Chemistry Ph.D. student to represent UCR at Nobel Laureate meeting 

Ashley Pimentel encourages fellow students to pursue networking opportunities.

By Jules Bernstein |

UCR chef wins medal in cooking challenge

A chef with UC Riverside Dining Services won top honors in a cooking competition hosted by the National Association of College & University Food Services. David Murillo, a culinary manager at Lothian Residential Restaurant, won the silver medal at the association’s Culinary Challenge at its regional conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on March...

By Imran Ghori |

Student burro encounter wins R’Card photo contest

UC Riverside first-year business student Dennis Cha was selected as the winner of the 2025 R’Card photo contest on March 12. His winning image, which features a burro in front of palm trees under a blue sky, will be printed on thousands of new R’Cards distributed to students, staff, and faculty for the 2025-26 academic year. Cha became interested...

By Jordan Cornet |

Grant will consider whether retirement is ‘one very long summer slide’

Psychology researcher Rachel Wu has received a $700,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The grant, which will be administered over three years, will consider how learning and the brain are affected during retirement years. While much is known about well-being in retirement as it relates to social interactions and financial...

By John Warren |

UCR part of collaboration that received Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

CMS collaborators analyze data from Large Hadron Collider collisions

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

Professor recognized by IEEE for pioneering work with microchips

Sheldon Tan, a professor of electrical and computer engineering in UCR’s Bourns College of Engineering, has been recognized as a fellow of the IEEE engineering professional group for his contributions to the advancement of microchips.

By David Danelski |

Tara Yosso honored by national educational research association

UC Riverside education professor Tara J. Yosso, has been named a 2025 fellow by the American Educational Research Association, or AERA, in recognition of her exceptional and sustained research contributions.

By David Danelski |

UCR scientists join elite class of 2024 AAAS fellows

A big honor for chemistry and biomedical sciences faculty

By Jules Bernstein |

Professor wins grant to study juvenile incarceration

Economics Professor Ozkan Eren has received a $244,721 grant from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation. The two-year grant will be used to study the long-term effects of juvenile incarceration and its spillover effects on family members. Eren’s research will involve two components. In the first, he will investigate the relationships among juvenile...

By John Warren |

Anthropologist honored for promoting scientific research

Sang-Hee Lee, a UC Riverside professor of anthropology, has been honored by the American Association of Biological Anthropologists, or AABA, for outstanding public engagement in the field. Lee is the recipient of the 2025 AABA and Leakey Foundation Communication & Outreach Award in Honor of Camilla Smith. Noting the importance of promoting...

By Imran Ghori |

UCR scholars receive grants for education equity research

Scholars from UCR’s School of Education have received two $75,000 grants from the Spencer Foundation to support research focused on improving social-emotional learning for immigrant students and advancing racial equity in teacher education. Led by assistant professor Eui Kyung Kim, one of the funded projects will focus on social-emotional learning...

By David Danelski |

Ariana Aparicio Aguilar wins ‘Seed to Tree’ scholarship

UC Riverside doctoral student’s research will help advance equity in higher education.

By Malinn Loeung |

UCR physicist receives international award

Guido Altarelli Award recognizes Miguel Arratia’s work on probing the structure of the proton

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

Biomedical scientist receives his 14th challenge coin

Scott Pegan is a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

Biochemist recognized for breakthroughs in functional metabolomics

Daniel Petras has received the Mattauch-Herzog Award from the German Association for Mass Spectrometry

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

UCR scientists win big in regional entomology awards 

Professional society recognizes outstanding faculty and grad student work

By Jules Bernstein |

Professor receives $300,000 Mellon Foundation fellowship

UC Riverside received a $300,000 fellowship from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support Crystal Mun-hye Baik, an associate professor of gender and sexuality studies. The fellowship is part of Mellon’s New Directions program, which assists faculty members in the humanities and social sciences in attaining their PhDs and acquiring training...

By John Warren |

NEH grant supports book on 1600s Ukrainian resistance

Georg Michels, a UCR professor of history, has received a $60,000 fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities, or NEH, to support an upcoming book project. The title of Michels’ accepted NEH proposal is “Protect Us Against the Cruelty… of Christian Monarchs: Ottoman Support for Ukrainian Resistance Against the Russian Empire (1660...

By John Warren |

Department of Physics and Astronomy receives national award

American Physical Society recognizes the department’s efforts to improve undergraduate physics education

By Iqbal Pittalwala |