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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."

  • 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.
  • November 2, 2009
    New Molecules Created by UC Riverside Chemists
    Guy Bertrand's lab shows metal-free "abnormal N-heterocyclic carbenes" are stable, allowing their use in numerous catalytic chemical reactions
  • October 16, 2009
    Turf scientists on a quest to engineer a superlawn
    With mandatory watering restrictions turning grass brown from California to Florida to Massachusetts, a small but dedicated cadre of turf scientists at UC Riverside is on a mission to engineer a drought-proof superlawn.

 

AMS logoThe UC Riverside Department of Mathematics proudly hosts the American Mathematical Society's 2009 Fall Western Section Conference.

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Habitat Conservation Plans: Moving Across Boundaries
The Jane Block Distinguished Seminar Series in Conservation Biology, November 9-10, 2009
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Scinece Lectures Series II headline
The next Science Lecture Series, "The Science of Evolution, Part II: Applying Evolutionary Ideas," begins October 15, 2009.

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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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