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 |

How did supermassive black holes form in the early universe?

John Templeton Foundation grant to UCR will support research by physicist Hai-Bo Yu

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

Physicist recognized for contributions to cosmic ray physics

Barry Barish will receive the IUPAP-TIFR Homi Bhabha Award in July

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 |

UCR professor chairs board of Inland Empire food bank

UCR environmental economist Kurt Schwabe has been elected chair of the board of directors for Feeding America Riverside | San Bernardino the Inland Empire’s largest hunger-relief organization.

By David Danelski |

UCR’s Robert Rodriguez nationally recognized for advancing emergency care

The Sheryl Heron, MD, MPH Legacy Award honors one U.S. emergency physician whose research advances care for underserved, diverse populations

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

Campus earns gold rating for sustainability

UC Riverside received a gold rating for its sustainability efforts from an organization that tracks the nation’s most sustainable colleges and universities. The campus earned the recognition May 15 from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s Sustainability, Tracking, Assessment & Rating System, or AASHE STARS....

By Imran Ghori |

Physicist elected member of American Philosophical Society

Barry Barish is one of only 38 new members of North America’s oldest learned society

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

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

Ashley Pimentel and Ting Zhao encourage fellow students to pursue 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 |