UCR professor leads team in creating model explaining universe transparency
Assistant professor in UCR’s department of physics and astronomy, Naveen Reddy, has recently published two papers discussing his research explaining why the universe has the ability to become transparent.
Reddy’s research was performed using a...
Gov. Brown signs controversial climate change bill
On Thursday, Sept. 8, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation SB 32 into law as an effort to reduce California’s carbon footprint. With the goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 40 percent below 1990...
News year-in-review
The 2015-2016 school year has been long, eventful and packed with stories that the news team has attempted to duly cover. Below are some of the biggest events that happened this year.
UCR’s triumphs...
UCR professor awarded grant to help middle school students with learning disabilities
Professor at the UCR Graduate School of Education Rollanda O’Connor has been awarded a $1.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Educational Sciences to fund her ongoing research on how...
Juan Felipe Herrera writes poem about the UCLA shooting
U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera wrote the poem, “Where We Find Ourselves,” which was published by the Los Angeles Times on June 3, 2016 in response to the shooting that took place at...
California Legislature responds to gun violence
On Wednesday, June 15, the California Legislature approved $5 million in funding to be used toward a University of California research center on firearm violence, making it the first in the nation of its...
News in brief
UCR establishes partnership to work toward fighting citrus disease
UCR and the California Citrus Research Foundation launched a partnership on Monday, June 6, setting forth plans toward constructing a building that will support researchers in...
Ten UCR students to intern at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) will have 10 new interns from UCR this summer as part of a five-year research project called, “Fellowships and Internships in Extremely Large Data Sets” (FIELDS). The project aims...
Mechanism of toxoplasmosis uncovered in the brain
Emma Wilson, associate professor of biomedical sciences, along with several other UCR School of Medicine researchers, have recently uncovered the effects of a parasitic disease, toxoplasmosis, on cells in the brain as well as...
Californians vote in historical primary election
In the primary elections that were held on Tuesday, June 7, Californians voted to determine the candidates for the presidential election, state representatives and the new state senator. According to the SF Gate, a...