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  • CNAS Student Success Stories 2016 - 2019

    June 4, 2019

     

    CNAS GSAs win 2019 UCR Student Life Awards

    The Graduate Student Associations of Evolution, Ecology Organismal Biology (EEOB) and Plant Pathology as well as the Dynamic Genome Outreach Group were awarded multiple UC Riverside Student Life awards, acknowledging excellence in science outreach, education, and community service. 

    Big congratulations to all winning GSA officers, students, and supporting faculty and staff!

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    February 21, 2019

     

    UCR student researcher takes smoking personally

    Careen Khachatoorian, a sixth-year Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology graduate student, studies the dangers that come with smoking e-cigarettes and the residue left behind by it. In one of the studies, Khachatoorian found the electronic cigarette aerosol from a vape shop left detectable traces of ECEAR on cotton and terrycloth towels placed inside a nearby business. In another study, she looked at fabrics left inside vape shops and vaping homes, also finding ECEAR. The film left behind is sometimes visible, she said.

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    December 12, 2018

    UCR physics undergraduate student headed to CERN

    Sergio Garcia has an extraordinary opportunity to do hands-on work in one of the most famous centers for scientific research in the world. He will do research during the winter quarter on a particle detector at the Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator. At CERN, Garcia will work on a combination of hardware work for the CMS muon system and analysis work on a search for four top quark production, a rare standard model process. He will thus have a unique opportunity to physically work on part of the largest science experiment in the history of humanity, while also contributing to an actual research analysis on recent data.

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    December 1, 2016

    Soto Awarded SACNAS Student Presentation Award

    Undergraduate student Joselyn Soto was awarded a SACNAS Student Presentation Award for her presentation, “Morphological and Functional Consequences of Hippocampal Demyelination and Remyelination-Induced Recovery,” at 2016 SACNAS: The National Diversity in STEM Conference in Long Beach, Calif., Oct. 13-15. In addition to her research in the lab of Associate Professor SeemaTiwari-Woodruff in the Department of Biomedical Sciences, Soto is a member of the MARC-U STAR program and serves as a CNAS Science Ambassador, Supplemental Instruction leader in the UCR Academic Resource Center, and participated in the UCR School of Medicine’s FastStart program.

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    August 29, 2016

    Chen Awarded HHMI International Student Research Fellowship

    Yu-Chieh “David” Chen, a graduate student in the Interdepartmental Neuroscience Graduate Program who works in the lab of Anupama Dahanukar, an associate professor of entomology, has received one of 20 International Student Research Fellowships Program awarded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. His research will focus on insects, including, butterflies, moths, and flies, that undergo dramatic changes in the nervous system during metamorphosis. Chen will receive $86,000 over two years from HHMI.

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    July 14, 2016

    Neema Adhami Awarded UC Smoke and Tobacco Free Fellowship Award

    Neema Adhami, a graduate student working with Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience Manuela Martins-Green, is one of only four students (and one of only two graduate students) to receive the new UC Smoke and Tobacco Free Fellowship Award. The goal of the fellowships, open to all UC undergraduate and graduate students, is to develop the next generation of leaders in reducing the harms and social costs from smoking and use of tobacco products worldwide.

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    June 30, 2016

    UC President Recognizes CNAS Grads for Service

    University of California President Janet Napolitano recognized recent graduates and members of the CNAS Science Ambassadors Hanni Schoniger and Jade Zamorano among the UC graduates who made the most of opportunity through public service. They created Change in Scientific Importance for Youth to motivate middle and high school students to go to college and pursue careers in STEM fields.

    June 1, 2016

    CNAS Students Recognized at Honors Convocation

    Students from the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences were recognized at the 30th Annual Honors Convocation hosted by the Office of Undergraduate Education in the University Theatre on Monday, May 23, 2016.

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    May 27, 2016

    Welcome Members of the 2016 MacREU at R’sid

    Thanks to the generous support of the National Science Foundation and Semiconductor Research Corporation, we’re pleased to welcome the 2016 participants in the Materials Connection Research Experience for Undergraduates at UC Riverside (MacREU R’side). The program is led by Professor of Chemistry Ludwig Bartels.

    April 8, 2016

    CNAS Students Win NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

    CNAS graduate students Riley Bottom (neuroscience), Marissa Ann Gionet-Gonzales (chemistry), Jesse Tamayo (chemistry), Aaron Martinez (geosciences), and Ida-Louise Pairs (chemistry) are among the UCR recipients of prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Rearch Fellowships for 2016.

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    March 22, 2016

    Graduate Student Irene Shivaei Leads Team Tracing Star Formation Rates in Distant Galaxies

    Combining spectra recorded by the MOSFIRE high-resolution near-infrared spectrometer at the W. M. Keck Observatory telescopes with infrared images from the Spitzer Space Telescope, the Herschel Space Observatory, and optical images of the Hubble Space Telescope, a team lead by graduate student Irene Shivaei has created a complete multi-wavelength picture of galaxies. Their results help to build the foundations of galaxy evolution studies that ccan help predict a physical quantity (in this case, the star-formation rate) of a distant galaxy from the light that telescopes capture.

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    February 17, 2016

    CNAS Students Earn HHMI EXROP Fellowships

    Undergraduates students Jaime Coronado, Thomas Rodriguez and Alyssa Rodriguez (biochemistry majors) and Katherine Espinoza (neuroscience major) have won fellowships from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), administered by the Exceptional Research Opportunities Program (EXROP). The fellowship provides opportunities for students to participate in cutting-edge research over the summer in top labs across the country. All four students also participate in the University Honors Program.

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    February 8, 2016

    Richards Awarded Gates Cambridge Scholarship

    Connor Richards, a fourth-year physics major, has been awarded the Gates Cambridge Scholarship, one of the most prestigious international scholarships in the world. He is one of about 40 American students who received the award, and he is the first UCR student to be granted the award. He will read for a Master of Advanced Study in Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge.

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    November 5, 2015

    Connor Richards Named Marshall Scholarship Finalist

    Fourth-year physics undergraduate Connor Richards recently became the first UCR student in more than a decade to be named a finalist for the Marshall Scholarship, one of the most prestigious academic honors in the nation. If selected for the scholarship, he plans to pursue a Masters of Advanced Study in applied mathematics and theoretical physics at the University of Cambridge, and a Master of Science in quantum fields and fundamental forces at Imperial College. Working with Professor of Physics Owen Long, Richards has spent the last three years conducting research, including traveling to Switzerland to work with CERN.

    Read More »

    October 13, 2015

    Learning Communities Improve GPAs and Graduation Rates

    Learning communities at CNAS and the other colleges on campus bring together small groups of first-year students, placing them in many of the same classes and providing extra academic support. As a result, CNAS students in learning communities have GPAs one-third point higher and graduation rates nearly twice those of their fellow students.

    Watch the Video »

    August 27, 2015

    RISE Summer Symposium Features Student Research Presentations

    Students who participated the 10-week summer research program at CNAS demonstrated their dedication, commitment and hard work by giving oral and poster presentations of their work at the 2015 RISE (Research in Science and Engineering) Symposium on August 27, 2015. Students who participated were members of the HSI-STEM Pathway Summer Bridge to Research Program, the Learning Communities CNAS Scholars Program and the Dynamic Genome Scholars Program.

    Read More »


    View photos of the event

    August 12, 2015

    CNAS Graduate Students Win Entomology Awards

    Department of Entomology graduate students Erich Schoeller, Aviva Goldmann (pictured, left), Fatemeh Ganjisaffar, Adena Why, Amelia Lindsey (pictured, right) and Christopher Shogrenave have been awarded Robert van den Bosch Scholarships offered by the Center for Biological Control at UC Berkeley. The scholarships, which range from $5,000 to $20,000, may be used for graduate student salary, tuition and fees, laboratory help, supplies or travel for research.


    Read more

    July 9, 2015

    Graduate Student, Jeanette Rapicavoli publishes article about plants improving immune system to fight off pathogens

    Jeanette Rapicavoli, a PhD Graduate student and winner of the GradSlam competition, published an article about helping plants to fight off pathogens by improving their immune system. Just as humans have received vaccines to treat human diseases, "defense priming" will also be used on plants to improve their immune system. By doing this Rapicavoli says we can save California itself over a $100 million dollars in saving crops. Her research is primarily towards the bacterial pathogen Xylella fastidiosa that hurts the grape and wine industry.


    Read more

    July 6, 2015

    Earth Sciences Grad Students Contribute to NASA’s Search for Life in the Universe

    Six graduate students from the Department of Earth Sciences were among more than 700 researchers reporting on NASA’s ongoing exploration of life in the universe at the biennial Astrobiology Science Conference held at the Chicago Hilton in June 2015. “Habitability, Habitable Worlds, and Life,” was the theme of the weeklong, international gathering, known as AbSciCon 2015. The students are part of the newly funded NASA project “Alternative Earths” led by their advisor, Professor Timothy Lyons.


    Read more

    July 1, 2015

    Grad Student Kevin Welzel Serves as Expert at Ant-Man Premiere

    Entomology graduate student Kevin Welzel was standing among Hollywood stars Monday, June 29, at the red carpet premiere of Marvel’s Ant-Man at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood. Welzel, invited by Walt Disney Studios, stood alongside a giant formicarium – or ant house – to answer questions red carpet attendees had about ants. The 27-year-old Fontana native is a big Marvel fan.


    Read more

    June 24, 2015

    Undergraduate Discovers New Firefly Species

    The Entomology Research Museum at the CNAS announced the discovery of a new species of firefly from Southern California, collected by an undergraduate student as part of his semester’s insect collection. Doug Yanega, senior museum scientist, said the student, Joshua Oliva, obtained one specimen of the new species while collecting near Topanga, Calif.


    Read more

    June 13, 2015

    CNAS Commencement 2015

    On June 13, 2015, the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences awarded the Class of 2015 their degrees. The commencement was held on Pierce Lawn.

     

    View photos of the event »


    View the video of the event

    June 8, 2015

    A Challenging Path and a Desire to Give Back

    Julian Hartzell’s path to the degree he’ll earn in biochemistry in June 2015 wasn’t typical: he couldn’t live on campus, pull an all-nighter, or pick up fast food whenever he wanted. That’s because he lives with Crohn’s Disease, a chronic illness with no cure. Julian is now applying to medical schools, hoping to become a specialty physician concentrating on gastro immunology. He wants to serve the community that has been there for him. “I want to work with people who are going through the same thing. And I want to come back to this area because there are few specialists here.”


    Read more

    June 5, 2015

    Ceremony Recognizes 2015 CNAS Honors Students

    The College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences recognized the 137 students who will graduate with honors in 2015 with a ceremony in the Spieth Hall Courtyard on Friday, June 5.


    Read more

    April 30, 2015

    Grad Student Jeannette Rapicavoli to Represent UCR at UC GradSlam Competition

    Jeannette Rapicavoli, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Plant Pathology working with Assistant Professor Caroline Roper, was named overall winner and recipient of the Audience Choice Award and a $5,000 fellowship at UCR’s GradSlam competition, where participants have three minutes to explain their research to non-experts. She will represent UCR when she competes with winners from the other UC campuses at the University of California’s GradSlam competition on May 4.


    Read more

    April 30, 2015

    CNAS Grad Student Jessica Diaz Lobbies for Research at State Capitol

    Jessica Diaz, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Botany and Plant Sciences (photo, right), was among a group of University of California students who joined UC President Janet Napolitano at the state capitol to highlight the value graduate research brings to the state. They were part of the annual event Graduate Research Advocacy Day, which brings delegates from each campus to the capitol for a day of informal chats with lawmakers, who have often invited researchers back to Sacramento to tap their expertise on critical issues.


    Read more

    April 16, 2015

     

    Neuroscience Graduate Student Association Hosts Brain Awareness Day

    To increase the public’s awareness of how the brain functions and to bring people up to speed with progress made in brain research, the Neuroscience Graduate Student Association at UCR hosted Brain Awareness Day on Wednesday, April 22, 2015.

    Read more

    April 16, 2015

     

    Grad Students Organize 12th Annual Southern California Geobiology Symposium

    On Saturday, April 11, 2015, aspiring and professional scientists gathered at UCR to share research and interest in the integrative field of geobiology. The 12th Annual Southern California Geobiology Symposium, organized for and by graduate students, displayed current work within geology, geochemistry, biology, astrobiology, microbiology, oceanography, paleobiology, paleoecology and environmental sciences.


    Read more

    April 15, 2015

    CNAS Grads Working to Increase Graduation Rates in Poor Urban Schools

    Recent CNAS graduates Michelle Ramon (biology) and Alex Owens (mathematics) are among 131 UCR graduates postponing their graduate school and career plans to participate in City Year, a program designed to mentor students and increase graduate rates in poor, inner-city schools. UCR leads the nation in the number of graduates who serve communities through City Year.


    Read more

    April 6, 2015

    CNAS Students Awarded Prestigious Fellowships and Scholarships

    Undergraduate and graduate students at CNAS have been awarded several prestigious fellowships and scholarships, including the Donald A. Strauss Scholarship, Fulbright Fellowship, Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and summer research fellowships from the Semiconductor Research Corporation.


    Read more

    March 5, 2015

     

    Graduate Students Coach Local High School Students for Regional Science Olympiad

    A team of 23 CNAS graduate students are volunteering their time to coach grade 5-10 students at the Riverside STEM Academy as they prepare for the 2015 Inland Empire Science Olympiad, a rigorous academic interscholastic competition that covers biology, Earth sciences, chemistry, physics and technology.

    Read more

    February 2, 2015

     

    Graduate Student Receives Switzer Environmental Fellowship

    Heather Hulton VanTassel, a Ph.D. candidate in the lab of Assistant Professor of Biology Kurt Anderson, has achieved the high honor of being selected as a 2014 Switzer Environmental Fellow by the Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation. The foundation invests in individuals and organizations that drive positive environmental change. VanTassel studies how species respond to environmental disturbances, such as fire and non-native grass species.

    Read more

    January 29, 2015

     

    Undergrads Awarded Exceptional Research Opportunities Fellowships by HHMI

    Undergraduates Alberto Corona (cell, molecular and developmental biology), Jenna Roper (bioengineering) and Jack Wang (biochemistry) have won prestigious fellowships from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to do cutting-edge research this summer for ten weeks in top laboratories in the country. Each $5,000 fellowship covers all travel and housing costs, supports full-time research mentored by an HHMI scientist anywhere in the United States as well as attendance at two annual HHMI meetings.

    Read more

    January 16, 2015

     

    Graduate Students Present E-cigarette Research at FDA Workshop in the Capitol

    Monique Williams and Rachel Behar, who research e-cigarettes under the guidance of Prue Talbot, a professor of cell biology and neuroscience, were invited by the Food and Drug Administration to participate in a public workshop focusing on e-cigarettes and public health in Washington, D.C., in December 2014.

    Read more

    November 5, 2015

    Connor Richards Named Marshall Scholarship Finalist

    Fourth-year physics undergraduate Connor Richards recently became the first UCR student in more than a decade to be named a finalist for the Marshall Scholarship, one of the most prestigious academic honors in the nation. If selected for the scholarship, he plans to pursue a Masters of Advanced Study in applied mathematics and theoretical physics at the University of Cambridge, and a Master of Science in quantum fields and fundamental forces at Imperial College. Working with Professor of Physics Owen Long, Richards has spent the last three years conducting research, including traveling to Switzerland to work with CERN.

    Read More »

    August 27, 2015

    RISE Summer Symposium Features Student Research Presentations

    Students who participated the 10-week summer research program at CNAS demonstrated their dedication, commitment and hard work by giving oral and poster presentations of their work at the 2015 RISE (Research in Science and Engineering) Symposium on August 27, 2015. Students who participated were members of the HSI-STEM Pathway Summer Bridge to Research Program, the Learning Communities CNAS Scholars Program and the Dynamic Genome Scholars Program.

    Read More »


    View photos of the event

    August 12, 2015

    CNAS Graduate Students Win Entomology Awards

    Department of Entomology graduate students Erich Schoeller, Aviva Goldmann (pictured, left), Fatemeh Ganjisaffar, Adena Why, Amelia Lindsey (pictured, right) and Christopher Shogrenave have been awarded Robert van den Bosch Scholarships offered by the Center for Biological Control at UC Berkeley. The scholarships, which range from $5,000 to $20,000, may be used for graduate student salary, tuition and fees, laboratory help, supplies or travel for research.


    Read more

    July 9, 2015

    Graduate Student, Jeanette Rapicavoli publishes article about plants improving immune system to fight off pathogens

    Jeanette Rapicavoli, a PhD Graduate student and winner of the GradSlam competition, published an article about helping plants to fight off pathogens by improving their immune system. Just as humans have received vaccines to treat human diseases, "defense priming" will also be used on plants to improve their immune system. By doing this Rapicavoli says we can save California itself over a $100 million dollars in saving crops. Her research is primarily towards the bacterial pathogen Xylella fastidiosa that hurts the grape and wine industry.


    Read more

    July 6, 2015

    Earth Sciences Grad Students Contribute to NASA’s Search for Life in the Universe

    Six graduate students from the Department of Earth Sciences were among more than 700 researchers reporting on NASA’s ongoing exploration of life in the universe at the biennial Astrobiology Science Conference held at the Chicago Hilton in June 2015. “Habitability, Habitable Worlds, and Life,” was the theme of the weeklong, international gathering, known as AbSciCon 2015. The students are part of the newly funded NASA project “Alternative Earths” led by their advisor, Professor Timothy Lyons.


    Read more

    July 1, 2015

    Grad Student Kevin Welzel Serves as Expert at Ant-Man Premiere

    Entomology graduate student Kevin Welzel was standing among Hollywood stars Monday, June 29, at the red carpet premiere of Marvel’s Ant-Man at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood. Welzel, invited by Walt Disney Studios, stood alongside a giant formicarium – or ant house – to answer questions red carpet attendees had about ants. The 27-year-old Fontana native is a big Marvel fan.


    Read more

    June 24, 2015

    Undergraduate Discovers New Firefly Species

    The Entomology Research Museum at the CNAS announced the discovery of a new species of firefly from Southern California, collected by an undergraduate student as part of his semester’s insect collection. Doug Yanega, senior museum scientist, said the student, Joshua Oliva, obtained one specimen of the new species while collecting near Topanga, Calif.


    Read more

    June 13, 2015

    CNAS Commencement 2015

    On June 13, 2015, the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences awarded the Class of 2015 their degrees. The commencement was held on Pierce Lawn.

     

    View photos of the event »


    View the video of the event

    June 8, 2015

    A Challenging Path and a Desire to Give Back

    Julian Hartzell’s path to the degree he’ll earn in biochemistry in June 2015 wasn’t typical: he couldn’t live on campus, pull an all-nighter, or pick up fast food whenever he wanted. That’s because he lives with Crohn’s Disease, a chronic illness with no cure. Julian is now applying to medical schools, hoping to become a specialty physician concentrating on gastro immunology. He wants to serve the community that has been there for him. “I want to work with people who are going through the same thing. And I want to come back to this area because there are few specialists here.”


    Read more

    June 5, 2015

    Ceremony Recognizes 2015 CNAS Honors Students

    The College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences recognized the 137 students who will graduate with honors in 2015 with a ceremony in the Spieth Hall Courtyard on Friday, June 5.


    Read more

    April 30, 2015

    Grad Student Jeannette Rapicavoli to Represent UCR at UC GradSlam Competition

    Jeannette Rapicavoli, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Plant Pathology working with Assistant Professor Caroline Roper, was named overall winner and recipient of the Audience Choice Award and a $5,000 fellowship at UCR’s GradSlam competition, where participants have three minutes to explain their research to non-experts. She will represent UCR when she competes with winners from the other UC campuses at the University of California’s GradSlam competition on May 4.


    Read more

    April 30, 2015

    CNAS Grad Student Jessica Diaz Lobbies for Research at State Capitol

    Jessica Diaz, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Botany and Plant Sciences (photo, right), was among a group of University of California students who joined UC President Janet Napolitano at the state capitol to highlight the value graduate research brings to the state. They were part of the annual event Graduate Research Advocacy Day, which brings delegates from each campus to the capitol for a day of informal chats with lawmakers, who have often invited researchers back to Sacramento to tap their expertise on critical issues.


    Read more

    April 16, 2015

     

    Neuroscience Graduate Student Association Hosts Brain Awareness Day

    To increase the public’s awareness of how the brain functions and to bring people up to speed with progress made in brain research, the Neuroscience Graduate Student Association at UCR hosted Brain Awareness Day on Wednesday, April 22, 2015.

    Read more

    April 16, 2015

     

    Grad Students Organize 12th Annual Southern California Geobiology Symposium

    On Saturday, April 11, 2015, aspiring and professional scientists gathered at UCR to share research and interest in the integrative field of geobiology. The 12th Annual Southern California Geobiology Symposium, organized for and by graduate students, displayed current work within geology, geochemistry, biology, astrobiology, microbiology, oceanography, paleobiology, paleoecology and environmental sciences.


    Read more

    April 15, 2015

    CNAS Grads Working to Increase Graduation Rates in Poor Urban Schools

    Recent CNAS graduates Michelle Ramon (biology) and Alex Owens (mathematics) are among 131 UCR graduates postponing their graduate school and career plans to participate in City Year, a program designed to mentor students and increase graduate rates in poor, inner-city schools. UCR leads the nation in the number of graduates who serve communities through City Year.


    Read more

    April 6, 2015

    CNAS Students Awarded Prestigious Fellowships and Scholarships

    Undergraduate and graduate students at CNAS have been awarded several prestigious fellowships and scholarships, including the Donald A. Strauss Scholarship, Fulbright Fellowship, Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and summer research fellowships from the Semiconductor Research Corporation.


    Read more

    March 5, 2015

     

    Graduate Students Coach Local High School Students for Regional Science Olympiad

    A team of 23 CNAS graduate students are volunteering their time to coach grade 5-10 students at the Riverside STEM Academy as they prepare for the 2015 Inland Empire Science Olympiad, a rigorous academic interscholastic competition that covers biology, Earth sciences, chemistry, physics and technology.

    Read more

    February 2, 2015

     

    Graduate Student Receives Switzer Environmental Fellowship

    Heather Hulton VanTassel, a Ph.D. candidate in the lab of Assistant Professor of Biology Kurt Anderson, has achieved the high honor of being selected as a 2014 Switzer Environmental Fellow by the Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation. The foundation invests in individuals and organizations that drive positive environmental change. VanTassel studies how species respond to environmental disturbances, such as fire and non-native grass species.

    Read more

    January 29, 2015

     

    Undergrads Awarded Exceptional Research Opportunities Fellowships by HHMI

    Undergraduates Alberto Corona (cell, molecular and developmental biology), Jenna Roper (bioengineering) and Jack Wang (biochemistry) have won prestigious fellowships from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to do cutting-edge research this summer for ten weeks in top laboratories in the country. Each $5,000 fellowship covers all travel and housing costs, supports full-time research mentored by an HHMI scientist anywhere in the United States as well as attendance at two annual HHMI meetings.

    Read more

    January 16, 2015

     

    Graduate Students Present E-cigarette Research at FDA Workshop in the Capitol

    Monique Williams and Rachel Behar, who research e-cigarettes under the guidance of Prue Talbot, a professor of cell biology and neuroscience, were invited by the Food and Drug Administration to participate in a public workshop focusing on e-cigarettes and public health in Washington, D.C., in December 2014.

    Read more

    November 5, 2015

    Connor Richards Named Marshall Scholarship Finalist

    Fourth-year physics undergraduate Connor Richards recently became the first UCR student in more than a decade to be named a finalist for the Marshall Scholarship, one of the most prestigious academic honors in the nation. If selected for the scholarship, he plans to pursue a Masters of Advanced Study in applied mathematics and theoretical physics at the University of Cambridge, and a Master of Science in quantum fields and fundamental forces at Imperial College. Working with Professor of Physics Owen Long, Richards has spent the last three years conducting research, including traveling to Switzerland to work with CERN.

    Read More »

    October 13, 2015

    Learning Communities Improve GPAs and Graduation Rates

    Learning communities at CNAS and the other colleges on campus bring together small groups of first-year students, placing them in many of the same classes and providing extra academic support. As a result, CNAS students in learning communities have GPAs one-third point higher and graduation rates nearly twice those of their fellow students.

    Watch the Video »

    August 27, 2015

    RISE Summer Symposium Features Student Research Presentations

    Students who participated the 10-week summer research program at CNAS demonstrated their dedication, commitment and hard work by giving oral and poster presentations of their work at the 2015 RISE (Research in Science and Engineering) Symposium on August 27, 2015. Students who participated were members of the HSI-STEM Pathway Summer Bridge to Research Program, the Learning Communities CNAS Scholars Program and the Dynamic Genome Scholars Program.

    Read More »


    View photos of the event

    August 12, 2015

    CNAS Graduate Students Win Entomology Awards

    Department of Entomology graduate students Erich Schoeller, Aviva Goldmann (pictured, left), Fatemeh Ganjisaffar, Adena Why, Amelia Lindsey (pictured, right) and Christopher Shogrenave have been awarded Robert van den Bosch Scholarships offered by the Center for Biological Control at UC Berkeley. The scholarships, which range from $5,000 to $20,000, may be used for graduate student salary, tuition and fees, laboratory help, supplies or travel for research.


    Read more

    July 9, 2015

    Graduate Student, Jeanette Rapicavoli publishes article about plants improving immune system to fight off pathogens

    Jeanette Rapicavoli, a PhD Graduate student and winner of the GradSlam competition, published an article about helping plants to fight off pathogens by improving their immune system. Just as humans have received vaccines to treat human diseases, "defense priming" will also be used on plants to improve their immune system. By doing this Rapicavoli says we can save California itself over a $100 million dollars in saving crops. Her research is primarily towards the bacterial pathogen Xylella fastidiosa that hurts the grape and wine industry.


    Read more

    July 6, 2015

    Earth Sciences Grad Students Contribute to NASA’s Search for Life in the Universe

    Six graduate students from the Department of Earth Sciences were among more than 700 researchers reporting on NASA’s ongoing exploration of life in the universe at the biennial Astrobiology Science Conference held at the Chicago Hilton in June 2015. “Habitability, Habitable Worlds, and Life,” was the theme of the weeklong, international gathering, known as AbSciCon 2015. The students are part of the newly funded NASA project “Alternative Earths” led by their advisor, Professor Timothy Lyons.


    Read more

    July 1, 2015

    Grad Student Kevin Welzel Serves as Expert at Ant-Man Premiere

    Entomology graduate student Kevin Welzel was standing among Hollywood stars Monday, June 29, at the red carpet premiere of Marvel’s Ant-Man at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood. Welzel, invited by Walt Disney Studios, stood alongside a giant formicarium – or ant house – to answer questions red carpet attendees had about ants. The 27-year-old Fontana native is a big Marvel fan.


    Read more

    June 24, 2015

    Undergraduate Discovers New Firefly Species

    The Entomology Research Museum at the CNAS announced the discovery of a new species of firefly from Southern California, collected by an undergraduate student as part of his semester’s insect collection. Doug Yanega, senior museum scientist, said the student, Joshua Oliva, obtained one specimen of the new species while collecting near Topanga, Calif.


    Read more

    June 13, 2015

    CNAS Commencement 2015

    On June 13, 2015, the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences awarded the Class of 2015 their degrees. The commencement was held on Pierce Lawn.

     

    View photos of the event »


    View the video of the event

    June 8, 2015

    A Challenging Path and a Desire to Give Back

    Julian Hartzell’s path to the degree he’ll earn in biochemistry in June 2015 wasn’t typical: he couldn’t live on campus, pull an all-nighter, or pick up fast food whenever he wanted. That’s because he lives with Crohn’s Disease, a chronic illness with no cure. Julian is now applying to medical schools, hoping to become a specialty physician concentrating on gastro immunology. He wants to serve the community that has been there for him. “I want to work with people who are going through the same thing. And I want to come back to this area because there are few specialists here.”


    Read more

    June 5, 2015

    Ceremony Recognizes 2015 CNAS Honors Students

    The College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences recognized the 137 students who will graduate with honors in 2015 with a ceremony in the Spieth Hall Courtyard on Friday, June 5.


    Read more

    April 30, 2015

    Grad Student Jeannette Rapicavoli to Represent UCR at UC GradSlam Competition

    Jeannette Rapicavoli, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Plant Pathology working with Assistant Professor Caroline Roper, was named overall winner and recipient of the Audience Choice Award and a $5,000 fellowship at UCR’s GradSlam competition, where participants have three minutes to explain their research to non-experts. She will represent UCR when she competes with winners from the other UC campuses at the University of California’s GradSlam competition on May 4.


    Read more

    April 30, 2015

    CNAS Grad Student Jessica Diaz Lobbies for Research at State Capitol

    Jessica Diaz, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Botany and Plant Sciences (photo, right), was among a group of University of California students who joined UC President Janet Napolitano at the state capitol to highlight the value graduate research brings to the state. They were part of the annual event Graduate Research Advocacy Day, which brings delegates from each campus to the capitol for a day of informal chats with lawmakers, who have often invited researchers back to Sacramento to tap their expertise on critical issues.


    Read more

    April 16, 2015

     

    Neuroscience Graduate Student Association Hosts Brain Awareness Day

    To increase the public’s awareness of how the brain functions and to bring people up to speed with progress made in brain research, the Neuroscience Graduate Student Association at UCR hosted Brain Awareness Day on Wednesday, April 22, 2015.

    Read more

    April 16, 2015

     

    Grad Students Organize 12th Annual Southern California Geobiology Symposium

    On Saturday, April 11, 2015, aspiring and professional scientists gathered at UCR to share research and interest in the integrative field of geobiology. The 12th Annual Southern California Geobiology Symposium, organized for and by graduate students, displayed current work within geology, geochemistry, biology, astrobiology, microbiology, oceanography, paleobiology, paleoecology and environmental sciences.


    Read more

    April 15, 2015

    CNAS Grads Working to Increase Graduation Rates in Poor Urban Schools

    Recent CNAS graduates Michelle Ramon (biology) and Alex Owens (mathematics) are among 131 UCR graduates postponing their graduate school and career plans to participate in City Year, a program designed to mentor students and increase graduate rates in poor, inner-city schools. UCR leads the nation in the number of graduates who serve communities through City Year.


    Read more

    April 6, 2015

    CNAS Students Awarded Prestigious Fellowships and Scholarships

    Undergraduate and graduate students at CNAS have been awarded several prestigious fellowships and scholarships, including the Donald A. Strauss Scholarship, Fulbright Fellowship, Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and summer research fellowships from the Semiconductor Research Corporation.


    Read more

    March 5, 2015

     

    Graduate Students Coach Local High School Students for Regional Science Olympiad

    A team of 23 CNAS graduate students are volunteering their time to coach grade 5-10 students at the Riverside STEM Academy as they prepare for the 2015 Inland Empire Science Olympiad, a rigorous academic interscholastic competition that covers biology, Earth sciences, chemistry, physics and technology.

    Read more

    February 2, 2015

     

    Graduate Student Receives Switzer Environmental Fellowship

    Heather Hulton VanTassel, a Ph.D. candidate in the lab of Assistant Professor of Biology Kurt Anderson, has achieved the high honor of being selected as a 2014 Switzer Environmental Fellow by the Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation. The foundation invests in individuals and organizations that drive positive environmental change. VanTassel studies how species respond to environmental disturbances, such as fire and non-native grass species.

    Read more

    January 29, 2015

     

    Undergrads Awarded Exceptional Research Opportunities Fellowships by HHMI

    Undergraduates Alberto Corona (cell, molecular and developmental biology), Jenna Roper (bioengineering) and Jack Wang (biochemistry) have won prestigious fellowships from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to do cutting-edge research this summer for ten weeks in top laboratories in the country. Each $5,000 fellowship covers all travel and housing costs, supports full-time research mentored by an HHMI scientist anywhere in the United States as well as attendance at two annual HHMI meetings.

    Read more

    January 16, 2015

     

    Graduate Students Present E-cigarette Research at FDA Workshop in the Capitol

    Monique Williams and Rachel Behar, who research e-cigarettes under the guidance of Prue Talbot, a professor of cell biology and neuroscience, were invited by the Food and Drug Administration to participate in a public workshop focusing on e-cigarettes and public health in Washington, D.C., in December 2014.

    Read more

    November 5, 2015

    Connor Richards Named Marshall Scholarship Finalist

    Fourth-year physics undergraduate Connor Richards recently became the first UCR student in more than a decade to be named a finalist for the Marshall Scholarship, one of the most prestigious academic honors in the nation. If selected for the scholarship, he plans to pursue a Masters of Advanced Study in applied mathematics and theoretical physics at the University of Cambridge, and a Master of Science in quantum fields and fundamental forces at Imperial College. Working with Professor of Physics Owen Long, Richards has spent the last three years conducting research, including traveling to Switzerland to work with CERN.

    Read More »

    October 13, 2015

    Learning Communities Improve GPAs and Graduation Rates

    Learning communities at CNAS and the other colleges on campus bring together small groups of first-year students, placing them in many of the same classes and providing extra academic support. As a result, CNAS students in learning communities have GPAs one-third point higher and graduation rates nearly twice those of their fellow students.

    Watch the Video »

    August 27, 2015

    RISE Summer Symposium Features Student Research Presentations

    Students who participated the 10-week summer research program at CNAS demonstrated their dedication, commitment and hard work by giving oral and poster presentations of their work at the 2015 RISE (Research in Science and Engineering) Symposium on August 27, 2015. Students who participated were members of the HSI-STEM Pathway Summer Bridge to Research Program, the Learning Communities CNAS Scholars Program and the Dynamic Genome Scholars Program.

    Read More »


    View photos of the event

    August 12, 2015

    CNAS Graduate Students Win Entomology Awards

    Department of Entomology graduate students Erich Schoeller, Aviva Goldmann (pictured, left), Fatemeh Ganjisaffar, Adena Why, Amelia Lindsey (pictured, right) and Christopher Shogrenave have been awarded Robert van den Bosch Scholarships offered by the Center for Biological Control at UC Berkeley. The scholarships, which range from $5,000 to $20,000, may be used for graduate student salary, tuition and fees, laboratory help, supplies or travel for research.


    Read more

    July 9, 2015

    Graduate Student, Jeanette Rapicavoli publishes article about plants improving immune system to fight off pathogens

    Jeanette Rapicavoli, a PhD Graduate student and winner of the GradSlam competition, published an article about helping plants to fight off pathogens by improving their immune system. Just as humans have received vaccines to treat human diseases, "defense priming" will also be used on plants to improve their immune system. By doing this Rapicavoli says we can save California itself over a $100 million dollars in saving crops. Her research is primarily towards the bacterial pathogen Xylella fastidiosa that hurts the grape and wine industry.


    Read more

    July 6, 2015

    Earth Sciences Grad Students Contribute to NASA’s Search for Life in the Universe

    Six graduate students from the Department of Earth Sciences were among more than 700 researchers reporting on NASA’s ongoing exploration of life in the universe at the biennial Astrobiology Science Conference held at the Chicago Hilton in June 2015. “Habitability, Habitable Worlds, and Life,” was the theme of the weeklong, international gathering, known as AbSciCon 2015. The students are part of the newly funded NASA project “Alternative Earths” led by their advisor, Professor Timothy Lyons.


    Read more

    July 1, 2015

    Grad Student Kevin Welzel Serves as Expert at Ant-Man Premiere

    Entomology graduate student Kevin Welzel was standing among Hollywood stars Monday, June 29, at the red carpet premiere of Marvel’s Ant-Man at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood. Welzel, invited by Walt Disney Studios, stood alongside a giant formicarium – or ant house – to answer questions red carpet attendees had about ants. The 27-year-old Fontana native is a big Marvel fan.


    Read more

    June 24, 2015

    Undergraduate Discovers New Firefly Species

    The Entomology Research Museum at the CNAS announced the discovery of a new species of firefly from Southern California, collected by an undergraduate student as part of his semester’s insect collection. Doug Yanega, senior museum scientist, said the student, Joshua Oliva, obtained one specimen of the new species while collecting near Topanga, Calif.


    Read more

    June 13, 2015

    CNAS Commencement 2015

    On June 13, 2015, the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences awarded the Class of 2015 their degrees. The commencement was held on Pierce Lawn.

     

    View photos of the event »


    View the video of the event

    June 8, 2015

    A Challenging Path and a Desire to Give Back

    Julian Hartzell’s path to the degree he’ll earn in biochemistry in June 2015 wasn’t typical: he couldn’t live on campus, pull an all-nighter, or pick up fast food whenever he wanted. That’s because he lives with Crohn’s Disease, a chronic illness with no cure. Julian is now applying to medical schools, hoping to become a specialty physician concentrating on gastro immunology. He wants to serve the community that has been there for him. “I want to work with people who are going through the same thing. And I want to come back to this area because there are few specialists here.”


    Read more

    June 5, 2015

    Ceremony Recognizes 2015 CNAS Honors Students

    The College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences recognized the 137 students who will graduate with honors in 2015 with a ceremony in the Spieth Hall Courtyard on Friday, June 5.


    Read more

    April 30, 2015

    Grad Student Jeannette Rapicavoli to Represent UCR at UC GradSlam Competition

    Jeannette Rapicavoli, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Plant Pathology working with Assistant Professor Caroline Roper, was named overall winner and recipient of the Audience Choice Award and a $5,000 fellowship at UCR’s GradSlam competition, where participants have three minutes to explain their research to non-experts. She will represent UCR when she competes with winners from the other UC campuses at the University of California’s GradSlam competition on May 4.


    Read more

    April 30, 2015

    CNAS Grad Student Jessica Diaz Lobbies for Research at State Capitol

    Jessica Diaz, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Botany and Plant Sciences (photo, right), was among a group of University of California students who joined UC President Janet Napolitano at the state capitol to highlight the value graduate research brings to the state. They were part of the annual event Graduate Research Advocacy Day, which brings delegates from each campus to the capitol for a day of informal chats with lawmakers, who have often invited researchers back to Sacramento to tap their expertise on critical issues.


    Read more

    April 16, 2015

     

    Neuroscience Graduate Student Association Hosts Brain Awareness Day

    To increase the public’s awareness of how the brain functions and to bring people up to speed with progress made in brain research, the Neuroscience Graduate Student Association at UCR hosted Brain Awareness Day on Wednesday, April 22, 2015.

    Read more

    April 16, 2015

     

    Grad Students Organize 12th Annual Southern California Geobiology Symposium

    On Saturday, April 11, 2015, aspiring and professional scientists gathered at UCR to share research and interest in the integrative field of geobiology. The 12th Annual Southern California Geobiology Symposium, organized for and by graduate students, displayed current work within geology, geochemistry, biology, astrobiology, microbiology, oceanography, paleobiology, paleoecology and environmental sciences.


    Read more

    April 15, 2015

    CNAS Grads Working to Increase Graduation Rates in Poor Urban Schools

    Recent CNAS graduates Michelle Ramon (biology) and Alex Owens (mathematics) are among 131 UCR graduates postponing their graduate school and career plans to participate in City Year, a program designed to mentor students and increase graduate rates in poor, inner-city schools. UCR leads the nation in the number of graduates who serve communities through City Year.


    Read more

    April 6, 2015

    CNAS Students Awarded Prestigious Fellowships and Scholarships

    Undergraduate and graduate students at CNAS have been awarded several prestigious fellowships and scholarships, including the Donald A. Strauss Scholarship, Fulbright Fellowship, Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and summer research fellowships from the Semiconductor Research Corporation.


    Read more

    March 5, 2015

     

    Graduate Students Coach Local High School Students for Regional Science Olympiad

    A team of 23 CNAS graduate students are volunteering their time to coach grade 5-10 students at the Riverside STEM Academy as they prepare for the 2015 Inland Empire Science Olympiad, a rigorous academic interscholastic competition that covers biology, Earth sciences, chemistry, physics and technology.

    Read more

    February 2, 2015

     

    Graduate Student Receives Switzer Environmental Fellowship

    Heather Hulton VanTassel, a Ph.D. candidate in the lab of Assistant Professor of Biology Kurt Anderson, has achieved the high honor of being selected as a 2014 Switzer Environmental Fellow by the Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation. The foundation invests in individuals and organizations that drive positive environmental change. VanTassel studies how species respond to environmental disturbances, such as fire and non-native grass species.

    Read more

    January 29, 2015

     

    Undergrads Awarded Exceptional Research Opportunities Fellowships by HHMI

    Undergraduates Alberto Corona (cell, molecular and developmental biology), Jenna Roper (bioengineering) and Jack Wang (biochemistry) have won prestigious fellowships from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to do cutting-edge research this summer for ten weeks in top laboratories in the country. Each $5,000 fellowship covers all travel and housing costs, supports full-time research mentored by an HHMI scientist anywhere in the United States as well as attendance at two annual HHMI meetings.

    Read more

    January 16, 2015

     

    Graduate Students Present E-cigarette Research at FDA Workshop in the Capitol

    Monique Williams and Rachel Behar, who research e-cigarettes under the guidance of Prue Talbot, a professor of cell biology and neuroscience, were invited by the Food and Drug Administration to participate in a public workshop focusing on e-cigarettes and public health in Washington, D.C., in December 2014.

    Read more
    Avila-Lovera Awarded USAID Fellowship for Research in Venezuela

    Eleinis Avila-Lovera, a Ph.D. candidate working under the direction of Associate Professor of Physiological Ecology Louis Santigao, has been selected for a U.S. Agency for International Development fellowship co-sponsored by the UC Global Food Initiative. Working with the Universidad Central de Venezuela, she will return to her native country to study cultivating cacao in an agroforestry system.

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  • CNAS Student Success Stories 2015

     

    November 5, 2015

    Connor Richards Named Marshall Scholarship Finalist

    Fourth-year physics undergraduate Connor Richards recently became the first UCR student in more than a decade to be named a finalist for the Marshall Scholarship, one of the most prestigious academic honors in the nation. If selected for the scholarship, he plans to pursue a Masters of Advanced Study in applied mathematics and theoretical physics at the University of Cambridge, and a Master of Science in quantum fields and fundamental forces at Imperial College. Working with Professor of Physics Owen Long, Richards has spent the last three years conducting research, including traveling to Switzerland to work with CERN.

    Read More »

    October 13, 2015

    Learning Communities Improve GPAs and Graduation Rates

    Learning communities at CNAS and the other colleges on campus bring together small groups of first-year students, placing them in many of the same classes and providing extra academic support. As a result, CNAS students in learning communities have GPAs one-third point higher and graduation rates nearly twice those of their fellow students.

    Watch the Video »

    August 27, 2015

    RISE Summer Symposium Features Student Research Presentations

    Students who participated the 10-week summer research program at CNAS demonstrated their dedication, commitment and hard work by giving oral and poster presentations of their work at the 2015 RISE (Research in Science and Engineering) Symposium on August 27, 2015. Students who participated were members of the HSI-STEM Pathway Summer Bridge to Research Program, the Learning Communities CNAS Scholars Program and the Dynamic Genome Scholars Program.

    Read More »


    View photos of the event

    August 12, 2015

    CNAS Graduate Students Win Entomology Awards

    Department of Entomology graduate students Erich Schoeller, Aviva Goldmann (pictured, left), Fatemeh Ganjisaffar, Adena Why, Amelia Lindsey (pictured, right) and Christopher Shogrenave have been awarded Robert van den Bosch Scholarships offered by the Center for Biological Control at UC Berkeley. The scholarships, which range from $5,000 to $20,000, may be used for graduate student salary, tuition and fees, laboratory help, supplies or travel for research.


    Read more

    July 9, 2015

    Graduate Student, Jeanette Rapicavoli publishes article about plants improving immune system to fight off pathogens

    Jeanette Rapicavoli, a PhD Graduate student and winner of the GradSlam competition, published an article about helping plants to fight off pathogens by improving their immune system. Just as humans have received vaccines to treat human diseases, "defense priming" will also be used on plants to improve their immune system. By doing this Rapicavoli says we can save California itself over a $100 million dollars in saving crops. Her research is primarily towards the bacterial pathogen Xylella fastidiosa that hurts the grape and wine industry.


    Read more

    July 6, 2015

    Earth Sciences Grad Students Contribute to NASA’s Search for Life in the Universe

    Six graduate students from the Department of Earth Sciences were among more than 700 researchers reporting on NASA’s ongoing exploration of life in the universe at the biennial Astrobiology Science Conference held at the Chicago Hilton in June 2015. “Habitability, Habitable Worlds, and Life,” was the theme of the weeklong, international gathering, known as AbSciCon 2015. The students are part of the newly funded NASA project “Alternative Earths” led by their advisor, Professor Timothy Lyons.


    Read more

    July 1, 2015

    Grad Student Kevin Welzel Serves as Expert at Ant-Man Premiere

    Entomology graduate student Kevin Welzel was standing among Hollywood stars Monday, June 29, at the red carpet premiere of Marvel’s Ant-Man at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood. Welzel, invited by Walt Disney Studios, stood alongside a giant formicarium – or ant house – to answer questions red carpet attendees had about ants. The 27-year-old Fontana native is a big Marvel fan.


    Read more

    June 24, 2015

    Undergraduate Discovers New Firefly Species

    The Entomology Research Museum at the CNAS announced the discovery of a new species of firefly from Southern California, collected by an undergraduate student as part of his semester’s insect collection. Doug Yanega, senior museum scientist, said the student, Joshua Oliva, obtained one specimen of the new species while collecting near Topanga, Calif.


    Read more

    June 13, 2015

    CNAS Commencement 2015

    On June 13, 2015, the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences awarded the Class of 2015 their degrees. The commencement was held on Pierce Lawn.

     

    View photos of the event

    June 8, 2015

    A Challenging Path and a Desire to Give Back

    Julian Hartzell’s path to the degree he’ll earn in biochemistry in June 2015 wasn’t typical: he couldn’t live on campus, pull an all-nighter, or pick up fast food whenever he wanted. That’s because he lives with Crohn’s Disease, a chronic illness with no cure. Julian is now applying to medical schools, hoping to become a specialty physician concentrating on gastro immunology. He wants to serve the community that has been there for him. “I want to work with people who are going through the same thing. And I want to come back to this area because there are few specialists here.”


    Read more

    June 5, 2015

    Ceremony Recognizes 2015 CNAS Honors Students

    The College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences recognized the 137 students who will graduate with honors in 2015 with a ceremony in the Spieth Hall Courtyard on Friday, June 5.


    Read more

    April 30, 2015

    Grad Student Jeannette Rapicavoli to Represent UCR at UC GradSlam Competition

    Jeannette Rapicavoli, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Plant Pathology working with Assistant Professor Caroline Roper, was named overall winner and recipient of the Audience Choice Award and a $5,000 fellowship at UCR’s GradSlam competition, where participants have three minutes to explain their research to non-experts. She will represent UCR when she competes with winners from the other UC campuses at the University of California’s GradSlam competition on May 4.


    Read more

    April 30, 2015

    CNAS Grad Student Jessica Diaz Lobbies for Research at State Capitol

    Jessica Diaz, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Botany and Plant Sciences (photo, right), was among a group of University of California students who joined UC President Janet Napolitano at the state capitol to highlight the value graduate research brings to the state. They were part of the annual event Graduate Research Advocacy Day, which brings delegates from each campus to the capitol for a day of informal chats with lawmakers, who have often invited researchers back to Sacramento to tap their expertise on critical issues.


    Read more

    April 16, 2015

     

    Neuroscience Graduate Student Association Hosts Brain Awareness Day

    To increase the public’s awareness of how the brain functions and to bring people up to speed with progress made in brain research, the Neuroscience Graduate Student Association at UCR hosted Brain Awareness Day on Wednesday, April 22, 2015.

    Read more

    April 16, 2015

     

    Grad Students Organize 12th Annual Southern California Geobiology Symposium

    On Saturday, April 11, 2015, aspiring and professional scientists gathered at UCR to share research and interest in the integrative field of geobiology. The 12th Annual Southern California Geobiology Symposium, organized for and by graduate students, displayed current work within geology, geochemistry, biology, astrobiology, microbiology, oceanography, paleobiology, paleoecology and environmental sciences.


    Read more

    April 15, 2015

    CNAS Grads Working to Increase Graduation Rates in Poor Urban Schools

    Recent CNAS graduates Michelle Ramon (biology) and Alex Owens (mathematics) are among 131 UCR graduates postponing their graduate school and career plans to participate in City Year, a program designed to mentor students and increase graduate rates in poor, inner-city schools. UCR leads the nation in the number of graduates who serve communities through City Year.


    Read more

    April 6, 2015

    CNAS Students Awarded Prestigious Fellowships and Scholarships

    Undergraduate and graduate students at CNAS have been awarded several prestigious fellowships and scholarships, including the Donald A. Strauss Scholarship, Fulbright Fellowship, Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and summer research fellowships from the Semiconductor Research Corporation.


    Read more

    March 5, 2015

     

    Graduate Students Coach Local High School Students for Regional Science Olympiad

    A team of 23 CNAS graduate students are volunteering their time to coach grade 5-10 students at the Riverside STEM Academy as they prepare for the 2015 Inland Empire Science Olympiad, a rigorous academic interscholastic competition that covers biology, Earth sciences, chemistry, physics and technology.

    Read more

    February 2, 2015

     

    Graduate Student Receives Switzer Environmental Fellowship

    Heather Hulton VanTassel, a Ph.D. candidate in the lab of Assistant Professor of Biology Kurt Anderson, has achieved the high honor of being selected as a 2014 Switzer Environmental Fellow by the Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation. The foundation invests in individuals and organizations that drive positive environmental change. VanTassel studies how species respond to environmental disturbances, such as fire and non-native grass species.

    Read more

    January 29, 2015

     

    Undergrads Awarded Exceptional Research Opportunities Fellowships by HHMI

    Undergraduates Alberto Corona (cell, molecular and developmental biology), Jenna Roper (bioengineering) and Jack Wang (biochemistry) have won prestigious fellowships from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to do cutting-edge research this summer for ten weeks in top laboratories in the country. Each $5,000 fellowship covers all travel and housing costs, supports full-time research mentored by an HHMI scientist anywhere in the United States as well as attendance at two annual HHMI meetings.

    Read more

    January 16, 2015

     

    Graduate Students Present E-cigarette Research at FDA Workshop in the Capitol

    Monique Williams and Rachel Behar, who research e-cigarettes under the guidance of Prue Talbot, a professor of cell biology and neuroscience, were invited by the Food and Drug Administration to participate in a public workshop focusing on e-cigarettes and public health in Washington, D.C., in December 2014.

    Read more

     

     

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