The award recognizes her new book, “Dark Matter in Breaking Cyphers: The Life of Africanist Aesthetics in Global Hip Hop.”

UCR’s Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering (BCOE) has been awarded a $2 million grant over six years from the National Science Foundation to expand educational opportunities for scholarships for low-income students.

Kenneth Barish’s two-year term begins in March 2025

Project addresses mental health disparities faced by Latinx and Indigenous Mexican communities in the US

Five-month program focuses on developing participants’ communication and advocacy skills

Three-year term begins Oct. 1

UC Riverside distinguished computer science professor Kadangode “K.K.” Ramakrishnan was recently honored with a lifetime achievement award for pioneering contributions that have enabled the growth Internet.

Researchers will work at Brookhaven National Laboratory to uncover internal structure of protons

UCR’s Frances Valdovinos has been named a fellow by the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, or HACU, for this year’s Leadership Academy/La Academia de Liderazgo.

Mihri Ozkan, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at UC Riverside, has been named an ambassador for the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) to promote academic innovation through speaking engagements at various venues across the country.

Miguel Arratia and Shawn Westerdale have each been awarded $875,000 over five years

This achievement was made possible with the support of the chapter’s advisors, David Pion-Berlin and Donna Perez.

UC Riverside researcher Sonja Lyubomirsky is among 12 recipients of a grant from the Tiny Blue Dot Foundation for its “Perception Box” initiative. The $899,232 award is for Lyubomirsky and her Ph.D. students’ research on how attentive, supportive listening can improve well-being and health for both the speaker and listener. “With so many amazing...

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, or ASME, has elected professor Cengiz Ozkan as an ASME Fellow in recognition of his “exceptional achievements and contributions” to the engineering profession.

Physicist Jon Richardson is grant’s principal investigator

With the help of the Center for Undergraduate Research and Engaged Learning, or CUREL, recent graduates of UC Riverside racked up over $300,000 worth of funding for the 2024-25 academic year to pursue their studies and research.

Four faculty recognized by UCR’s Academy of Distinguished Teaching

A doctoral student in entomology is being honored by the world’s largest entomological society for her contributions to the field. Sakshi Watts is one of the student honorees being recognized by the Entomological Society of America in its 2024 Awards and Honors. Each year, the group honors scientists, educators, and students who have distinguished...

A UC Riverside research team has won $250,000 as a runner-up in NASA’s Deep Space Food Challenge for developing a method to grow mushrooms in outer space.

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...