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 |

Biomedical scientist receives his 14th challenge coin

Scott Pegan is a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

UCR physicist receives international award

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

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 |

Veterans center director honored by national group

A national student veterans group has named Tamara Thacker, director of UC Riverside’s Veterans Resource Center, as one of its advisers of the year. Student Veterans of America, or SVA, a Washington DC-based nonprofit, selected Thacker as one of five honorees for the Chapter Adviser of the Year. The group describes the award as acknowledging “the...

By Imran Ghori |

Chancellor honored as Riverside Hero

UC Riverside Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox was presented with the Riverside Hero award at the Riverside State of the City Address on Thursday, Jan. 30. The Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce cited Wilcox’s transformative educational initiatives in his 12-year tenure at UCR in selecting him for the award, which goes to a group or person who has “made...

By Imran Ghori |

School of Business wins Riverside beautification award

UC Riverside was honored at the city of Riverside’s annual beautification awards for its new School of Business building. The new four-story building, which opened last fall, received the Sustainable Design & Innovation Award as part of the Keep Riverside Clean and Beautiful Awards on Thursday, Jan. 30. The program, now in its 38th year, is...

By Imran Ghori |

Trailblazing UCR Geneticist Becomes National Academy of Sciences VP

Sue Wessler recognized for scientific excellence and collaborative spirit

By Jules Bernstein |

UCR scholars honored by the White House for early career achievements

UCR professors Rachel Wu, Eunsoo Cho and Mahesh Raj Neupane have each received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, or PECASE, according to a recent announcement from The White House.

By UCR News |

UCR School of Medicine awarded $550,000 by UCOP to advance faculty diversity

THRIVE initiative will address health disparities, particularly those affecting underrepresented populations in medicine

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

UCR professors ranked among nation's top 200 education scholars

UCR education professors Eddie Comeaux and Rita Kohli have been named among the nation’s top 200 education scholars in a ranking by the American Enterprise Institute, or AEI.

By David Danelski |

ACS funding supports research with photocatalytic applications

Physicist Andrew Joe has received a Doctoral New Investigator grant

By Iqbal Pittalwala |