Melissa Arellano, her first name translating to "honey bee" in Greek, signifies the impact of research experiences on students' academic paths. As a 4th-year Environmental Science major that transferred from City College of San Francisco, Melissa found her passion for bees through the Summer RISE program at the University of California, Riverside. Melissa is in...
WEBMD - A popular ingredient in the American diet has been linked to ulcerative colitis, a type of inflammatory bowel disease marked by a chronically inflamed large intestine. The ingredient is soybean oil, which is very common in processed foods. In fact, U.S. per capita consumption of soybean oil increased more than 1,000-fold during the...
ABC 7 - Soy lecithin, which comes from soybean oil, makes foods creamier. It's also an inexpensive ingredient in cooking oils, where UC Riverside researchers say that's where we get most of it. "It's been a huge increase and that increase happened primarily over the 1960s and the 1970s," said toxicologist Frances Sladek. Sladek says...
LAIST.COM - On a recent triple digit summer day, I made my way out to a dusty field at UC Riverside, the research center of California’s citrus universe. Row after row of tangerines, oranges and pomelos —11,000 in total — baked under a heat dome. Off in the distance, wildfire smoke passed in front of...
Jared Hudnall '24, a physics major at the College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences at UC Riverside, spent his summer abroad doing research in Italy. We asked Jared a few questions about his experiences: (Part 1 of 5) What research topic are you working on and where? I'm working at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran...
Dear CNAS Community, With summer in full swing, many of us still find ourselves wrapping up the academic year and starting to plan for the future. It’s naturally a good time to reflect on where we have been and where we are going. I can’t help but to feel a deep sense of pride reflecting...
AXIOS - Meet the "Luna," a new variety of avocado grown on a smaller tree and easier to harvest than the dominant Hass breed. Why it matters: The Hass, with its creamy texture and wonderful taste, has fueled our love affair with guacamole and avocado toast. A competitive alternative could make supplies of the fruit...
CBS 8 NEWS - Seventeen people have died so far this year in Baja California from a disease carried by ticks, according to the state’s health secretary Adrian Medina Amarillas. Eight of the deaths were reported in Tijuana. Ticks can transmit Rickettsia, which can lead to serious illness if it goes untreated. “In a worst-case...
CIVIL EATS - As drought dries up the shallow sea, near a half-million farmable acres in the Imperial Valley, farmworkers living nearby are exposed to toxic dust and airborne pollution from algae blooms. Asthma, allergies, and other health impacts are rising at alarming rates. There are no EPA regulatory air quality monitors in the region...
FORBES - 3.5 billion people. That’s how many of us are alive today thanks to an innovation many people have probably never heard of: the Haber-Bosch process. Invented back in the early twentieth century, the chemists Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch figured out how to cheaply turn atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia, a nitrogen-rich compound that...
THE PRESS-ENTERPRISE - UC Riverside entomology students have a new place to do their fieldwork — next door to the campus entomology museum. The Entomology Teaching Garden, which is open to the public, will serve as an “outdoor classroom and living laboratory for faculty and students,” a UCR news release states. The plant-filled garden is...
THE PRESS-ENTERPRISE - Murals have been flourishing across Riverside in recent years. And David Eastmond is tracking them down. Eastmond, a professor emeritus in UC Riverside’s Department of Molecular, Cell & Systems Biology, said he had more time on his hands after retiring in 2020, shortly after the coronavirus pandemic began. So the longtime Riverside...
THE PRESS-ENTERPRISE - Hummingbirds are a reminder to appreciate and discover the wonder of nature. Throughout my time studying hummingbirds they have taught me many lessons. I have learned about the sounds they make, where they live, what they eat, where they nest and about the incredible feats of athleticism they display. Hummingbirds have also...
RIVERSIDE, CA - The University of California, Riverside (UCR) officially kicked off its Research in Science & Engineering (RISE) program today, with 97 students attending the 2023 research cohort orientation. Established at UCR in 2010, RISE is a 10-week program designed for rising sophomores, juniors, incoming transfers, and seniors. Participants work under the supervision of...
In her remarks, Kathryn Uhrich, Dean, College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences and Professor of Chemistry, asked for a show of hands of students graduating with a Bachelor’s of Science in Biology. “If you look around,” she said, “we should have about 735 students raising their hands.” She added that another 74 students were graduating...
If the College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences (CNAS) could have offered up two graduates more representative of the deep excellence of the Class of 2023, they’d have been hard-pressed to find individuals more exemplary than Leonardo Lloyd Padilla and Anviksha Srivastava, who addressed their peers as student commencement speakers in the morning and afternoon...
ENTOMOLOGY TODAY - During his Ph.D. work at the University of California, Riverside, Jake Cecala, Ph.D., conducted a project looking at the effects of irrigation and pesticide use in ornamental plants on solitary bee reproduction. The project comprised 20 mesh flight cages set up in a field at the campus agricultural station. Each cage had...
THE PRESS-ENTERPRISE - More than 7,000 UC Riverside graduates are celebrating their accomplishments, many at commencements this week. Most ceremonies had a change of venue this year. For the first time, many UCR graduations are being staged at the Toyota Arena in Ontario, rather than on campus, because of amenities such as air conditioning and...
THE PRESS-ENTERPRISE - Jacaranda trees are hard to miss. The trees that bloom lavender-blue flowers and can be seen in front yards and parks appear to be blooming late this year. So why are jacaranda trees late to bloom? Andrew C. Sanders, UC Riverside’s Herbarium curator and museum scientist, said the blooms seems normal to...
Each year, the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences honors students who have demonstrated outstanding achievements and accomplishments throughout their time at UCR. Below are the descriptions of each award and the award winners. Congratulations to our students! Rosemary S.J. Schraer Award In honor of Rosemary S.J. Schraer, who served as UCR Chancellor from 1987-1992...
