Content Tagged with: Awards & Honors

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’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 |

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 |

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 |

UCR part of collaboration that received Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

CMS collaborators analyze data from Large Hadron Collider collisions

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

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 |

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 |

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 |

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 |

ACS funding supports research with photocatalytic applications

Physicist Andrew Joe has received a Doctoral New Investigator grant

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

Biomedical scientist to investigate endocannabinoids as potential treatment for cocaine addiction relapse

Natalie Zlebnik has received a NARSAD Young Investigator Award from the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation

By Iqbal Pittalwala |