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UCR continues to license and fund startups

This past fiscal year, UCR has given six commercial licenses to six UCR-affiliated startups. The startups include FarmSense, a computer algorithm designed by computer science...

UCR entomology department ranks second-best worldwide

On Monday, April 3, UC Riverside’s Department of Entomology was ranked as the second-best entomology program in the world by the Center for World...

Moreno Valley’s Access Clinics continues to provide easy access to healthcare

In 2011, husband and wife Scott Allen, M.D., and Emma Simmons, M.D., in partnership with the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine and...

CSU and CFA reach agreement after year of negotiations

The California State Faculty Association (CFA) and California State University (CSU) administrators have reached an agreement in a yearlong battle over faculty raises. Over...

Four UCR students granted EXROP fellowships

Susan Wessler, a UCR genetics professor, Richard Cardullo, the faculty director for University Honors and Jim Burnette, the director of the Dynamic Genome Program,...

Write Off: Why I support Hillary

I have loved and supported Hillary Clinton since 2008. I rallied behind her because she was my first role model: a strong, intelligent, capable...

Riverside Unified School District seeks funding through bond

For the upcoming November 2016 election, the Riverside Unified School District is seeking a $257 million bond to pay for millions in upgrades and...

UCR undergrad wins Gates Cambridge Scholarship

On Feb. 8, Connor Richards, a fourth-year physics major, became the first UCR student to receive the prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship. Richards is seeking...

UCR breaks record admission

For the first time in UCR’s history, the university received over 50,000 applicants for undergraduate admissions, a record number. Of the 52,467 total applicants,...

UC joins the Breakthrough Energy Coalition

On Nov. 29, 2015, the University of California announced its intention to join the Breakthrough Energy Coalition, a group of investors led by Bill...