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April 17, 2019

Dean Kathryn Uhrich highlighted in magazine

The University of North Dakota Alumni Review wrote a cover story on Dean Uhrich for their spring 2019 issue.

Fulbright sends UCR soil scientist to dam disaster site

UCR researcher Samantha Ying has won a Fulbright Award to understand the environmental effects of the 2015 Fundão dam disaster, widely considered the worst in Brazilian history.

New NASA-funded program to train K-12 students in STEM fields

NASA has awarded the University of California, Riverside a grant of $320,000 to launch a research and training program in STEM fields aimed at enhancing K-12 students’ experiences outside school hours.

Pioneering worm research wins award

UCR nematology professor Holly Bik is pioneering the use of microscopic worms as indicators of pollution and environmental change in marine environments. For this effort, Bik has won California Sea Grant’s 2019 Special Focus Award, one of only four such awards handed out in the entire state.

Plant pathologist leads research to stop spread of citrus-destroying disease

Hailing Jin, professor and molecular geneticist at UCR's department of Microbiology & Plant Pathology, is principal investigator of a $4M USDA grant that also supports vaccine development to fight huanglongbing, or citrus greening disease.

Irrigation specialist receives New Investigator Award

Amir Haghverdi, an assistant cooperative extension specialist of irrigation and water management in the environmental sciences department, has been awarded a nearly $500,000 Food and Agricultural Science Enhancement New Investigator grant.

High-speed video reveals amazing skills: kangaroo rat vs. rattlesnake, rat wins

Research by a student-led team from UC Riverside, San Diego State University, and UC Davis shows that desert kangaroo rats frequently foil snakes through a combination of fast reaction times, powerful evasive leaps, and mid-air, ninja-style kicks.

Study finds natural selection favors cheaters

A team of biologists at UCR has now found strong evidence of this cheating. Focusing on the interaction between nitrogen-fixing bacteria, or rhizobia, and their legume hosts spanning about 530 miles of California habitat, the researchers found that natural selection in their study populations favors cheating rhizobia.

Carbon monoxide detectors could warn of extraterrestrial life

In a study published today in The Astrophysical Journal, UCR's Edward Schwieterman, a postdoctoral researcher in the Earth Sciences department, and his team used computer models of chemistry in the biosphere and atmosphere to identify two intriguing scenarios in which carbon monoxide readily accumulates in the atmospheres of living planets.

$3.5 million Givaudan gift will protect Citrus Variety Collection

The gift will fund an enclosure to guard against citrus greening disease, threatening UC Riverside's citrus groves.

Coastal ecosystems suffer from upriver hydroelectric dams

A recent study by researchers at UC Riverside and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego demonstrates the widespread environmental consequences of large dam reservoirs in Mexico.