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 |

Transportation Services honored by international parking institute

UC Riverside’s Transportation Services was named an organization of the year by an international parking and transportation organization. The department was recognized by the International Parking & Mobility Institute, a world-wide association of professionals in parking, mobility, and transportation. UCR was nominated and won in its 2025...

By Imran Ghori |

ITS program manager wins tech award

Eric Martin, a technical program manager with UC Riverside Information Technology Solutions, is among the winners in the 2025 UC Tech Awards. The annual awards program celebrates individuals and teams within the UC system’s technology community for significant contributions to advancing the university’s mission through innovative tools and...

By Imran Ghori |

Epilepsy research rewarded with fellowship and grant

Viji Santhakumar’s lab is the recipient of both

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

Higher ed planners honor SOM II design

UC Riverside’s new School of Medicine instructional building was recognized for excellence in architecture by the Society for College and University Planning. The School of Medicine Education Building II, which opened in fall 2023, received an honorable mention in the society’s 2025 awards, which recognized higher education projects completed...

By Imran Ghori |

NASA grant to allow in-depth study of cosmic microwave background

Physicist Steve Choi will analyze satellite data to focus on reionization, one of the least understood epochs in cosmic history

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

Computer science professor selected for prestigious symposium

Evangelos “Vagelis” Papalexakis, a professor and Ross Family Chair in Computer Science at UC Riverside, has been selected to participate in a prestigious national symposium hosted by the National Academy of Engineering.

By David Danelski |

Psychologist receives 2025 Bowlby-Ainsworth Award

Tuppett Yates is recognized for her research on attachment and trauma

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

UCR doctoral student selected for Department of Energy fellowship

Giovanni Rivera, a computer science doctoral student at UC Riverside, has been selected for the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Computational Science Graduate Fellowship.

By David Danelski |