Content Tagged with: Awards & Honors
UCR psychology doctoral student earns Koppitz Fellowship
Minghui Wang, a UC Riverside doctoral student in the Department of Psychology, has been named a recipient of the Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz Fellowship.
Graduate student awarded 2026 American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship
Ting-An Lin will investigate molecular links between microplastics exposure and atherosclerosis
UC Riverside doctoral student awarded prestigious DOE fellowship
Ryan Milton will conduct AI-based nuclear physics research at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Four professors win NSF CAREER Awards
Four UC Riverside faculty members have been awarded prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Awards to support their research. The program targets early career faculty who demonstrate the potential to serve as academic role models and advance their organization’s mission. Research conducted with these funds should build the foundation for a...
North District 2 housing honored with innovation award
UC Riverside’s first-of-its-kind North District Phase 2 student housing complex received the Mayor’s Innovation Award at the Riverside State of the City on Jan. 28. The 415,000-square-foot complex, which opened last summer, brought together UCR and Riverside Community College District students in two apartment-style buildings with 1,568 beds. UCR...
Creative writing professor’s latest novel nominated for Edgar Award
Laila Lalami’s dystopian thriller, “The Dream Hotel” (2025), has been nominated for the 2026 Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best Novel.
Postdoc receives CURE Epilepsy’s Taking Flight Award
Mahboubeh Ahmadi will study hippocampal inhibitory circuits and seizure-related behaviors
UCR scientists win 2025 Buchalter Cosmology Prize
Research shows how the universe’s first galaxies may have generated magnetic fields in intergalactic space
UCR alumna awarded Fulbright Scholarship to teach in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Julie Vasquez, who graduated from UC Riverside in 2024, has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to teach English in Bosnia and Herzegovina
UCR named among the “Best for Vets”
The campus was ranked No. 95 in the 2025 Best for Vets: Colleges list released Nov. 17 by Military Times
UCR lauded for promoting success in graduate education
The ETS/CGS Award honors innovative ideas that boost graduate student success, completion, and inclusiveness
Vice chancellor reappointed to state financial aid agency
Brian Haynes has been reappointed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom to a second year on the California Student Aid Commission
Professor honored with Nancy Chick Article of the Year Award
Award reflects Rosemary Tyrrell’s contributions to advancing teaching and learning in medical education and beyond
Professor named 2025 Hastings Center Fellow
Brandon Brown is the first recipient of the honor at UCR
CHASS honors four faculty members
The award recognizes outstanding teaching achievements and honors faculty members for their exceptional teaching quality and ability to positively influence, motivate, and inspire students
New business building wins architecture award
Award recognizes design excellence and innovation
UCR scientist recognized by American Federation for Aging Research
Huimin Zhang has received AFAR’s Grant for Junior Faculty
UCR wins UCOP safety award
Award is presented annually to one campus by the UC Office of the President to spotlight the work of Environmental Health and Safety departments in improving safety and reducing risk at UC campuses
New faculty receives Career Development Award from American Academy of Neurology
Dr. Mahsa Khayat-Khoei will investigate how a special group of immune cells called monocytes contribute to nerve damage in progressive multiple sclerosis
Writing program authors selected for year’s best mystery stories
Tod Goldberg and Ivy Pochoda are among 20 featured writers