Content Tagged with: College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences

Professor receives Lifetime Achievement Award from Wound Healing Society

Manuela Martins-Green’s lab pioneered studies on the role of chemokines in wound healing

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

From diagnosis to discovery: Marin Furukuwa’s journey through epilepsy research

Undergraduate’s internship experience fueled her passion for neuroscience and healthcare

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

UC Riverside doctoral student awarded prestigious DOE fellowship

Ryan Milton will conduct AI-based nuclear physics research at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

Postdoc receives CURE Epilepsy’s Taking Flight Award

Mahboubeh Ahmadi will study hippocampal inhibitory circuits and seizure-related behaviors

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

A UCR astrophysicist is now an asteroid

A scientist, his asteroid, and a happy hour

By Jules Bernstein |

Tango mandarin is ‘2026 Flavor of the Year’ in Spain and Portugal

A European trade association chooses the UCR-developed Tango mandarin as "Flavor of the Year" in Spain and Portugal.

By David Danelski |

UCR scientists win 2025 Buchalter Cosmology Prize

Research shows how the universe’s first galaxies may have generated magnetic fields in intergalactic space

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

Custom engineering brings radioactivity to life

A box on wheels built in a UCR machine shop is changing the way students see physics

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

The princess with a point

As the 2025 American Honey Princess and a master’s student in entomology at UC Riverside, Emilia Burnham has found a unique way to connect with schoolchildren and inspire future scientists.

By Jules Bernstein |

The hidden glass shop powering UCR science

Stephen Lepore’s custom glasswork keeps research moving across campus and beyond

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

UCR researchers recognized as ‘Highly Cited’ in 2025  

Six UCR faculty members make Clarivate Analytics' 2025 list.

By Jules Bernstein |

UCR scientist recognized by American Federation for Aging Research

Huimin Zhang has received AFAR’s Grant for Junior Faculty

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

UCR welcomes new faculty members

UC Riverside welcomed 73 new permanent faculty members from a variety of disciplines for the 2025-26 academic year. The new faculty members offer expertise on a wide range of subjects from natural disaster management to classical and folk Korean dance. Their research topics include the role of deception in influencing people, exploring icy planets...

By UCR News |

UCR physicist pushes for NASA & NSF funding in Washington, D.C.

On Save NASA Science Day of Action, Steve Choi joined hundreds of scientists and advocates from across the country

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

Graduate students win national honors for cockroach research

Rattanan Chungsawat and Emily Ta earn Entomological Society of America awards

By Jules Bernstein |

UCR staff members recognized with HSRU Seed Grant Award and Honorable Mention

Two UCR graduate division staff members were selected in the final round of the Summer 2025 Alliance of Hispanic Serving Research Universities Seed Grants.

By Jordan Cornet |

UCR professor wins rare soil science medal

Soil Science Society of America recognizes William Jury

By Jules Bernstein |

UCR professor studying tiny, ant-killing wasps earns big honor

Entomological Society of America elects John Heraty as fellow

By Jules Bernstein |

NASA grant to allow in-depth study of cosmic microwave background

Physicist Steve Choi will analyze satellite data to focus on reionization, one of the least understood epochs in cosmic history

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

Early-career faculty win fellowships

Eight UC Riverside assistant professors, whose research spans innovations in computer science to discoveries in Latin American history, have been awarded competitive 2025–26 Hellman Fellowships that support promising early-career faculty on the path to tenure. The Hellman Fellowship Program provides up to $30,000 in research support to full-time...

By UCR News |