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Using Candy to Teach Science
UCR chemist Kerry Hanson and a team of five graduate students visited Taft Elementary school in October, where students were...
UCSB dean selected as UCR interim chancellor
UC President Mark Yudof has selected Jane Close Conoley, dean of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, as the interim chancellor of...
UCR entomologists use fruit flies to provide lift in olfactory research
A team of scientists from the University of California, Riverside and Stanford University uncovered how different sensory neurons function in the olfactory system through...
Key battleground districts in the Inland Empire shift Democratic
The Inland Empire was painted a Democratic blue this past election, a region that in the past has been known to vote Republican red....
The 24th Annual Students of Color Conference held at UCR
From Nov. 9-11, UCR hosted the 24th Annual Students of Color Conference (SOCC), a three-day systemwide event that addressed the structural and social issues...
UC regents pass 2013-2014 fiscal budget, possible 6% tuition increase
In protest of future tuition increases, student demonstrators temporarily halted the UC Board of Regents meeting which took place from Nov.13-15—just one week after...
Intellicenter-Riverside to host new UC Path Center
On Nov 5. it was announced that the UC Path Center, the University of California’s consolidated payroll and human resources operations, will be established...
Red-haired individuals prone to melanoma without sunlight exposure, UCR chemists find
Chemists at UCR have found that red-haired, fair-skinned individuals contain a skin pigment that may in itself cause the production of UV-independent melanoma. Through...
244 high-efficiency toilets making a splash in Oban apartments
As one of many ongoing projects this year, the Western Municipal Water District (WMWD) program will replace 244 toilets in the OBAN Student Apartment...
Hurricane Sandy delays return of UCR Model UN team
From Oct. 29 to Nov. 1, delegates from the UCR Model United Nations (UN) team were stranded in Washington, D.C. due to Hurricane Sandy–a...