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Dog-killing flatworm discovered in Southern California
UC Riverside scientists confirm, for the first time, that a potentially fatal dog parasite is present in a portion of the Colorado River that runs through California. 
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Buzzworthy: new podcast sorts insect facts from fiction
For those curious about insects – their behavior, love lives, the threat or lack thereof they pose to humans – there is a new podcast from UC Riverside: Can I Bug You? 
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Empowering Scientific Advancements
Ernst and Helen Leibacher's donation of land to UCR fund the establishment of an endowed chair in botany and plant sciences.
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How the SARS-CoV-2 virus acquires its spherical shape
UC Riverside-led study findings can help tackle other pathogenic coronaviruses
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Sniffing our way to better health
New scent-based therapy can delay disease; has implications also for agricultural production
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Highlanders win big with Big Brothers Big Sisters
Two University of California, Riverside undergraduate students have been named 2024’s Mentor of the Year by Big Brothers Big Sisters, or BBBS, of the Orange County and the Inland Empire region.
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Vaping can increase susceptibility to infection by SARS-CoV-2
UC Riverside study urges e-cigarette users to be cautious about vaping in the era of COVID-19
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Scientists discover hidden army of lung flu fighters
Scientists have long thought of the fluid-filled sac around our lungs merely as a cushion from external damage. UC Riverside scientists have learned it also houses potent virus-eating cells that rush into the lungs during flu infections.
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Undergraduate wins UC Graduate Deans’ Leadership and Research Award
Budding neuroscientist Erik Hakopian provided academic mentorship to UCR students
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UCR chemist Timothy Su joins 2024 class of Cottrell Scholars
Award supports innovative science research and education
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Gift to UCR results in new undergraduate fellowship
Aiden Wilkin will use the funds to continue working in the experimental LIGO group
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CNAS Science Lecture Series returns
UC Riverside’s College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences will present talks on climate change, cosmology, and sustainability as part of its annual Science Lecture Series.
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Physics research puts UCR on landscape of particle manipulation
Successful trapping of electrons could lead to new quantum computing architectures
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Reaching for the stars
A new astronomy course at UC Riverside offers undergraduates hands-on use of a telescope
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UCR wins grant promoting faculty diversity efforts
UC Riverside’s Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology department is one of the recipients of the University of California Advancing Faculty Diversity Program awards for the 2023-24 academic year. The program provides support to increase UC’s faculty diversity efforts. Eight grants, totaling about $2.6 million, were awarded. The Advancing Faculty Diversity program focuses on two priority areas: recruitment and improving the campus climate and retention.
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2023 ‘Highly Cited’ list celebrates UCR faculty influence
Researchers rank in top 1% worldwide
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