UCR scientist recognized by American Federation for Aging Research

Huimin Zhang has received AFAR’s Grant for Junior Faculty

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

UCR wins UCOP safety award

UC Riverside has been awarded the Presidential Award for Campus Excellence in Health and Safety for the sixth year in a row. The award is presented annually to one campus by the UC Office of the President to spotlight the work of Environmental Health and Safety departments in improving safety and reducing risk at UC campuses. Winners were announced...

By Imran Ghori |

New faculty receives Career Development Award from American Academy of Neurology

Dr. Mahsa Khayat-Khoei will investigate how a special group of immune cells called monocytes contribute to nerve damage in progressive multiple sclerosis

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

Scholar recognized for advancing social change through technology

A UC Riverside education scholar Avriel Epps has been named the inaugural recipient of the Dáaiyah Bilal-Threats Visionary Award, honoring her work advancing equity and justice through technology.

By David Danelski |

Writing program authors selected for year’s best mystery stories

Two UC Riverside creative writing authors have stories included in this year’s “The Best American Mystery and Suspense” short fiction collection. Tod Goldberg, adjunct professor of creative writing and director of the UCR Palm Desert low-residency MFA program, and Ivy Pochoda, an adjunct assistant professor with the program, are among the 20...

By Imran Ghori |

Graduate students win national honors for cockroach research

Rattanan Chungsawat and Emily Ta earn Entomological Society of America awards

By Jules Bernstein |

UCR professor wins top honor for innovative energy research

Cengiz Ozkan named Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry

By Jules Bernstein |

Physician honored with Arnold P. Gold Humanism in Medicine Award

Dr. Anita Gupta is recognized for advancing humanism, equity, and innovation in medicine

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

UCR staff members recognized with HSRU Seed Grant Award and Honorable Mention

Two UCR graduate division staff members were selected in the final round of the Summer 2025 Alliance of Hispanic Serving Research Universities Seed Grants.

By Jordan Cornet |

Professor named senior fellow at water policy institute

UC Riverside professor Kurt Schwabe has been named a senior fellow at the Water Policy Center of the Public Policy Institute of California.

By David Danelski |

NSF grants to advance safer roads, smarter maps, and more trustworthy robots

Three UCR engineering scholars win more than $1 million to advance their research

By David Danelski |

UCR professor wins rare soil science medal

Soil Science Society of America recognizes William Jury

By Jules Bernstein |

Artist awarded prestigious fellowship

Gerald Clarke, an artist and professor of ethnic studies at UC Riverside, is one of 15 recipients of the 2025 Joan Mitchell Fellowship, which supports artists making important contributions to artistic and cultural discourse. The New- York-based Joan Mitchell Foundation, which announced the honorees on Aug. 13, selected U.S.-based artists working...

By Imran Ghori |

Professor wins grant to probe how light becomes electricity

Associate professor Ming Liu received a $400,00 National Science Foundation grant to develop a new three-dimensional imaging method capable of revealing electrical hotspots at the nanometer scale.

By David Danelski |

Psychologist will use AI to study infant motor development

UCR study will examine how infants’ movements develop over time and how caregiving practices influence that growth

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

UCR professor studying tiny, ant-killing wasps earns big honor

Entomological Society of America elects John Heraty as fellow

By Jules Bernstein |

Psychologist elected fellow of American Psychological Association

Rachel Wu's research explores how infants and children learn and whether these methods can enhance adult cognitive development

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

Professor honored for theatrical designs

UC Riverside assistant professor of teaching Christopher Scott Murillo has been named “Scenic Designer of the Year” by a Southern California website for his work on several theatrical productions. Murillo, an assistant professor of teaching in production design for stage and screen with the Department of Theatre, Film, and Digital Production, is a...

By Imran Ghori |

UC Riverside and WashU researchers receive NSF awards to improve AI-powered imaging systems

The National Science Foundation has awarded nearly $1 million to computer engineering scholars from UC Riverside and Washington University in St. Louis to advance artificial intelligence, or AI, methods for image generation systems used in science, medicine, and engineering.

By David Danelski |

UCR engineering professors recognized as first married couple elected NAI fellows

UC Riverside engineering professors Mihri and Cengiz Ozkan have been named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors, or NAI, becoming the first married couple in the United States to receive the honor.

By David Danelski |