Graduate student awarded 2026 American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship

Ting-An Lin will investigate molecular links between microplastics exposure and atherosclerosis

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

Professor selected for prestigious SAE fellowship

Georgios Karavalakis, a UCR professor of chemical and environmental engineering, has been elected a Fellow of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International, one of the highest honors in the mobility engineering field.

By David Danelski |

UC Riverside doctoral student awarded prestigious DOE fellowship

Ryan Milton will conduct AI-based nuclear physics research at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

Four professors win NSF CAREER Awards

Four UC Riverside faculty members have been awarded prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Awards to support their research. The program targets early career faculty who demonstrate the potential to serve as academic role models and advance their organization’s mission. Research conducted with these funds should build the foundation for a...

By UCR News |

North District 2 housing honored with innovation award

UC Riverside’s first-of-its-kind North District Phase 2 student housing complex received the Mayor’s Innovation Award at the Riverside State of the City on Jan. 28. The 415,000-square-foot complex, which opened last summer, brought together UCR and Riverside Community College District students in two apartment-style buildings with 1,568 beds. UCR...

By Imran Ghori |

Creative writing professor’s latest novel nominated for Edgar Award

Laila Lalami’s dystopian thriller, “The Dream Hotel” (2025), has been nominated for the 2026 Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best Novel.

By John Sanford |

UCR professor named editor of prestigious education journal

As the editor for two forthcoming annual volumes of a leading education research journal, UCR education professor Rita Kohl will help curate the nation’s most rigorous scholarship on how racism shapes the U.S. education system.

By David Danelski |

Postdoc receives CURE Epilepsy’s Taking Flight Award

Mahboubeh Ahmadi will study hippocampal inhibitory circuits and seizure-related behaviors

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

Startup created by UCR grads chosen for mayor’s innovation award

EDGE Sound Research, a startup founded by UC Riverside graduates that is focused on creating immersive audio experiences in sports and entertainment, will receive the city of Riverside’s Innovation Award.

By David Danelski |

A UCR astrophysicist is now an asteroid

A scientist, his asteroid, and a happy hour

By Jules Bernstein |

Tango mandarin is ‘2026 Flavor of the Year’ in Spain and Portugal

A European trade association chooses the UCR-developed Tango mandarin as "Flavor of the Year" in Spain and Portugal.

By David Danelski |

UCR scientists win 2025 Buchalter Cosmology Prize

Research shows how the universe’s first galaxies may have generated magnetic fields in intergalactic space

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

UCR alumna awarded Fulbright Scholarship to teach in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Julie Vasquez, who graduated from UC Riverside in 2024, has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to teach English in Bosnia and Herzegovina

By Yash Sunkesula |

Professor honored by National Academy of Inventors

Matthew Barth, a longtime UC Riverside engineering professor whose work has shaped global transportation systems and clean mobility innovations, has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors

By David Danelski |

UCR named among the “Best for Vets”

The campus was ranked No. 95 in the 2025 Best for Vets: Colleges list released Nov. 17 by Military Times

By Imran Ghori |

UCR lauded for promoting success in graduate education

The ETS/CGS Award honors innovative ideas that boost graduate student success, completion, and inclusiveness

By UCR News |

56 doctoral students earn Dissertation Completion Fellowships

UCR Graduate Division funding supports scholars as they complete the final stage of their research

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

Vice chancellor reappointed to state financial aid agency

Brian Haynes has been reappointed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom to a second year on the California Student Aid Commission

By Imran Ghori |

Professor honored with Nancy Chick Article of the Year Award

Award reflects Rosemary Tyrrell’s contributions to advancing teaching and learning in medical education and beyond

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

Professor named 2025 Hastings Center Fellow

Brandon Brown is the first recipient of the honor at UCR

By Iqbal Pittalwala |