The Elizabeth Hurlock Beckman Award Trust has awarded UC Riverside Professor of Psychology Howard Friedman $25,000 for serving as a mentor and guide for students whose work has prompted beneficial change in the community.
“The Beckman Award is to benefit professors ‘who have inspired their students to make a difference in their communities.’ That is, their teaching has inspired their...
The UC Riverside Task Force on Speech and Assembly had their first meeting last Friday following the release and subsequent removal of guidelines concerning student protest. The publication of the protest guidelines occurred in the aftermath of the highly controversial incidents that marred protests on the UC Davis and UC Berkeley campuses, where numerous students were injured by police....
The galaxy known as GN-108036 was recently discovered by a team of astronomers including two UC Riverside researchers. Professor Bahram Mobasher and graduate student Hooshang Nayyeri assisted in the research, which found that the galaxy is one of the brightest of its ancient neighbors, whose birth dates back within a billion years of the Big Bang.
Ground-based telescopes were some...
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has selected four faculty from UC Riverside to join the prestigious association. According to AAAS guidelines, fellows are singled out for their “scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.”
The AAAS, or “Tripe A-S,” is an international non-profit organization devoted to promote the fields of science around...
The usage of parasitic wasps by UC Riverside scientists is among the most recent and innovative strategies implemented in the fight against the Asian Citrus Psyllid (ACP), a highly problematic agricultural pest. The release of the parasitic wasps marks the first time that these creatures have been introduced to California. “We anticipate that over the next year or so...
The latest buzz in the scientific community has been around the recent rediscovery of an elusive species of bumblebee that was last seen in the United States in 1956. On Monday, Dec. 5, 2011, a team of UC Riverside scientists announced that the species, known as “Cockerell’s Bumblebee,” was found living in the White Mountains of New Mexico.
After more...
The Educational Talent Search (ETS) program at UC Riverside has been selected to receive a five year, $1.15 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education. This educational program, first implemented at UC Riverside in 2002, aims to provide guidance and resources to promote higher rates of college attendance among low-income students in the San Bernardino City Unified School...
UC Davis administrators and top officials from the University of California have launched rigorous damage control initiatives and investigative reports in response to the use of pepper spray on peaceful protesters. The incident has thus far resulted in the suspension of three police officials, a public apology by UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi, a town hall meeting held at...