 20 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0700

Graduate and undergraduate students in STEM fields are encouraged to participate in this inaugural multimedia event.

UCR police donate bikes to UCR’s family housing unit

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0700

Thanks to the donation, Oban Family Housing now has a bike-share program.

Dena Plemmons: Research ethics are top of mind

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0700

UCR is the first of two UC campuses to have a fully funded research ethics program.