Content Tagged with: College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences

ACS funding supports research with photocatalytic applications

Physicist Andrew Joe has received a Doctoral New Investigator grant

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

Campus first: UCR professor becomes Astronomical Society Fellow

Society honors Stephen Kane for work on planetary habitability, Venus, exoplanets, spirit of collaboration

By Jules Bernstein |

UCR intellectual property leader appointed to USDA board

Brian Suh, UCR’s senior executive director of technology partnerships, has been appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture to serve on a board that safeguards the intellectual property of crop breeders.

By David Danelski |

Alum creates sculpture for Botanic Gardens

For decades, Frank Heyming has been a champion of the UC Riverside Botanic Gardens and public art on the campus. Now the UCR alum has his own sculpture installed at a prominent location along the main trail of the Botanic Gardens. The piece was installed in June with an unveiling ceremony held in July. Mounted on a concrete base, the five-foot tall...

By Imran Ghori |

UCR adds to its ‘Highly Cited’ faculty members in 2024

List celebrates faculty influence

By Jules Bernstein |

Cub scouts learn physics on campus

Local cub scouts who visited campus on Nov. 3 got an early education in physics and astronomy. The two-hour event was arranged by Robert Sanderson, an instructional lab manager and lecture demonstration specialist in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. “We had almost 30 scouts in attendance, and the kids and their parents all were smiling from...

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

Physicist elected chair of international nuclear physics experiment’s council

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

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

Finding connections between science and music

Scientists and musicians came together to talk about microscopic worms and perform chamber music at UC Riverside’s Culver Center of the Arts on Friday, Sept. 27. The “Earworm” event aimed to demonstrate the synergy between the two seemingly unconnected disciplines. Researcher Sophie Zaaijer, who served as emcee, described how scientists, like...

By UCR News |

Missions to Venus take astrophysicist to DC

UC Riverside astrobiologist Stephen Kane joined efforts to promote two missions to Venus by going to Capitol Hill to advocate for continued congressional funding. Kane is assisting with two planned NASA missions to Venus that will be the first by the U.S. in over 30 years. He is on the science team for the DAVINCI mission, which will measure gases...

By Imran Ghori |

UCR welcomes 74 new faculty members

UC Riverside welcomed 74 new permanent faculty members for the 2024-2025 academic year who come from a variety of disciplines and research interests. The new faculty members offer expertise on a wide range of subjects from the economics of immigration to the history of California Indians. Their research covers a wide variety of topics including...

By UCR News |

UCR team to participate in national undergraduate research program

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

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

DOE renewal grant funds student research

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

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

Experimental Cosmology Center draws Congressman Mark Takano to campus

UCR physicists discuss how the center will benefit the Inland Empire

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

Entomological Society of America elects UCR Professor as Fellow

Chow-Yang Lee honored for his research, mentorship, and public engagement

By Jules Bernstein |

Summer Physics Academy brings back an alumna to campus

Christina Manzano was one of two community college teachers attending the weeklong workshop

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

CA Honey Queen is a UCR entomology graduate student

Beekeeping Federation position advances insect education

By Jules Bernstein |

UCR advisor helped eliminate “probation” from academic language

The University of California has dropped the word “probation” from academic regulations – a change that a UC Riverside academic advisor helped push forward. The UC Academic Senate voted overwhelmingly on June 21 to remove the term probation and replace it with academic notice to alert students when they are falling behind in their studies. Brett...

By Imran Ghori |

UCR soil researcher wins outstanding dissertation award

National recognition for soil scientist Matthew Amato

By Jules Bernstein |

Ken Barish is named chair of UCR Academic Senate

Ken Barish has been elected chair of the UC Riverside Academic Senate. His two-year term begins on Sept. 1. Barish succeeds Sang Hee-Lee, who has been chair the past two years. In the role of chair, Barish will preside over the three Academic Senate meetings each year, act as its spokesperson, oversee administrative duties, and act as UCR’s...

By J.D. Warren |