29,000
acres and more serve as a real-life laboratory for plant research
30,100
alumni and counting making a difference
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Nobel Laureates and 18 National Academies members on the faculty
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June 06, 2024
Better farming through nanotechnology
Advanced technologies enable the controlled release of medicine to specific cells in the body. Scientists argue these same technologies must be applied to agriculture if growers are to meet increasing global food demands.
June 03, 2024
Celebrating UCR’s Class of 2024
Rewind four years ago when most of this graduating class of collegians were seniors in high school and you’ll be reminded of bittersweet Zoom commencement ceremonies where graduates huddled around a screen to not get their diplomas or shake hands with their principals or hug their classmates.
June 03, 2024
How sharks survived a major spike in Earth’s temperature
The sharks we know today as the open ocean’s top predators evolved from stubby bottom dwellers during a dramatic episode of global warming millions of years ago.
May 31, 2024
A greener, more effective way to kill termites
UC Riverside scientists have discovered a highly effective, nontoxic, and less expensive way to lure hungry termites to their doom.
A Message from Interim Dean Peter Atkinson
On behalf of the faculty, staff, and students from the College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences at UC Riverside, I welcome you to our college and campus.
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May 29, 2024
Physicists gain hands-on experience using cyclotron at UC Davis
Team included undergraduate and graduate students
May 29, 2024
Extracurricular: UCR analyst’s art travels to Romania
Maggie Tello Case thought she was being phished when she received an email in January from curator Claire D’Alba representing the Art in Embassies program at the United States Department of State. D’Alba was requesting Tello Case, a senior contracts and grants analyst in UCR’s College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences, lend some of her artwork for display in U.S.
May 29, 2024
Ken Barish is named chair of UCR Academic Senate
Ken Barish has been elected chair of the UC Riverside Academic Senate. His two-year term begins on Sept. 1.
Barish succeeds Sang Hee-Lee, who has been chair the past two years. In the role of chair, Barish will preside over the three Academic Senate meetings each year, act as its spokesperson, oversee administrative duties, and act as UCR’s representative on the systemwide academic council.
May 22, 2024
Sonja Lyubomirsky wins top faculty award for 2023-24
Sonja Lyubomirsky has received the highest honor bestowed on faculty by the UCR Academic Senate, the 2023-24 Faculty Research Lecturer Award. Lyubomirsky is a distinguished professor of psychology and a world-renowned researcher on happiness.
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