Public Lecture to Address Brain-mapping Project
Ralph J. Greenspan, the associate director of the Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind at the University of California, San Diego, will give a talk on the Brain Activity Map at 1:10 p.m., April 4, in the...
View ArticleTwelve Undergraduates Named as Chancellor’s Research Fellows for 2013–14
A dozen undergraduate students at the University of California, Riverside have been named Chancellor's Research Fellows for the 2013-14 academic year. The program, now in its second year, is designed...
View ArticleResearch Leads to Affordable Technology to Fight Mosquito-borne Diseases
Technology that hampers mosquitoes’ host-seeking behavior, identified at UC Riverside in 2011, has led to the development of the world’s first product that blocks mosquitoes’ ability to efficiently...
View ArticleStaff Assembly Board Readies for Exciting 2013-14 Year
Between his job as information technology manager in the Graduate School of Education and his position as president of the UC Riverside Staff Assembly, Robert Wolfer is always on the move. But if you...
View ArticleAvocado Tasting Draws Large Crowd
UC Riverside Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox and his wife, Diane Del Buono, paid a visit to Batchelor Hall this morning, where, along with about 60 other faculty, staff and students, they participated in...
View ArticleGreen Leadership Summit Details Sustainability Efforts, Draws Influential Crowd
A vision of a greener future was on display at the UC Riverside Alumni and Visitor Center last week as the university, the City of Riverside and Riverside Public Utilities (RPU) partnered to host the...
View ArticleFederal Funding to UC Riverside Up by $8 Million in 12 Months
Federal funding to UC Riverside has increased by $8 million in 12 months.
View ArticleGovernor’s Innovation Series Aims to Bring Ivory Tower Down to Earth
Tuesday’s Innovation event, hosted by UCR’s Office for Research and Economic Development, was the second in what is expected to be a series of similar events at other UC campuses, to help people...
View ArticleEight Grad Students to Compete for $5,000 Fellowship at Inaugural GradSlam
Eight graduate students from the University of California, Riverside will go head-to-head to see who does the best job of summarizing their research to a panel of judges and an audience of laypeople in...
View ArticleUC MEXUS Brings Plays to Downtown Riverside
Mexico City-based performance group Lagartijas Tiradas al Sol (Lizards Lying in the Sun) will perform two free plays, Montserrat and El Camino Donde Nosotros Lloramos, at 7 p.m. Sunday, May 11 at the...
View ArticleRedefining Success on a University Campus
The New America Foundation has issued a new report that suggests the nation may want to redefine the way success is measured on college campuses. Among the prestigious schools on the New America...
View ArticleChancellor’s Research Fellowships Announced for 2014-15
Thirteen undergraduate students from the University of California, Riverside will receive $5,000 stipends that can be used to cover research- or creative-activity related expenses during the 2014-15...
View ArticleSolving the World’s Most Pressing Problems
Solving the world’s most challenging problems requires global collaboration among researchers and a new generation of problem solvers equipped to understand the perspectives of other countries and the...
View Article1996 Research Article Deemed a Classic Paper
A 1996 research paper authored by UC Riverside’s Michael J. Pazzani and two colleagues has been selected by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence to win the 2014 Classic Paper...
View ArticleTEDxRiverside Coming to Fox Performing Arts Center on October 16, 2014
A wide-array of speakers, including a pair of prominent UC Riverside alumni, are scheduled to speak at TEDxRiverside on October 16, 2014 at the Fox Performing Arts Center in downtown Riverside.
View ArticleProject Launch Celebration for Multidisciplinary Research Building Set for...
The project launch celebration for the proposed Multidisciplinary Research Building at UCR will be held on Monday, October 6, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. in UCR Parking Lot 10. The Multidisciplinary Research...
View ArticleUCR Hosts Vietnamese Politicians, Discusses Partnership
Visitors to Riverside from Can Tho, Vietnam are hoping for a sign that the political distance of the past is over. They spent several day touring the city of Riverside, including the citrus groves and...
View ArticleFive UC Riverside Students Awarded $1,500 Sustainability Fellowships
What does replacing fluorescent light bulbs with LEDs have to do with solar-heated washing machines, energy audits, resin-hardened clothing or a color-coded map that illustrates air pollution? They’re...
View ArticleA New Council Formed to Analyze California’s Tax Reform Proposals
Imran Angelov Farooq, director of UC Riverside’s Center for Economic Development & Innovation, has been appointed to a new Council of Economic Advisors for California’s Chief Financial Officer,...
View ArticleThree Minutes to Give it All That You’ve Got
It’s the ultimate pitch. Three minutes to break-down complicated and complex research – AND explain it to strangers in a captivating way. That’s what these UC graduate students have in store. It’s...
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