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UCR professor recognized for consumer psychology scholarship 

Margaret “Meg” C. Campbell, an associate dean, professor of marketing and Anderson Presidential Chair in Business Administration at UC Riverside’s School of Business, has received the Fellows Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Consumer Psychology. The Society for Consumer Psychology, or SCP, a top professional organization of...

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UCR professor elected to the Turkish Academy of Sciences

Cengiz Ozkan, a UCR mechanical engineering professor, has been elected a member of the Turkish Academy of Sciences, also known as the TÜBA. He was honored during the 60th General Assembly of the Turkish academy held recently in Ankara, Turkey

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Electrochemical carbon capture shows promise in climate fight

The perspective of UCR electrical and computer engineering professor Mihri Ozkan about using electrochemical technology to fight climate change was featured in an online Voices segment of CHEM, a scientific journal focusing on chemistry and interconnected fields.

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UCR bioengineering professor recognized by the National Academy of Inventors

UCR bioengineering professor Bahman Anvari, whose innovations have improved treatments for debilitating skin disorders, has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, or NAI.

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Racial justice teacher development institute wins $100,000 grant

A UCR-affiliated institute for racial justice has received a $100,000 grant that will support teacher professional development during the 2024 and 2025 calendar years, with a focus on engaging teachers of color in California public schools. This funding for the Institute for Teachers of Color Committed to Racial Justice, known as ITOC, from the...

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UCR professor’s insights featured in major scientific journal

The insights of UCR professor Mihri Ozkan are featured this week in an online edition of a highly respected scientific journal.

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UCR's Center for Geospatial Sciences eyes expansion

The explosive growth of hundreds of GIS applications in industry and government has put UCR's six-year-old Center for Geospatial Science in a growth mode.

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$1.2 million grant awarded for robotics software development

A $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation will allow UCR to develop better software architecture for robotics and other autonomous systems.

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Professor Ozkan wins prized Selcuk Yasar Award in Turkey

Mihrimah Ozkan, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at UC Riverside, is recognized in Turkey for her work in addressing climate change by receiving the Selcuk Yasar Award.

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Business professor Max Joo wins long-term impact award

The INFORMS Society for Marketing Science recognized UCR assistant business professor Mingyu "Max" Joo with the Don Morrison Long Term Impact Award

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UCR team off to a great start in national electric car design competition 

A team of UCR students won two awards at the EcoCAR EV Challenge Year 1 Competition in Orlando, Florida, in which students from across the country compete in designing improvements to electric vehicles.

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UCR School of Business maintains international accreditation

The UCR School of Business accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International) has been extended by five years.

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Professor Tara J. Yosso honored for lifetime achievements 

Education professor Tara J. Yosso honored by the American Educational Research Association for her lifetime achievements.

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Fellowship supports probe of meritocracy ideology high schools

UCR School of Education professor Suneal Kolluri will probe the paradox of the meritocracy ideology in U.S. high schools with a fellowship from the Spencer Foundation recently awarded by the National Academy of Education

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UCR works to attract international investment

The Gov. Newsom administration selected members of UCR’s Research and Economic Development team to join a California delegation that met with international entrepreneurs, investors, companies, and industry experts at a four-day investment summit in Maryland earlier this month. It was the first time the governor’s Office of Business and Economic...

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Engineering professors receive Amazon funding awards

Two of professors in UCR’s Bourns College of Engineering have received Amazon Research Awards to fund their groundbreaking work in computing and electronics. Amit Roy-Chowdhury, a professor of electrical and computer engineering and Bourns Family Faculty Fellow, received $70,000 plus $20,000 computation credits from Amazon Web Services (AWS) to...

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Marketing professor is finalist for long-term impact award

Mingyu “Max” Joo, assistant professor of marketing in UCR’s School of Business, has been named one of five finalists for the Don Morrison Long Term Impact Award for a journal article based on his dissertation research that explores television advertising and related online searches. A winner is expected to be announced at the Marketing Science...

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UCR team wins $2 million federal grant to scale up biofuel technology for powering aircraft and marine vessels 

The sustainable fuels research team at UC Riverside has won a $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to scale up an acclaimed biofuels technology that turns agricultural and forestry biomass waste into a sustainable source of aviation and marine fuels. The patented technology is known as Co-solvent Enhanced Lignocellulosic...

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Professor receives second IEEE award within one academic year

Professor Vagelis Papalexakis has been named a winner of IEEE's the Donald G. Fink just months after winning the group's Tao Li Award for earlier career scholars.

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Education professor honored by national education research association

The American Educational Research Association, or AERA, has honored UC Riverside education professor Joseph Kahne as a 2023 AERA Fellow for his exceptional contributions to education research. Kahne and 23 other education scholars from colleges and universities across the nation will be honored as AERA fellows at the group’s annual meeting in...

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