A recent research study conducted at UC Riverside is identifying new animal hosts that carry parasites causing Chagas disease, a fatal infection common in South America. The disease is transmitted through contact with parasite-carrying feces of insects known as “kissing bugs,” or by direct contact with the insects themselves. It is known for its mild symptoms but, if left...
A cross-disciplinary team of UCR professors and researchers is trying to promote bilingualism by establishing a local chapter of the Bilingualism Matters project. Organized by Distinguished Professor of Psychology Judith Kroll and Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies Covadonga Lamar Prieto, the program seeks to change the way society views bilingualism and to spread awareness of the associated benefits.
Following a...
A UCR postdoctoral fellow in entomology, Colince Kamdem, has discovered a weakness in the genes that give mosquitos their uncanny ability to adapt to the insecticides humans use to ward them off.
Mosquitos, according to Kamdem, are highly polymorphic. Polymorphism is the presence of natural variation in a population and is driven by changes occurring in DNA sequences. “A...
UC Riverside’s Graduate School of Education (GSOE) began accepting applications this week for a new undergraduate education-oriented major for the Fall 2018 quarter. The major, titled Education, Society, and Human Development, seeks to provide a direct and practical path into teaching for undergraduate students interested in pursuing a career in education.
The first of its kind in California, GSOE’s new...
Freshman convocation occurred on Pierce Lawn last Tuesday, Sept. 26, from 6 p.m. to 6:45 p.m.
The event featured an array of speakers, including Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox, President of the UCR Alumni Association Kenneth Noller, Executive Vice Chancellor Cynthia Larive, Chairman of the Academic Senate and Ethnic Studies Professor Dylan Rodriguez and ASUCR President Aram Ayrapetyan.
The event began...
By: Evan Ismail, SSW and Andreas Rauch, SSW
A video taken at UCR Wednesday morning, Sept. 27 garnered national media attention and reignited a debate surrounding freedom of speech on college campuses. The video, taken by Matthew Vitale, a fourth-year economics major, depicts a heated dispute between he and fourth-year ethnic studies major Edith Macias over a “Make America Great...
On Friday, Sept. 15, the Committee on Utilities and Energy deferred Senate Bill 100 (SB 100), which would have committed the State of California to generating 100 percent of its power from renewable energy by 2045. Authored by President Pro Tempore of the California State Senate Kevin de Leon, SB100, if passed, would have made California the largest economy...
On September 5, President Donald Trump called for an end to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a program originally implemented by former President Barack Obama. DACA allowed for eligible undocumented individuals to be granted work authorization, while also preventing their deportation. Said individuals were those who arrived in the US before their 16th birthday and were under the...
UCR has been actively working on using renewable energy on campus to reach energy independence.This summer, they took a step closer to that goal. More than 9,600 solar panels were installed in parking lots 30 and 32 over break and will function as solar canopies, providing shade for cars as well as generating electricity for the school.
The addition...
Riverside County agricultural officials report the first instances this July of a deadly new plant disease in county limits. A tree affected by citrus greening disease was found in the vicinity of the junction of the 215 and 91 freeways, marking the disease’s first beachhead in this part of the Inland Empire. This finding comes four months after UCR...