The UCR Botanic Gardens reopened to the public Monday after more than three months of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. The 40-acre living plant museum, which has more than 3,500 plant species, is the first major area of the campus to reopen. The Botanic Gardens is following state guidelines allowing for the reopening of parks and trails...

UC Riverside-led research focused on the enzyme DNMT3A

Lead researcher Chun Hung (Joshua) Lui is a recipient of a 2020 CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation

The rates at which communities of plants are shifting their flowering times differ greatly in different locations

A National Science Foundation report found that UC Riverside ranks third in the nation when it comes to graduating the most Hispanic or Latino students in science and engineering fields. The data is included in a 2019 report called “Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering,” which looks at the progress of...

UC Riverside professor protects deserts on the US-Mexico border

Virtual reality goggles and scent tubes recreate a stroll through UCR’s citrus groves

Not even forceful Santa Ana winds deterred scientists and growers

A binational forum assessed ecosystems around the world

Kenneth Barish, Richard Seto, and Miguel Arratia will work with a consortium of UC campuses and national labs

A project underway on the east side of the UC Riverside campus will offer high-tech greenhouse space where researchers from different disciplines can work together in a climate-controlled environment. The Plant Growth Environments Facility is the first new greenhouse research building built on campus in close to 40 years, said Rowan Reid, project...

UC Riverside’s Yanou Cui participates in an international experiment that brings together more than 1,000 scientists

Professor and chair of nematology honored for work on plant immunity to pests

Though there are no sardines in the Santa Ana River, there were more than 150 scientists who gathered for the 2nd annual symposium on native species in that important local waterway at UCR on Oct. 22. The river provides roughly 75% of San Bernardino Valley’s water supply, so maintaining its ecosystem is a hot topic for experts from nearby state and...

Riverside recently hosted the California Invasive Plant Council symposium for the first time in the history of the decades-old gathering. “Having the symposium here underscores UC Riverside’s long-standing and growing importance to the field of land management and invasive plant species research,” said event committee member Lynn Sweet, a plant...

Five-year research project is funded by National Institutes of Health

California citrus growers and UC Riverside joined forces to combat Huanglongbing

New research finds that it is not how many species you have, it is what they ‘do’ in an ecosystem that matters

For decades, the UCR Botanic Gardens have served as a quiet getaway tucked in a corner of campus where one can explore and enjoy nature. The 40-acre living plant museum still stands as an oasis from the bustle of campus, but some changes have been implemented in the past three years to modernize and improve the experience for visitors. They include...

Balandin and Bartels receive $1.12 million grant to discover new van der Waals materials