Content Tagged with: Awards & Honors

Allison White’s latest poetry collection nominated for Los Angeles Times Book Prize

Allison Benis White’s most recent collection of poetry, “A Magnificent Loneliness,” is a finalist for the 2025 Los Angeles Times Book Prize.

By John Sanford |

Graphic novelist wins NAACP Image Award

John Jennings, a professor of media and cultural studies at UC Riverside, has won a 2026 NAACP Image Award for his graphic novel adaptation of Octavia Butler’s science fiction novel “Parable of the Talents.” The illustrator and his longtime collaborators, writer Damian Duffy and artist David Brame, were honored for Outstanding Literary Work –...

By Imran Ghori |

Professor receives Lifetime Achievement Award from Wound Healing Society

Manuela Martins-Green’s lab pioneered studies on the role of chemokines in wound healing

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

UCR author’s latest novel nominated for Los Angeles Times Book Prize

Tod Goldberg’s latest crime novel, “Only Way Out,” has been nominated for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Fiction. “I am surprised, honored, and humbled,” said Goldberg, founder and director of the Low-Residency MFA program at UC Riverside’s Palm Desert Center. “This is my second time being a finalist, but the first time in over 20 years!”

By John Sanford |

UCR psychology doctoral student earns Koppitz Fellowship

Minghui Wang, a UC Riverside doctoral student in the Department of Psychology, has been named a recipient of the Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz Fellowship.

By Sarah Nightingale |

Graduate student awarded 2026 American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship

Ting-An Lin will investigate molecular links between microplastics exposure and atherosclerosis

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

UC Riverside doctoral student awarded prestigious DOE fellowship

Ryan Milton will conduct AI-based nuclear physics research at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

Four professors win NSF CAREER Awards

Four UC Riverside faculty members have been awarded prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Awards to support their research. The program targets early career faculty who demonstrate the potential to serve as academic role models and advance their organization’s mission. Research conducted with these funds should build the foundation for a...

By UCR News |

North District 2 housing honored with innovation award

UC Riverside’s first-of-its-kind North District Phase 2 student housing complex received the Mayor’s Innovation Award at the Riverside State of the City on Jan. 28. The 415,000-square-foot complex, which opened last summer, brought together UCR and Riverside Community College District students in two apartment-style buildings with 1,568 beds. UCR...

By Imran Ghori |

Creative writing professor’s latest novel nominated for Edgar Award

Laila Lalami’s dystopian thriller, “The Dream Hotel” (2025), has been nominated for the 2026 Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best Novel.

By John Sanford |

Postdoc receives CURE Epilepsy’s Taking Flight Award

Mahboubeh Ahmadi will study hippocampal inhibitory circuits and seizure-related behaviors

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

UCR scientists win 2025 Buchalter Cosmology Prize

Research shows how the universe’s first galaxies may have generated magnetic fields in intergalactic space

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

UCR alumna awarded Fulbright Scholarship to teach in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Julie Vasquez, who graduated from UC Riverside in 2024, has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to teach English in Bosnia and Herzegovina

By Yash Sunkesula |

UCR named among the “Best for Vets”

The campus was ranked No. 95 in the 2025 Best for Vets: Colleges list released Nov. 17 by Military Times

By Imran Ghori |

UCR lauded for promoting success in graduate education

The ETS/CGS Award honors innovative ideas that boost graduate student success, completion, and inclusiveness

By UCR News |

Vice chancellor reappointed to state financial aid agency

Brian Haynes has been reappointed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom to a second year on the California Student Aid Commission

By Imran Ghori |

Professor honored with Nancy Chick Article of the Year Award

Award reflects Rosemary Tyrrell’s contributions to advancing teaching and learning in medical education and beyond

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

Professor named 2025 Hastings Center Fellow

Brandon Brown is the first recipient of the honor at UCR

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

CHASS honors four faculty members

The award recognizes outstanding teaching achievements and honors faculty members for their exceptional teaching quality and ability to positively influence, motivate, and inspire students

By Imran Ghori |

New business building wins architecture award

Award recognizes design excellence and innovation

By Imran Ghori |