LOS ANGELES TIMES - Casaundra Caruso was nearly a straight-A student when she transferred from San Bernardino Valley College to UC Riverside in fall 2019. But that quickly — and disastrously — changed. She was overwhelmed by UC Riverside’s fast-paced quarter system and flummoxed by the process of transferring her credits to Riverside. She didn’t...
THE PRESS-ENTERPRISE - A series of lectures starting Tuesday, April 6, at UC Riverside will highlight the COVID-19 contributions of researchers at UCR’s College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, including testing and vaccine development. READ THE ARTICLE
THE PRESS-ENTERPRISE - Born in Baldwin Park, Hsu grew up in Fullerton before moving to Riverside to attend UC Riverside, where she is in her third year as a biology major. Read the article
AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY - Florence Nightingale David (1909–1993) was known to readers of her scholarly publications as “F. N. David” and to her colleagues as “David” or “FND.” David has been recognized as the leading, most accomplished and most memorable British woman statistician of the mid-20th cen-tury ([11], [14]). She was a professor at University...
NY TIMES - Primed by the vaccine, the body’s immune fighters should curb the virus soon after infection, shortening the infection period and curtailing the amounts in the nose and throat. That ought to significantly reduce the chances that a vaccinated person might infect others. Animal studies support the theory. In one study, when monkeys...
NY TIMES - Late last month, Anne Danielson-Francois, an associate biology professor at the University of Michigan, received an unusual package. She had instructed the sender to make sure the contents — spiders — were cushioned because she did not want their legs to break off. Recluse spiders can be found throughout the United States...
ESQUIRE - We hate to be the bearer of bad news, but... you know that new-car smell you love? Well, apparently, it's not just an amazing plus that comes with buying new wheels. It's actually a bunch of toxic fumes AKA carcinogens. We really can't have good things, can we? What exactly is the scent...
USA TODAY — We You might be inhaling dangerous, cancer-causing carcinogens during your commute. That's according to a new study from the University of California, Riverside, which found that drivers who spend more than 20 minutes in their cars are at risk of exposure to formaldehyde and benzene. Both are toxic chemicals embedded in vehicle...
FORBES — World renown chef Thomas Keller once said “Respect for food is a respect for life, for who we are and what we do.” However, currently 40% of the nation’s food goes uneaten — over 66 million tons a year — and the results are widespread, from those who go hungry to a taxation...
THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION — Eating too much fat and sugar as a child can alter your microbiome for years, even if you adopt a healthy lifestyle later, a new study on mice suggests. The study, by researchers at the University of California Riverside, is one of the first “to show a significant decrease in the...
By Nancy Clanton | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
AG NET WEST — A new research network will be taking a multifaceted look at ways to improve bee health. The project is being made possible through a $900,000 grant from the University of California’s Office of the President. Researchers and engineers from Riverside, Davis, San Diego, and Merced campuses will all be participating in...
SAN DIEGO — Canary Island Palms are dying across San Diego County. Scientists said it's from a weevil infestation. "It's estimated that 10,000 palms have been killed by the South American palm weevil," said Mark Hoddle. Hoddle is with UC Riverside. He described how the weevils attack. Watch the news report on CBS 8 in...
USDA — University of California Riverside (UCR) scientists are betting an ancient solution will solve citrus growers’ biggest problem by breeding new fruits with natural resistance to a deadly tree disease. The hybrid fruits will ideally share the best of their parents’ attributes: the tastiness of the best citrus, and the resistance to Huanglongbing, or...
By USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture |
LAIST.COM - Researchers at UC Riverside are launching a multi-campus project to save the declining honey bee population. Honey bees play a critical role in growing about one-third of the world's food, and they pollinate more than 80 types of agricultural crops. Dwindling populations mean those crops lessen, and become more expensive. Experts at the...
KVCR — UC Riverside announced Thursday that it is leading one of the nation’s largest research initiatives to reverse a decline in honeybees which threatens food crops and prices. With a 900,000 dollar grant, U.C. Riverside will help lead a group of researchers from U.C. Davis, San Diego and Merced campuses looking for solutions to...
THE PRESS-ENTERPRISE — Tucked behind twists and turns of dusty roads and acres of groves at UC Riverside’s agriculture research station are hybrid trees with golf-ball-size fruit that offer hope in the fight against a disease threatening California’s iconic citrus industry. Since 2013, UCR scientists have been trying to breed citrus varieties that resist Huanglongbing...
CHEMICAL & ENGINEERING NEWS - As an unpredictable year ends, many of us still turn to a predictable resolution for the new year: to get more exercise. But what if your sense of smell could move you to move more? Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, think that might be the case, if you’ve...
By Leigh Krietsch Boerner | Chemical and Engineering News |
EURKALERT! - The most-visited news release on EurekAlert! in 2020 racked up just under 1 million hits - the most in the site's near 25-year history. The University of California, Riverside release is one of three about brain health on the 2020 Trending list in a year when COVID-19 dominated headlines across the globe. It...
VOGUE — In a wilderness area at the northwest corner of Joshua Tree National Park, ecologist Lynn Sweet treks across the high desert as raucous pinyon jays swoop overhead. She navigates carefully across the landscape of blackbrush and fragrant junipers to inspect the stump of a Joshua tree. Much of the tree’s trunk, branches, and...
UC NEWS - 2020’s news cycle was dominated by COVID-19 stories, and for good reason: It’s been a year like no other. However, there were plenty of groundbreaking discoveries in 2020 that didn’t get the spotlight they deserved. These stories would have been big news in any other year, but were often overshadowed by the...
By Rana Freedman | University of California News |