New School of Medicine building wins design/construction awards

UC Riverside’s new School of Medicine instructional building won two awards from a construction industry trade publication. The School of Medicine Education Building II, which opened in September 2023 after two years of construction, received the Award of Merit in the Excellence in Sustainability category and an Award of Merit in Higher Education...

By Imran Ghori |

Rahul Almeida wins 2024-25 Strauss Scholarship

Rahul Almeida, a biology undergrad expected to graduate from UC Riverside in 2025, has been awarded $15,000 from the Donald A. Strauss Foundation to fund an educational intervention program he organized called, “Food for Thought.”

By Malinn Loeung |

Electrical engineering professor receives highly competitive grant

Ran Cheng, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, has recently received a $250,000 grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to explore the possibility of using an emerging class of materials known as magnetic topological insulators to build electronics with extremely low power consumption.

By David Danelski |

Ten professors win NSF CAREER Awards

Ten UC Riverside faculty members have been awarded prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Awards to support research in areas ranging from early detection of diseases to human-robot interactions. The awards support early career faculty who demonstrate the potential to serve as academic role models and advance their organization’s mission...

By UCR News |

Professor wins grant to further study of the hiring of formerly incarcerated people

UCR public policy and sociology professor Sharon Oselin has received a Haynes Foundation Faculty Fellowship Award, which provides her with $16,000 toward her study of the challenges faced by formerly incarcerated people when they seek employment.

By David Danelski |

Entomological Society of America elects UCR Professor as Fellow

Chow-Yang Lee honored for his research, mentorship, and public engagement

By Jules Bernstein |

Trent Jaeger named ACM fellow

Trent Jaeger, a UCR professor of computer science and engineering, has been inducted as a fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery.

By Jordan Cornet |

UCR chef wins gold medal in national cooking challenge

A chef with UC Riverside Dining Services won a gold medal in a national cooking competition hosted by the National Association of College & University Food Services. Tye Nielsen, a culinary manager for Dining Services’ catering division, faced five other finalists at the National Culinary Challenge at the association’s national conference in...

By Imran Ghori |

Giulia Palermo selected as 2024 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar

Giulia Palermo, a computational biophysicist and associate professor in UCR’s Department of Bioengineering, has received a 2024 Camille & Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award.

By Jordan Cornet |

Ke Du receives EIPBN Early Career Award

Ke Du, an assistant professor in UCR’s Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, received an Early Career Award at the Electron, Ion and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication, or EIPBN, conference in May

By Jordan Cornet |

Carolyn Rasmussen nominated for shaping the field of plant biology

Carolyn Rasmussen, UCR associate professor and plant cell biologist, has been named one of 25 notable women who have shaped the field of plant biology by the American Society of Plant Biologists, or ASPB. Research in her lab focuses on how cell division and shape impact plant development and has the potential to increase crop plant performance...

By Jordan Cornet |

School of Medicine Pathway Program wins national recognition

The California Medicine Scholars Program has received the Insight Into Diversity magazine 2024 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

CA Honey Queen is a UCR entomology graduate student

Beekeeping Federation position advances insect education

By Jules Bernstein |

UCR education professor wins prestigious school psychology award

The American Psychological Association will honor UC Riverside assistant professor Stephanie Moore with the 2024 Lightner Witmer Award, which recognizes early-career professional and academic school psychologists who have demonstrated sustained, outstanding scholarship.

By David Danelski |

Victoria Reyes wins the William Foote Whyte Career Award

The recognition comes from the American Sociological Association, or ASA.

By Sandra Baltazar Martinez |

UCR economic development leader honored by Hispanic small business coalition

Hispanic Coalition of Small Businesses to honor UC Riverside’s Rosibel Ochoa this fall for her work that benefits small businesses owned by diverse people.

By David Danelski |

Sophomore wins UCR neuroscience award

The Austin and Helen Riesen Neuroscience Award is given to the top undergraduate student in the neuroscience program

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

UCR soil researcher wins outstanding dissertation award

National recognition for soil scientist Matthew Amato

By Jules Bernstein |

UCR wins national award for redesigned alumni website

UC Riverside won a national award from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, or CASE, for its marketing and communications outreach to alumni. University Relations won a silver CASE Circle of Excellence Award from the nonprofit association dedicated to educational advancement in alumni relations, communications, development...

By Imran Ghori |

Outstanding staff recognized at awards ceremony

A dozen UC Riverside staff members were honored by UCR Staff Assembly as part of its annual Outstanding Staff Awards recognizing those who go above and beyond their duties. The awards were presented at a Monday, June 3 ceremony at the Barn Stable. The awards recognize staff members for excellence in their work, commitment to the university’s...

By Imran Ghori |