June 10, 2026
Biochemist receives prestigious ASMS Research Award
Early-career honor recognizes innovative mass spectrometry research and supports emerging leaders in the field
June 08, 2026
A new beginning for the R’Garden
UC Riverside’s R’Garden is marking a new beginning with a regular funding source that will provide stability and diversified programming.
Students voted overwhelmingly last month to approve a referendum in which they will pay $10 a quarter to support the campus garden starting this fall. The crucial vote came after a few years of uncertainty over its funding and management.
May 19, 2026
5 Highlanders receive 2026 NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Five UC Riverside Highlanders have been selected for the 2026 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program, or NSF GRFP.
The fellowship supports students pursuing full-time, research-based master’s and doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, or STEM, fields at accredited U.S. institutions.
May 07, 2026
UCR chemist wins $100k Dreyfus teacher-scholar award
Chemist Timothy Su proves compatibility of innovative research and excellent teaching
April 27, 2026
One protein, two roles
Study shows how Adgrl2 helps build brain connections and blood vessels
April 15, 2026
Neuroscience student plays winning game at Grad Slam
David Nikom found the right metaphor to explain his research about the high incidence of Alzheimer’s in women by looking back at his childhood playing video games with his older brother.
Nikom, a doctoral student in neuroscience, took first place in the 12th annual UCR Grad Slam Final on April 10 at the School of Business Building. The event, hosted by UCR’s Graduate Division, featured 11 finalists who each distilled their research into a three-minute presentation before a general audience.
April 14, 2026
New agreement expands GIS resources
UC Riverside is renewing its contract with Esri with a new licensing agreement that will expand the availability of geospatial and mapping software to the campus.
The university has long had a relationship with the Redlands-based GIS technology giant and licensed its technology for use by students, staff, and faculty members in every college and school.
UCR will join the UCOP Esri Consortium, moving it to the systemwide institutional agreement that provides access to a wide variety of software products for teaching, research, and administrative uses.
April 09, 2026
UCR scholars named AAAS fellows
The American Association for the Advancement of Science, or AAAS, has named UCR faculty members Rodolfo Torres and Yadong Yin as 2025 Fellows, a distinction that ranks among the highest scientific honors in the nation.