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The College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (CNAS) is unique among land-grant colleges, with life sciences, physical sciences, agricultural sciences, and mathematical sciences together in one academic unit. This diverse environment creates a flourishing interdisciplinary culture that we call "The CNAS Advantage."

  • January 8, 2010
    Plant Scientist's Research Ranked on Top Ten Breakthrough List for 2009
    Research by Sean Cutler, assistant professor of plant cell biology in the Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, has been named by Science magazine as one of the top 10 breakthroughs of the year.
  • January 8, 2010
    Biologist's Lab at UC Riverside Is a Hummingbird Health Spa
    Research on avian flight by Biology Professor Douglas Altshuler will be featured in the program "Hummingbirds:Magic in the Air" on the PBS show "Nature," premiering Sunday, Jan. 10.
  • December 18, 2009
    CNAS faculty recognized by American Association for the Advancement of Science
    Eight researchers at the University of California, Riverside have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), six of them members of the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences faculty.
  • November 2, 2009
    Geologists discover a new window into Earth's interior
    Geologists Larissa Dobrzhinetskaya and Harry Green and colleagues report in the Oct. 26-30 online early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences their discovery of ultrahigh-pressure minerals from a paleoocean-spreading center
  • November 2, 2009
    Plant Cell Viewing
    A research team led by Julia Bailey-Serres, a professor of genetics, reports in the Oct. 12-16 online editions of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on the implementation of a method they devised to view activities of individual types of cells in a complex plant organ, such as root or a leaf.

All Events for Tuesday, February 9, 2010

The next Science Lecture Series, "Global Climate Change: Causes, Impacts, Solutions," begins April 8, 2010

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Drought Symposium logo The Water Science & Policy Center is sponsoring a Drought Symposium, March 24-26, 2010.

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Dean Tom Baldwin Dean Tom Baldwin talks about the budget situation and how it affects the college.
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